The power was 115w. I didnt catch the last score. This desktop is going to the wife for her projects.
The wife needs more stability than overclocking speed. I'll see if I can get it a few more mhz faster.
Where does the 115W comes from?
In order for the power to be 115W while PPT reports 142Wthen PowerReportingDeviation should be at 123% right?
I would suggest to enable PBO to advanced mode, set manually the limits of PPT, TDC, EDC and also get access to curve optimizer for some V/F undervolting. There is also the option of increasing max boost up to +200MHz with steps of 25MHz.
It all depends if the system is needed for high single thread frequency or high multi thread frequency. You can have the best for one or the other, or the middle ground for both.
If you’re interested in such a tuning let us know.
If you just enable PBO on auto mode and let the board set the limits it will be practically unlimited.
Then the CPU will self regulate internally to preserve silicon health. This way power can reach very high limits (200+W) if temperature and current allows. Temperature alone does not mean much if you left out current (Amps).
To me it’s not very efficient if you left everything completely free like “PBO Enabled” does. Current also can reach too high values for my taste (EDC= or greater than 200A).