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sphinx
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Old 01-12-2022 , 00:19   Re: [Linux] CPU not boosting to its potential
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4 GHz is the max turbo frequency, which is the maximum single-core frequency.
That means that your CPU will run at 4 GHz only if only one core runs processes at a time.
If 2 or more cores are running processes, the max frequency will drop below 4 GHz, up to 3.4 GHz (base frequency) when all cores are running processes.

Last edited by sphinx; 01-12-2022 at 00:21.
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