new build, might be problems?

[Ian Jones]

Hi all, I build a new pc today

i9 9900k
aorus master
aorus 16gb 3200

f7 bios


It is all up and running, but in msi afterburner, the cpu clock on all cores is spiking up and down. from around 400 to 4900.

I have xmp turned on and the ram is at 3200.

is this normal?

any help would be good please

thanks
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

have you got high performance in windows settings. if it isnt that causing it to go up and down its a bios setting

just checked and windows is in balanced mode

 

[Ian Jones]

what could it be in the bios please?

 

[Ian Jones]

I have turned xmp off, and it didnt make any difference

 

[Ian Jones]

change it to high performance.

then check the frequency. with something like coretemp.

just changed it to high performance and the clock speeds are all between 4800 and 4900, but no dropping down.

is this how it should be?

thanks
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

thank you for your help Dg, I was thinking that it was ment to be at 0 or low numbers when nothing is running/tasking

 

[Ian Jones]

even with just this page open, it is on 4700 to 4900 is there a way to make it idle lower and smooth when the comp isnt really being used

 

[Ian Jones]

in windows advanced power settings, if i change min and max settings to 0%, then the cpu clock speed is a smooth 800mhz.

is there anything wrong to have it set to 0%

thanks
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

NVM

NVM?

 

[Ian Jones]

NeVerMind. I posted something then decided against it - it's a way of retracting comments seeing as we can't delete our own posts.

haha

i did google search it, and its some windows program, a node version manager

 

[Ian Jones]

I was thinking that it was ment to be a steady low mhz when not doing much. in balanced it goes form 800 to around 4700/4900, and in high performance it stays at 4800/4900.

im still a novice at this, and this is the first pc i have fully build/installed myself. so every day is a school day.

I just didnt want to fry the cpu as it was on max all the time.

thanks again
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

what would i need to do, so that the cpu down clocks at idle please?