My Dell M1530 never seems to run at its full clock speed, regardless of the tasks I throw at it. To diagnose this I have my Dell M1530 configured to use 100% CPU clock speed at all times (regardless of whether it's plugged into the mains):
But when I run Windows' Resource Monitor app, it reports a "Maximum Frequency" of 31%:
Does this mean my laptop is running slower than it could? It's definitely running slowly. If in fact the CPU is being underclocked, is there a way I can force 100% clock speed?
BTW, here are temperatures during compile of some C++ code:
Answer
If you don't want your CPU to throttle down you need to enter the BIOS and disable either Intel "SpeedStep" or AMD "PowerNow!" technologies. These lower your CPU power when its not being used so your computer uses less power, produces less heat etc.
In other words your CPU is slower when you are not using it and speeds up when you need it to.
For a laptop I would recommend leaving it on unless you always have it plugged into the wall and the area it is in has good air circulation.
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