i7 3770T question about base clock

[Mythril1976]

Hi.

Over the last week I've been upgrading my system. I'm currently on my 2nd motherboard which is an ASUS P8 Z77-V Pro. So far so good. No random crashes, BSOD of general weird stuff going on. The old one was a Gigabyte GA-Z77X.

Anyway I'm looking at the Basic Information Screen in Windows (right click computer and hit properties) and my CPU speed is currently at 2.50GHz. I was under the impression that it was meant to be running at 3.70GHz. Is the 2.50GHz speed correct ? Does it go faster once say a 3D game fires up ?

It's been a seriously long day so my head is not really in the game at the moment so if anyone has two seconds free I'd like an answer so I can go to bed knowing what's what

Ta in advance

 

[RJC]

3.7ghz is the max turbo speed, depending on what the system is doing, the Turbo Boost will increase the multiplier to the required speed.

But 2.5ghz is correct.

 

[Mythril1976]

Thanks pal. As long as it's working fine I'm happy. Is there a way of knowing what the clock speed is when it's in a game (for piece of mind) ?

 

[RJC]

Your Welcome

CPU-Z will show actual CPU Speed but you might need to run the game in Window mode or even run Prime to check the speed.