Which program is showing true CPU Speed?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ironhorse23, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. ironhorse23

    ironhorse23 Private E-2

    Hi everyone,

    My system froze, so I had to reset it. BIOS defaulted to factory values, but I overclocked it again and ran Prime95 stress-test for over 8hrs. So far so good. However, when I check the true speed of my CPU 4 programs are showing 4 different things. See image attached.

    My system specs
    P5K3 Deluxe
    Q6600 2.4 GHz in BIOS OC at 3GHz (428x7)
    BFG GT8800 OC2
    2GB DDR3
    250GB SATA2 System Drive
    500GB SATA2 Storage Drive

    What's goin' here? Anyone got an explanation?
    Prime95 showing 3.85GHz
    Core Temp 0.99 showing 3GHz
    System Properties showing 3.85GHz
    CPU-Z showing:2.5GHz

    Lastly, I just opened Core Temp 0.99 and it shows same speed as CPU-Z (428x6). Why did the multiplier go down? i can't seem to figure it out.
     

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