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Ryzen 1700 Throttling

Huginn231

Huginn231

Huginn231

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Good evening,

I've been trying to overclock my Ryzen 1700 and have been getting some odd results. At 3.8ghz @ 1.3v it can sporadically throttle performance to 1.5ghz. I'm using a Corsair Hydro H105 cooler and I've never seen a temperature higher than about 50degC, and generally it's sat happy at about 30-40degC.

I have tried pushing it up to 4.0ghz @ 1.35v and this seems to prompt the throttling. I've set Windows power settings to high, as was suggested on another forum.

Just wondering if anyone can explain the sporadic throttling, and / or what I should do about it?

Complete newbie to overclocking.

Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 x370 board F6 bios:
CPU settings I've got:
Core Performance Boost: disabled
Amd Cool&Quiet : disabled
Svm mode : disabled
Global C-state control : disabled
Downcore control : auto

Voltage settings:
CPU vcore: 1.3v
Vcore soc: auto
CPU vdd18: auto
CPU vddp: auto

RAM
G.Skill Trident Z 16gb @ 16/16/18/18/38 @ 3200mhz
 
If the CPU is not in use, it will lower the clock. Same applies to the Intel CPUs.
I see no point trying to disable the power saver, however if you want to burn more power for nothing, check the power saving options in your BIOS.

Also is better to OC the 1700 using P-states :)
 
I appreciate that it might lower CPU speeds when not in use, but this is curtailing by >50% and it doesn't seem to increase once the CPU is in use - for example in bench tests.
 
Huginn231 said:
I appreciate that it might lower CPU speeds when not in use, but this is curtailing by >50% and it doesn't seem to increase once the CPU is in use - for example in bench tests.
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Imno the settings you have disabled you should enable them.
Core Performance Boost: disabled
Amd Cool&Quiet : disabled
Svm mode : disabled
Global C-state control : disabled
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and see the behaviour of the system if you are concerned and believe something is wrong. I do not see the reason turning them off at this age.
 
4.0ghz @ 1.35v is good tbh, could be the prob though it generally crashes ect when voltage related.

Is your temp spiking, bad seating maybe ?

Switch core boost and cool n quiet back on/Auto.
SVM is for virtualization So if you don't do VM's it's not needed
Global C-state in Auto on mine

Don't have issues . On a k7 nor a 350 gaming. (Both gigabyte boards)

Running @ 3.9 @ 1.380v here
 
Ok thank you both - I've reset all those settings to default. Dialled the whole thing back to 3.4ghz @ 1.28v.

Seems happy enough running Prime95 at the moment. Temperatures are stable at 50degC.

I'll look to leave all those settings the same and try to slowly bring up ghz/voltage tomorrow and see if it avoids this problem.
 
Hi, there's a bug in the AGESA code for that board (and some from other vendors) that stops you using voltage adjustment over 1.25v in the BIOS. When you do, it tends to get stuck with a 15x multiplier. You need to use voltage offset also known as dynamic voltage or DVID.

DVID Is greyed out by default. Where you have the core voltage you need to change from a given numerical voltage, or "auto", to "normal". Typing "normal" doesn't work, so press N and hit enter.

Then DVID should be no longer greyed out. Type an offset voltage into here. The 1700 from memory will be at 1.225v stock. So an offset of 0.1000 gives you an effective 1.325v.

It should then work ok.
 
Ste said:
Hi, there's a bug in the AGESA code for that board (and some from other vendors) that stops you using voltage adjustment over 1.25v in the BIOS. When you do, it tends to get stuck with a 15x multiplier. You need to use voltage offset also known as dynamic voltage or DVID.

DVID Is greyed out by default. Where you have the core voltage you need to change from a given numerical voltage, or "auto", to "normal". Typing "normal" doesn't work, so press N and hit enter.

Then DVID should be no longer greyed out. Type an offset voltage into here. The 1700 from memory will be at 1.225v stock. So an offset of 0.1000 gives you an effective 1.325v.

It should then work ok.
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im assuming MSI as well as this is the exact same problem ive been having
 
Ste said:
Yes. Took a lot of googling to get that answer. Nightmare.
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thankfully to register an msi product meant registering on the forums over there and i found plenty with the same problems within about 4 or 5 pages.

interestingly a lot claimed that rewriting the bios a few times cured it but not for me
 
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