NightySama
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Hello everyone.
I'm posting this thread because after spending my entire day trying to find how to solve my issue myself, I eventually gave up, and chose to ask the community for some help.
Here is the problem:
My ASUS TUF FX504 GE laptop is litteraly melting under gaming charge, reaching 92°C at some point.
So I decided to install ThrottleStop to undervolt it a bit. It works perfectly for that, and using 3D MARK + integrated Bench, I think I found the settings I needed, lowering my CPU temperature by 15° when in heavy charge.
Anyway, there is still a problem occuring. As this is particularly hard to explain, I will try to do it step by step:
1- Starting ThrottleStop (with either stock or custom voltage settings), then running the integrated bench once, twice, ten times. No issue, my CPU is going full speed, with temperature depending on the setting.
2- Starting 3D Mark. It works smoothly, no throttle, no lag, nothing wrong. Having decent result.
3- Checking the highest temperature recorded during the test in ThottleStop. From this point, my MAX TDP isn't the same it used to be before the 3D MARK test. Even with ThrottleStop turned to OFF, the max TDP stays as it is, and launching the integrated benchmark shows the really sad truth: the program is downsizing my CPU max TDP in a drastic way.
Here are some numbers to help you figure what I'm talking about:
Intel I5 8300H, 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.3Ghz, going 3.9Ghz in burst mode, 4.0Ghz when 1 core or more desactivated.
STOCK core/cache voltage => going 3.9Ghz during integrated bench, reaching 88°C in a single pass, then 92 with 5 bench in a row. MAX TDP reached 48W.
I then launch 3D MARK, wether I have done one bench or ten. Next, checking ThrottleStop to monitor the max reached temperature, and the MAX TDP is said to be 25W.
Once there, every benchmark or game launched is crippled by this 25W TDP limit, with the max CPU clock 2.7Ghz.
Custom settings for core/cache voltage (-158.2 Mv) => going 3.9Ghz during integrated bench, reaching 74°C in a single pass, then 77 with 5 bench in a row. MAX TDP reached 35W.
I then launch 3D MARK, wether I have done one bench or ten. Next, checking ThrottleStop to monitor the max reached temperature, and the MAX TDP is said to be 25W.
Once there, every benchmark or game launched is crippled by this 25W TDP limit, with the max CPU clock 2.7Ghz.
In any case, shutting down ThrottleStop lets my CPU perform again at full Clock, but full oven heatness. I tried many things, such as checking the disable TURBO LIMIT POWER option (because once the 25W power limitation is ON, I keep having PL2 issues), even setting the TURBO BOOST SHORT POWER MAX from 80 to 100, enable or disable Speed Shift, etc. Nothing worked.
Looking for any tip.
Thanks everyone !
I'm posting this thread because after spending my entire day trying to find how to solve my issue myself, I eventually gave up, and chose to ask the community for some help.
Here is the problem:
My ASUS TUF FX504 GE laptop is litteraly melting under gaming charge, reaching 92°C at some point.
So I decided to install ThrottleStop to undervolt it a bit. It works perfectly for that, and using 3D MARK + integrated Bench, I think I found the settings I needed, lowering my CPU temperature by 15° when in heavy charge.
Anyway, there is still a problem occuring. As this is particularly hard to explain, I will try to do it step by step:
1- Starting ThrottleStop (with either stock or custom voltage settings), then running the integrated bench once, twice, ten times. No issue, my CPU is going full speed, with temperature depending on the setting.
2- Starting 3D Mark. It works smoothly, no throttle, no lag, nothing wrong. Having decent result.
3- Checking the highest temperature recorded during the test in ThottleStop. From this point, my MAX TDP isn't the same it used to be before the 3D MARK test. Even with ThrottleStop turned to OFF, the max TDP stays as it is, and launching the integrated benchmark shows the really sad truth: the program is downsizing my CPU max TDP in a drastic way.
Here are some numbers to help you figure what I'm talking about:
Intel I5 8300H, 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.3Ghz, going 3.9Ghz in burst mode, 4.0Ghz when 1 core or more desactivated.
STOCK core/cache voltage => going 3.9Ghz during integrated bench, reaching 88°C in a single pass, then 92 with 5 bench in a row. MAX TDP reached 48W.
I then launch 3D MARK, wether I have done one bench or ten. Next, checking ThrottleStop to monitor the max reached temperature, and the MAX TDP is said to be 25W.
Once there, every benchmark or game launched is crippled by this 25W TDP limit, with the max CPU clock 2.7Ghz.
Custom settings for core/cache voltage (-158.2 Mv) => going 3.9Ghz during integrated bench, reaching 74°C in a single pass, then 77 with 5 bench in a row. MAX TDP reached 35W.
I then launch 3D MARK, wether I have done one bench or ten. Next, checking ThrottleStop to monitor the max reached temperature, and the MAX TDP is said to be 25W.
Once there, every benchmark or game launched is crippled by this 25W TDP limit, with the max CPU clock 2.7Ghz.
In any case, shutting down ThrottleStop lets my CPU perform again at full Clock, but full oven heatness. I tried many things, such as checking the disable TURBO LIMIT POWER option (because once the 25W power limitation is ON, I keep having PL2 issues), even setting the TURBO BOOST SHORT POWER MAX from 80 to 100, enable or disable Speed Shift, etc. Nothing worked.
Looking for any tip.
Thanks everyone !
