PC Processors

[blackout34]

No matter what comibation of settings I choose in BIOS or even Windows, my chip will not boost above 3,800Mhz under load e.g. Cinebench

I am pretty sure it's an issue with this Asus ROG Strix B450-F board in how it handles the CPU. Here is an example attached to this post while running Ryzen Master and Cinebench. Latest amd chipset drivers, latest BIOS version installed

Another issue with leaving everything in the BIOS at auto was the SOC voltage was reading 1.35v! I had to manually specify it to 1.1v. Just nothing works as intended even with "Load Optimized Defaults"

The thing is if I manually do an all core overclock of 4.1Ghz I can get stability at 1.375v so I know the CPU can handle 4.1 at reasonable voltages but I shouldn't have to manually overclock to get advertised speeds. Even if I got like 3,950 I would be happy

Is there any advanced steps anyone can think of? I've fiddled with literally every beginner or intermediate step a user should try from power plan tweaking to manual PPT, TDC and EDC refinement to literally 0 change.

[cosmicdance]

I found the best way to get the most aggressive performance with my Ryzen 3700X and Asus B450 Plus motherboard was to set PBO to Enabled in the BIOS.  

In Cinebench it reaches the fastest speed and thermal throttles after a while.  

During gaming it reaches up to 4250 on 1 core and 4200 multi core but gets up to 76c. 

If I run PBO on Auto it keeps from thermal throttling  in Cinebench but slightly less maximum CPU speed. 

During gaming I still 4150 MHZ all core boost but temperatures are around 67 - 72c.  

This is with the stock Wraith Prism cooler.  

I don't change any other settings in the BIOS apart from the XMP profile for the RAM to run it at 3200 MHZ.  

Those are the best settings I have found so far so hope they help you. 

Andy