Windows 10: Asus Z370 Maximus X Motherboards

**Geneo** · 13 Mar 2018

I have mine set to idle at 2 GHz. 0,.656v. I have EIST enabled, only C1E enabled of the C-states, and the power plan set to a Minimum Processor State of 55%.

**Cliff S** · 13 Mar 2018

Kol12 said:

Slightly off topic but how do your guy's 8700K's idle on the desktop? I'm idling on average with a clock speed of 3.8-4.0GHz and 1.120-1.150v which seems really high. I wonder if there is some power options keeping me up there.

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options

I only use High performance when benchmarking,

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**doorules** · 13 Mar 2018

I always keep it on high performance in control panel, I just turn processor minimum power down to 20%. Allows for downclocking voltge and cpu clock on adaptive voltage.

**ThrashZone** · 13 Mar 2018

Hi,
If cooling is in order it doesn't matter leave it alone at 100% min

**doorules** · 13 Mar 2018

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
If cooling is in order it doesn't matter leave it alone at 100% min

Not really a cooling issue here. If you are the type to leave the pc running most of the day when not in use then i would prefer to have the cpu clock and voltage down clocked.

As soon as you move the mouse and start to do anything you have the chip ramp right up.

As Cliff mentioned for O/Cing I always put it at 100% min spec.

Still at the end of the day it is a personal preference type of thing isn't it.

**ThrashZone** · 13 Mar 2018

Hi,
Yeah I like not doing a whole lot
Set the bios and there's the oc
Power options I never change performance setting except for usb suspend that is killed

**Kol12** · 13 Mar 2018

Geneo said:

I have mine set to idle at 2 GHz. 0,.656v. I have EIST enabled, only C1E enabled of the C-states, and the power plan set to a Minimum Processor State of 55%.

This is odd. My CPU is constantly pinging 4.9Ghz on the desktop and I'm averaging 4.600MHz at 1.128v! I basically have all power saving features in place so what is keeping the cores from relaxing?

I'm using the default Balanced power plan for desktop use which is min CPU state 5%, max 100%. The cores occasionally fall into the minimum 5% state but for the most part they're constantly pinging 4.9Ghz. Something is wrong.

These are my C-States:

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Edit: I have a large download running in the background. Pausing it let's the cores relax a little but not much! It appears to me that only the slightest amount of CPU load is keeping the cores pinging the full boost frequency. It is rather unusual...

**Kol12** · 13 Mar 2018

Here is the current CPU idle behavior:

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**Cliff S** · 4 Weeks Ago

Th secure Erase QVL(Qualified Vendor List) has been updated today: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...t_20180315.pdf

**Geneo** · 4 Weeks Ago

Kol12 said:

This is odd. My CPU is constantly pinging 4.9Ghz on the desktop and I'm averaging 4.600MHz at 1.128v! I basically have all power saving features in place so what is keeping the cores from relaxing?

I'm using the default Balanced power plan for desktop use which is min CPU state 5%, max 100%. The cores occasionally fall into the minimum 5% state but for the most part they're constantly pinging 4.9Ghz. Something is wrong.

These are my C-States:

Edit: I have a large download running in the background. Pausing it let's the cores relax a little but not much! It appears to me that only the slightest amount of CPU load is keeping the cores pinging the full boost frequency. It is rather unusual...

Are you running the Asus Aura software from the CD? Earlier versions really hogged the CPU.

Windows 10: Asus Z370 Maximus X Motherboards

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