i5 9300h with low power consumption while gaming

[Amyr13]

This is my first thread here and I'm not an native english speaker, so please do not be mean lol. Well, first things first. I recently bought a G3 15 3590 M50P (the 2020 version), and this is the first time i'm venturing in the world of gaming laptops. I learned how to undervolt (and did so) and other useful things. I learned how to monitor the temp and clock speed of the cpu while gaming etc etc. So, yesterday, while playing Insurgency Sandstorm, I was suffering with low fps in some maps (even though the overall video settings wore set to low or medium). Yeah, you could say that the game is bad optimized (and it is), but I saw that the cpu was using only 10 - 11 watts and the clock speed never got nearly close to the 4.1Ghz limit, even when the cpu should be working more. Turbo Boost is enabled and I don't remember messing around with the cpu after I undervolted it. So, do you guys have any clues? I'm really in the dark here. I will attach some screen shots of my ThrottleStop Settings.

 

[jeremyshaw]

Try to track the CPU (use a logger or a CPU monitoring program that shows a graph of frequency, power, etc vs time). I'd guess it starts around ~50-70W, then goes down to 11W after a few minutes.

If that is the case, then the CPU is still thermal throttling.

 

[Regeneration]

Your CPU reached maximum temperature of 100c and throttled down. Consider undervolting and using notebook cooler.

 

[unclewebb]

@Amyr13 - Your ThrottleStop voltage settings are not working. The monitoring table in the FIVR window shows +0.0000 for offset voltages. A recent Intel microcode update or BIOS update has likely disabled under volting. You will have to go back to a previous BIOS version if you would like to use under volting. Search this forum. Other users have also had this same problem lately.

The result is your CPU is hitting the 100°C thermal throttling temperature which limits performance.

Turn on the ThrottleStop Log File option. This will create an accurate look at what speed your CPU is running at while gaming. Attach this information to your next post if you would like me to have a look at it. The log file can be found in your ThrottleStop / Logs folder.

Are you using the highest Windows performance power profile while gaming?

 

[Amyr13]

@Amyr13 - Your ThrottleStop voltage settings are not working. The monitoring table in the FIVR window shows +0.0000 for offset voltages. A recent Intel microcode update or BIOS update has likely disabled under volting. You will have to go back to a previous BIOS version if you would like to use under volting. Search this forum. Other users have also had this same problem lately.

The result is your CPU is hitting the 100°C thermal throttling temperature which limits performance.

Turn on the ThrottleStop Log File option. This will create an accurate look at what speed your CPU is running at while gaming. Attach this information to your next post if you would like me to have a look at it. The log file can be found in your ThrottleStop / Logs folder.

Are you using the highest Windows performance power profile while gaming?

Hey! Thanks for the support! Yes, I am using the highest windows performance power profile. I guess you are right. I'm gonna try to go back to a previous BIOS version. Thanks mate!

Your CPU reached maximum temperature of 100c and throttled down. Consider undervolting and using notebook cooler.

I did both. I think it's not working..

Try to track the CPU (use a logger or a CPU monitoring program that shows a graph of frequency, power, etc vs time). I'd guess it starts around ~50-70W, then goes down to 11W after a few minutes.

If that is the case, then the CPU is still thermal throttling.

Hey mate! I use MSI Afterburner to monitor the CPU while gaming. I noticed that my notebook has a mode in which the CPU is set to work at it's limit (4Ghz). I can play in this frequency with very good settings and a good FPS. But after some 10 minutes the frequency goes down to 3.3Ghz - 3.1GhzIsh and I start to notice the stutter. An user said that my undervolt is not working because of my BIOS, so I'm gonna try to go back to a previous version as he said, I'm gonna keep you all updated!

@Amyr13 - Your ThrottleStop voltage settings are not working. The monitoring table in the FIVR window shows +0.0000 for offset voltages. A recent Intel microcode update or BIOS update has likely disabled under volting. You will have to go back to a previous BIOS version if you would like to use under volting. Search this forum. Other users have also had this same problem lately.

The result is your CPU is hitting the 100°C thermal throttling temperature which limits performance.

Turn on the ThrottleStop Log File option. This will create an accurate look at what speed your CPU is running at while gaming. Attach this information to your next post if you would like me to have a look at it. The log file can be found in your ThrottleStop / Logs folder.

Are you using the highest Windows performance power profile while gaming?

I'm currently using MSI Afterburner to monitor my cpu while gaming. My notebook has a button that activates a mode in witch my CPU runs at max frequency (4Ghz). But after some 10 minutes it goes down to 3.2 -3.5Ghz. Yeah, my CPU is thermal throttling, because this only happens after the temp reaches 100 degrees celsius.