Test Intel Turbo Boost working?

[FreeStream]

Is there a certain way of testing my W3520 (i7 920) that it's going up to 2.93ghz correctly as Intel says it should?

The Intel Widget in W7 says it only ever hits 2.8!!!

I've loaded a single core using prime but that didn't do it.

All 4 cores go up to 2.8ghz fine, just one core won't hit 2.93

Load temps ~60C using realtemp

Cheers

 

[Ziggy4]

Use CPU-Z to monitor the clock. Should be more accurate than Windoze.

 

[FreeStream]

Use CPU-Z to monitor the clock. Should be more accurate than Windoze.

Yea, same story!

2793Mhz is the most it will ever get to

 

[Corasik]

Do you have any load at all on the other cores, if 2 or more cores are doing pretty much any work at all, then all 4 cores will be limited to a 21 multi (or 2.8ghz)

 

[FreeStream]

Do you have any load at all on the other cores, if 2 or more cores are doing pretty much any work at all, then all 4 cores will be limited to a 21 multi (or 2.8ghz)

Nope, this is at system 'idle'.

I was going to limit the system to just two cores (Core 0 and Core 1 - HT) to see if it will clock itself up.

I think this single core turbo boost is a absolute waste of time, when is only one core ever doing anything now-a-days!?

 

[arknor]

windows swaps load between the cores so its a waste of a feature

on my 1055t thats suposed to be able to clock 3 cores to 800mhz and the other 3 to 3.3ghz it never works.

download coretemp and you can monitor the cores in realtime for me turbo core kicks in for a fraction of a second then clocks back down every few seconds :| even if i manually set every process infinity thats using any cpu onto the same core

 

[hyperst]

its a gimmick

 

[JeffyB]

This may be of use, i know yours is not throttling but it will show you exactly what multi is being used.

i7 Turbo - Tool to test for Turbo throttling

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225450&highlight=turbo+throttling

 

[dazzerd]

On my board it depends on what bios I use (on my old i7 860), if I use 1.4 it works flawlessly sometimes anything newer than that it just doesn't work.

 

[FreeStream]

On my board it depends on what bios I use (on my old i7 860), if I use 1.4 it works flawlessly sometimes anything newer than that it just doesn't work.

It's in a 2009 Mac Pro so no BIOS for me