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How to make i7-2670QM work at _nominal_ frequency?
Bottom line:
There is a working laptop with this processor (and there is also an SSD and 16GB of memory).
The laptop often (and a lot) stitches panoramas in PTGui (at 100-200MP each each - from 12-14 frames, and sometimes gigapixel ones, from hundreds of frames).
Problem:
During the most demanding operation, where both the frequency and the number of cores are important (the task is parallelized perfectly), the processor runs at its minimum 800 MHz (out of a possible 2100 + turbo boost).
The same thing happened on a cool server with about 32 cores. In the BIOS settings by default - crosslinking is at a reset frequency (1600, instead of the nominal 2400). Fortunately, in the server I can tweak everything that is needed in the BIOS, i.e. chop off to hell all energy savings. As a result, the base frequency was always available, and even turbo boost helped.
The crosslinking speed increased in proportion to the increase in frequency - the dependence is simply linear.
Everything would be fine, but in the BIOS of the laptop (it costs the latest one) there are no options on this topic. I can only choose from where to boot, and that's it.
As a result , cross-linking is 2-3 times slower than it could be on this hardware.
I tried to play with SETFSB, but this is nonsense, of course, because. increasing the base frequency is not very real (well, I'll do + 5 MHz, and then if I'm lucky), there is no access to the multiplier. YES and PLL could not google it.
I already want some script that completely loads one core. The processor will become "tri-core", but the frequency will become normal.
Does anyone have any idea what I should do to get this damn i7 to run at full speed?
\\ purchase of a desktop is planned later.
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And what checks the current frequency on each core?
And in my opinion, the CPU frequency resets in several cases when it is not loaded (not your case), when it overheats and when it is forcibly switched to power saving mode by software.
Dig into the last 2 options.
The operating frequency of the i7-2670QM under load is 2.8GHz.
As an option, to exclude the influence of windows + drivers, boot from live linux, install i7z , and see the real frequency when all cores are loaded.
If you have maximum performance in PowerCfg and the frequency is NOT at the maximum - pick Acer ePower: http://bit.ly/1ajdPPT
Or go from the opposite, demolish everything (up to a clean installation, at least for verification) and let Windows itself steer.
1. Select the "Maximum performance" mode in Power Options in the Control Panel.
2. Run CPU-Z and some benchmark like Cinebench/wPrime on 8 threads. It will be clear if the multiplier goes up with a normal load.
3. Install XTU and post a screenshot of the Manual Tuning tab (I think so). It happens that laptop manufacturers underestimate the turbo boost frequency (and in your case, maybe even the limit multiplier).
4. C1E and EIST can be disabled using the Throttlestop utility, but then Turboboost will stop working, since it is associated with C1E / EIST.
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