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Turbo not working Z170A-X1 6600K

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Topic: Turbo not working Z170A-X1 6600K

Posted By: Mr_Scary
Subject: Turbo not working Z170A-X1 6600K
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2016 at 11:55am

Hello,

Can anyone comment on why the Turbo is not increasing to 3.9GHZ
Also it just stays at 3.6GHZ, shouldn't it idle at 3.5GHZ
I tried running the ram at 2133MHZ AUTO but no go.
Stressing it to 100% with CPUz
I do not wish to overclock this system, but wondering what the issue is.

Thanks for any replies.

Z170A-X1
6600K
Corsair Vengence 3000MHZ DDR4 4x4GB
Zalman 9900

Using it for an Arma3 Exile Server heavily modded.

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Posted By: Mr_Scary
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2016 at 7:38am

Never mind.

that's how it works, it's an Intel marketing gimmick it does not throttle the CPU to 3.9GHZ
Something to do with single core turbo