CPU max frequency is "wrong"

[Twiggeh]

I have a ryzen 1800x and it should be able to go to ~4GHz, but the max speed that is reported by the system is 3.6GHz, I am not sure whether I have to enable something in the UEFI screen, but I tried setting

sudo cpupower frequency-set -u 4Ghz

and it didn’t move over 3.6 GHz ?

inxi

  Kernel: 5.10.61-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=528f8171-7936-4019-9382-d327f9354b32 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=4b0f0b7e-6616-4a9b-a7e2-5bedfd0afcd8 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7A37 v: 2.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: MSI model: B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) v: 2.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: A.K1 date: 05/15/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 4.2 min: N/A 
  model: Logitech G403 Prodigy Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 62.82 GiB used: 7.51 GiB (12.0%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001138 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
  bogomips: 115252 
  Speed: 2457 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2457 2: 2167 3: 2168 4: 2153 5: 2672 6: 2079 7: 3414 8: 2107 9: 2135 
  10: 2114 11: 2345 12: 2118 13: 3056 14: 2097 15: 2468 16: 2177 
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  mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl 
  npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb 
  perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd 
  sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext 
  tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave 
  xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 26:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:13c2 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 143 s-size: 682x191mm (26.9x7.5") 
  s-diag: 708mm (27.9") 
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 
  size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8") diag: 609mm (24") 
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6") 
  diag: 394mm (15.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: C-Media Auna Mic CM900 type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0134 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.61-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  IF-ID-1: br-1507b64ec0dd state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-2: br-b54611bb19d1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 776.85 GiB (41.7%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-60M2NA0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A03 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 260.24 GiB size: 255.16 GiB (98.05%) 
  used: 85.7 GiB (33.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: N/A 
  uuid: 528f8171-7936-4019-9382-d327f9354b32 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 308 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 label: N/A 
  uuid: 10CE-D0D1 
  ID-3: /mnt/Storage raw-size: 930.56 GiB size: 930.56 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 691.15 GiB (74.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A 
  uuid: 9202BE5402BE3CD3 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 label: N/A 
  uuid: 4b0f0b7e-6616-4a9b-a7e2-5bedfd0afcd8 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 499 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery 
  uuid: 18623B94623B759A 
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 99 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A 
  uuid: 22CA-C366 
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 196.09 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: F01A3D101A3CD4F6 
  ID-5: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 530 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: E67CFFD97CFFA30B 
  ID-6: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 464.94 GiB fs: ntfs label: Backup 
  uuid: 0A7E277B7E275EA7 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Logitech G403 Prodigy Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse 
  type: Mouse,HID driver: logitech-hidpp-device,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 498mA chip-ID: 046d:c082 class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Cherry Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 046a:b090 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 1-10:4 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Wacom Cintiq 16 type: HID driver: usbhid,wacom 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 056a:03ae class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: C-Media Auna Mic CM900 type: Audio,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0134 class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 59 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 22% 
Info:
  Processes: 372 Uptime: 51m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1617 nix-default: 0 
  nix-sys: 0 nix-usr: 36 lib: 6 pacman: 1581 lib: 440 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06 

[megavolt]

@Twiggeh

and it didn’t move over 3.6 GHz ?

That is quite normal… it reports min and max frequency. Over 3.6 GHz is the so called temporary “boost” where it just looks like 1 core is running at 4 GHz for a single thread.

@Twiggeh

Speed: 2457 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled

So in general it should clock up to 4 Ghz if it can and when asked.

For a simple test do this:

FX505DT-HN657T fans don't run every other boot

As i quoted, turbo boost is enabled: To check this the simple way, with onboard tools, open a terminal and type: watch -n1 "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz" Then open a second terminal let the cpu work: for i in $(seq $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)); do yes > /dev/null & done You should see that the cpu freq goes up. This kills the cputest: killall yes Maybe another terminal to watch the temperature: watch -n1 "sensors | grep Core" In general, if the Fan is controlled by the UEFI, then se…

[Fabby]

I’ve marked this answer as the solution to your question as it is by far the best answer you’ll get.

CPU max frequency is "wrong"

That is quite normal… it reports min and max frequency. Over 3.6 Ghz is the so called temporary “boost”. So in general it should clock up to 4 Ghz if it can and when asked. For a simple test do this:

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