Solved Windows 8 task manager and 4th gen i7

csand

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Hello everyone,

a quick question..

I just got a new laptop with an i7-4700mq in it.. so for anyone else with 4th gen Intels.. what does your task manager performance tab show? Mine shows the processor at 1% usage, but the speed up at 3.2 GHz which is turbo boost speed I think.. see my attached picture for what I mean. I just remember my previous laptop (i7-740qm) would show it throttling right down to less than 1GHz when nothing was happening.
I have the latest drivers.

Cheers
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP8265-S
    CPU
    i7 4700mq
    Motherboard
    Clevo
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD8790m
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" Samsung / 15.4" lcd
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128GB Adata SX300
    750GB WD 7200rpm
    PSU
    Clevo
    Case
    Clevo
    Cooling
    2 fans
    Keyboard
    10$ msi Chicklet
    Mouse
    gigabyte gm-m6800
    Internet Speed
    decent
What do you have for Power Options Minimum processor state in the power plan you are using? On default of 5% I got it throttled back, changed to 100% and didn't. I have old i7 620M though.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
Nice one, that did it!

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP8265-S
    CPU
    i7 4700mq
    Motherboard
    Clevo
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD8790m
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" Samsung / 15.4" lcd
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128GB Adata SX300
    750GB WD 7200rpm
    PSU
    Clevo
    Case
    Clevo
    Cooling
    2 fans
    Keyboard
    10$ msi Chicklet
    Mouse
    gigabyte gm-m6800
    Internet Speed
    decent
I also have the I7-4700 MQ and the speed usually varies between 0.89-2.50 Ghz with a 1% idle. I'm running aScreenshot of speed.PNG Balanced power plan.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI GE60 2013
    CPU
    Intel I7 4700 MQ
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidea Geforce GTX 765m
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 PRO
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