Dxdiag and CPU-Z contradict each other?

Bukeagle · *Last edited by Bukeagle; 08-11-2012 at 10:57.*

Hello!

Just after a quick bit of advice: if I've OCed my 2500K to 4.3, and CPU-Z reports this to be the case, why does dxdiag still report my CPU at 3.3?

(i.e. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz)

Anything to be concerned about, at all?

Thanks!

EDIT: I googled this just then cos I'm silly and didn't in the first place. Appears to be normal Windows behaviour. Please let me know if google is wrong!

must_kill_ati · 08-11-2012, 19:39 | posts: 1,048 | Location: Iowa

Not sure what the norm is, but I thought I'd show you ss's of mine to compare. (Mine is running at 3.8)
Do you have any cpu power saving enabled, maybe it's downclocking or something?

Bukeagle · 08-12-2012, 04:17 | posts: 5

Thanks for posting those screens.

Hmmm, I can't see anything on that shouldn't be. Turned off all the BIOS stuff, power management in Windows all on high. I can't think of anything else, really...

killer_939 · 08-12-2012, 06:59 | posts: 2,553 | Location: Australia

Mine picks my cpu speed up fine but it gets my refresh rate wrong =\

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/675/82527845.jpg

Bukeagle · 08-12-2012, 08:34 | posts: 5

Really? So dxdiag SHOULD report any OC?

EDIT: I should say, programs such as Sandra Lite also report my CPU at 4.3, but something basic like CPU Speed Professional (some generic CPU speed test I just downloaded) report 3.4. Argh! What's going on?

jbmcmillan · 08-12-2012, 13:31 | posts: 819 | Location: Langley,B.C. Canada

My dxdiag reports my cpu speed as 3.3 and I'm running 4.4.I wouldn't worry about it.