CPU locked at 3950MHz?

[Oronare]

Received my PC yesterday and have been setting it up but noticed something odd, the clock speed of my CPU (R5 3600) seems to be locked at 3.95Ghz, HWMonitor shows all cores locked to this, they never dip and it never boosts to the supposed 4.2 single core boost frequency.

Do PCS edit the bios in any way other than to apply DOCP? Even when running a benchmark in Cinebench or CPU-Z it stays locked at the above frequency, and I'm unable to use Precision Boost Overdrive in Ryzen master because the second I turn it on the computer will hard crash - no BSOD, just totally turns off and the power button wont turn it back on unless I toggle the power switch off/on. Ryzen master also shows 'maximum' as the above figure, so does this mean the CPU will just never boost?

Seems kind of weird.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Received my PC yesterday and have been setting it up but noticed something odd, the clock speed of my CPU (R5 3600) seems to be locked at 3.95Ghz, HWMonitor shows all cores locked to this, they never dip and it never boosts to the supposed 4.2 single core boost frequency.

Do PCS edit the bios in any way other than to apply DOCP? Even when running a benchmark in Cinebench or CPU-Z it stays locked at the above frequency, and I'm unable to use Precision Boost Overdrive in Ryzen master because the second I turn it on the computer will hard crash - no BSOD, just totally turns off and the power button wont turn it back on unless I toggle the power switch off/on. Ryzen master also shows 'maximum' as the above figure, so does this mean the CPU will just never boost?

Seems kind of weird.

Can you post your full specs from the order page?

 

[Oronare]

Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card	8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive	500GB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive	1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste	STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card	WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence

Ryzen Master does show the cores dipping around, so seems like HWM is a bit buggy with showing them all pegged at 3950MHz, but the other problems remain. Maximum is still listed as 3,950 MHz in Ryzen Master and no cores ever boost above this during gaming or benchmarks, and PBO will instantly cause catastrophic shut down as stated.

 

[Oronare]

Well after some tuning and looking around, I just reset the BIOS back to default and only turned DOCP on for the memory speed, and now Ryzen Master is showing it boosting properly to 4.2Ghz at the correct voltages. Something PCS turned on or adjusted in the BIOS was forcing it to max out at 3950MHz for some reason.