How to correct configure CPU - Running low frequence

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Hi all;

I’ve a Dell Vostro 3560 with Core i7 model 3612QM.
ARK | Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz) BGA

On Windows I can get 3.1ghz in turboboost operation, but in Opensuse I get this information in cpupower:

cpupower frequency-info
analisando o CPU 0:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs que rodam na mesma frequência de hardware: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
CPUs que precisam ter suas frequências coordenadas por software: 0
maior latência de transição: 10.0 us.
limites do hardware: 1.20 GHz - 2.10 GHz
níveis de frequência disponíveis: 2.10 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.90 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz
reguladores do cpufreq disponíveis: ondemand, performance
política de frequência atual deve estar entre 1.20 GHz e 2.10 GHz.
O regulador “ondemand” deve decidir qual velocidade usar
dentro desse limite.
frequência atual do CPU é 1.20 GHz.
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes

I think this is a incorrect information. Can I get a full power from my processor (3.1ghz) ? How?

Thanks and sorry about my bad english.
Ricardo

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Hi
Check this thread;
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/490029-overclocking-i7-4770k-opensuse-12-3-a.html#post2582518

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Thanks, in i7z I get 2.8ghz

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Hi
I would guess that if you run for example prime to load up the cpu it should peak at the maximum frequency.

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Just out of interest, Malcolm, Where did you get ‘Prime’? I tried zypper and cnf, (and YAST) and had a brief google…

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Also have a look at my bash script, CFU which can set the CPU speed for you: C.F.U. - CPU Frequency Utilitiy - Version 1.10 - For use with the cpufrequtils package - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

This is what it looks like …

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/87577387

This one line of code, run in terminal, will get the script for you, then just type in: cfu

rm ~/bin/cfu ; wget -nc http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/92162247 -O ~/bin/cfu ; chmod +x ~/bin/cfu

Thank You,

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On Sat 05 Oct 2013 07:36:02 AM CDT, wakou wrote:

Just out of interest, Malcolm, Where did you get ‘Prime’? I tried zypper
and cnf, (and YAST) and had a brief google…

Hi
From the GIMPS site;

Just extract the tarball and run mprime and select the stress test.

Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) GNOME 3.8.4 Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
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