help! is my cpu overclocked or not?

[sinth1234]

Hi guys

newbie here so be gentle

I recently bought Intel Core i5 4690K bundle which mean the cpu was overclocked from 3.5ghz to 4.2ghz.

I have 16gb ddr3 ram and the Asus Z97-K Motherboard.

I have loaded the OCUK file on BIOS and took a few photos.





Now when I check my cpu speed in CPU ID and windows it still registering 3.5ghz as well in BIOS.

Need help please.

thanks

 

[ShivP]

Hmm, to me it looks like the turbo frequency has been bumped up but not the actual base frequency

Have you followed these steps in a similar fashion?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18383232

Looks like you have however, can we get a screenshot of the CPUID/CPU-Z window?

 

[sinth1234]

thanks for the response. ive followed that step a million times

seems like something has been missed by overclockers when they set it up.

heres the screenshot

 

[ShivP]

I think your CPU was in 'power saving' mode there, could you run something slightly intensive in the background and then take the picture? Will be at full on clocks then

 

[sinth1234]

seems like im running 4.2ghz ? I just thought id be running 4.ghz all the time

 

[ShivP]

Looks like that is fine but I'm not 100% sure, best wait for someone who knows more about overclocking to get in
It may well be running at the boost clock all the time, but I can't be sure

 

[SoulWings]

I believe turning SpeedStep off in your BIOS will make your cpu run @ max all the time.

 

[Devrij]

I believe turning SpeedStep off in your BIOS will make your cpu run @ max all the time.

It will, but the only reason to do that is if you are pushing a very high overclock. For 4-4.5GHZ (these days anyway!) speedstep on will keep temps down and save energy.