Hi guys, i have a core i7 processor that seems to be running way under speed on a gigabyte boeard and i was hoping for some advice on how to fix it.
I'm running the following system
CPU..........Core i7 860 (2.8Ghz)
MB...........Gigabyte P55-UD4 bios F6
Ram..........6Gb DDR3
OS............Windows 7 64 bit
when i checked easy tune it says the clock is running at 2Ghz max (under load) dropping to 533 Mhz unloaded (should be 2.8Ghz). Now i know the processor has turbo mode and sleep modes but even under extreme multi threaded loading (3Ds Max rendering) with all cores at 100% it remains at 2Ghz.
I checked the bios (not an expert before you ask any tricky questions....) here's what i found
QPI frequency...............4798
Uncore frequency..........2399
Mem frequency.............1333
turbo ratio...................15
non turbo ratio.............15
turbo frequency...........1999
non turbo frequency......1999
CPU clock ratio............15x
CPU frequency.............2.0GHz
Turbo boost................auto
as i say i'm not an expert but it seems that it is fundamentally set almost 1Ghz below where it should be. I was under the impression that modern boards set themselves, is there something i should have done when building it?
I was advised on another board from a gigabyte user to reset CMOS and set the multiplier to 22 but i'm still a bit concerned that in the above numbers the turbo mode settings doon't differ from the standard ones, i don't want to start messing with bios settings that i don't fully understand.
Is there a way to get this thing to auto configure or will i have to go through and do it all manually?
Also if i do have to do it manually is a multiplier of 22 the norm for this CPU and what do i need to set the turbo ratio to?
Any help is appreciated
