Why is the processor running at a low frequency?

Question

Processors

Bought a new Intel T9900 processor. It is written that it has 3.06 Ghz, but GPU-Z shows Core speed: 1.6 Ghz... What is the reason for this difference? In the power supply, everything is 100% set.

Answer 1

The problem is the breakdown of the network socket on the laptop and a power failure ...

Answer 2

1. Modern processors are able to dynamic frequency, reducing it when there is no load.
2. GPU-Z shows the GPU, not the CPU. Perhaps you need CPU-Z
3. Modern processors may have one fast core, the rest are slow.

Answer 3

Have you downloaded it? CPU automatically reduces frequency when idle

Answer 4

I'll tell you more - most of the time the processor is almost idle, waiting for the user to wish for something (those seconds that we think are for the processor almost a century of waiting).
In modern processors, this fact was taken into account - and when the processor is not loaded, its frequency is reduced. This saves electricity and reduces heating, which means that you do not need to make fan noise.
Load it with something serious - for example, set it to pack the archive with the maximum compression ratio or set it to encode video - then you will notice an increase in frequency.
The most modern processors have gone even further: the processor can even jump to the super-maximum frequency, but not for very long - before the sensors register overheating, after that the frequency will drop again.
But that's not all:
In multi-core (and these are all modern) processors, it is not so easy to load all the cores, not every program can do this, most programs can use only 1 core.
That is, 1 core can easily be loaded at 100%, and 3 more are idle, which will give an average load indicator of 25%. In typical scenarios, even 2 cores are hard to load, let alone 4 or 8 or more.