I overclocked my 3770K to 4.9GHz on water cooling using Turbo Frequency Overclocking.
Normally I would see my CPU jump to 4.9GHz when I launch a game or open an Application.
When in Windows 10 Desktop, with no load, the CPU normally goes idle (at around 1 to 3% utilization), then I can see the clock speed drop to 1.6GHz, and occasionally bounce to 4.9GHz if a background task requires more cycles.
Not sure what caused it (possibly a software update), but currently my CPU stays pegged at 4.9GHz, even when idling at 1% Utilization.
Something is causing it to boost in the background.
I've tried disabling the network card (since some client machnies could be accesing it), stopped all system tray stuff, no luck.
Monitoring the processes, I dont see any process using more than 1% CPU.
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