Hello. I have a system with these specs.
Asus Tuf Gaming B5550M-Plus Wifi II
Ryzen 9 3950X
Thermaltake Toughair 510
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MX
CORSAIR RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply
XPG SX6000 Lite M.2 2280 256GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive
Seagate 2TB HDD
LIAN LI O11 AIR MINI Black
Windows 11 Pro
I was just curious how hot the CPU would get if I ran AIDA64 Smallest FFTs torture test, and I wanted to see if everything looked normal in HWinfo64.
I noticed the CPU PPT Limit was only 86% while under 100% load.
I ran the test for 30 minutes and the thermals looked great, but I want to know if my CPU is being fully utilized by these tests. The CPU Package Power seems low compared to the graphs I have seen online.
The BIOS is running basically stock with XMP, and the required TPM and UEFI to use Windows 11.
I am aware it isn't hitting the single core boost, but that is because I started HWinfo64 after I started the AIDA64 torture test. I also used OCCT to check the power being drawn and it was pegged at 120 watts during the majority of the test. While I haven't noticed any performance issues for my use case, game servers and watching TV on Netflix, Hulu, etc. I did see online this chip pulls a lot of power when it is under 100% load.
Am I looking at the wrong sensors? Could the fact that it only has a single 4+4 pin connector on the motherboard be starving the CPU for power when under load? Does this look normal for this combo B550 and Ryzen 9 3950X? Any and all input would be appreciated.
Before anyone chimes in about the 16GB of RAM, I am aware 16GB is just not enough RAM to consider this a "balanced" system. I'm working on that. With the current income I have, things are too tight to drop the cash necessary to upgrade right now.
Thank you in advanced for the help figuring things out.
