ph3nak Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 CPU doesn't down clock as it should with the Intel speed step. As soon as i close icue.exe the clocks drop and function normally. PM if you need anything further.SpeedStepNotWorking.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph3nak Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 with debug loggin onSpeedStepNotWorking1.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair James Posted September 28, 2018 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 28, 2018 Check your windows power management to see what % it is set to for CPU utilization. iCUE does use CPU power when its running and Speedstep will not trigger if the % is above a certain range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph3nak Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 I did. Minimum CPU utilization is at 0% and max is 100%. Like i said, as soon as i shut icue off it works like it should. when i boot it back up the frequency jumps back to max and will stay at turbo speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph3nak Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 OK well i figured it out.. it will only allow the speed-step to activate and run speedstep like it should when either i completely close icue or i have the power mode set to balanced. idk why but power saver, high performance and ultimate performance stay at max turbo frequencies. Is the software only set for the balanced power profile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 The software has nothing nothing to do with the Power Profiles. They are completely handled by Windows and transparent to the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma123 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Check your windows power management to see what % it is set to for CPU utilization. iCUE does use CPU power when its running and Speedstep will not trigger if the % is above a certain range. James I have this issue as well.. Brand new machine with 8700k and Hero XI motherboard, corsair service sucking down 12-20% cpu and causing my processor to lock at my frequency, as soon as I close Icue the issue goes away I'm on balanced plan with processor 0-100% tried setting it to 20-100 Does not help. Can we get some help here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 There is a difference between "high CPU usage" (like the 12-20% you are experiencing) and the keeping the CPU multiplier pegged at its maximum. Because your CPU actually is loaded, the multiplier is staying high as it should. The original poster is complaining of a high multiplier when there is no load and it should drop down in accordance with BIOS EIST/Speedstep and power plan parameters. There is quite a bit of discussion regarding the CPU usage you are describing. It is not universal by any means and I am running the same CPU and platform with 1-4% total service and app usage on a keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, fan controller, 5 RGB fans, 4 strips, and a cooler. Most of the time one device seems to be guilty of triggering the behavior. The RGB memory seems to be the most problematic, but other devices as well. List any iCUE devices you have installed, from keyboard and mouse to headphone stands and RAM. I would suggest repairing or reinstalling iCUE. Make sure you are using a recent version like 3.6-3.8. Some of the older ones were more prone to this kind of thing. Also, don't mess with your power plan min/max CPU usage setting unless you know what you are doing. The 8700K is a very active with minimal tasks by design. It is rather difficult to prevent the moderate response for low level tasks, but the power consumption is quite low. Obviously 12-20% CPU usage is not low and that needs to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma123 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) There is a difference between "high CPU usage" (like the 12-20% you are experiencing) and the keeping the CPU multiplier pegged at its maximum. Because your CPU actually is loaded, the multiplier is staying high as it should. The original poster is complaining of a high multiplier when there is no load and it should drop down in accordance with BIOS EIST/Speedstep and power plan parameters. There is quite a bit of discussion regarding the CPU usage you are describing. It is not universal by any means and I am running the same CPU and platform with 1-4% total service and app usage on a keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, fan controller, 5 RGB fans, 4 strips, and a cooler. Most of the time one device seems to be guilty of triggering the behavior. The RGB memory seems to be the most problematic, but other devices as well. List any iCUE devices you have installed, from keyboard and mouse to headphone stands and RAM. I would suggest repairing or reinstalling iCUE. Make sure you are using a recent version like 3.6-3.8. Some of the older ones were more prone to this kind of thing. Also, don't mess with your power plan min/max CPU usage setting unless you know what you are doing. The 8700K is a very active with minimal tasks by design. It is rather difficult to prevent the moderate response for low level tasks, but the power consumption is quite low. Obviously 12-20% CPU usage is not low and that needs to stop. This is a brand new up to date install of windows 10 pro, I have: K70 LUX 9X LL120, 6 on command pro and 3 on h150i H150i Pro 4x8 GB Vengeance Pro RGB Commander Pro 2x RGB controller 1x Lightning node Pro 4x corsair rgb strips HX 1200i Asus Hero XI z390 8700k Asus strix 1080ti OC edition. iCue is the current version as of writing this: 3.8.91 and yes it is keeping my multiplier pegged at max Edited November 4, 2018 by karma123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Try turning of the software control of the RAM first. See this thread. The RGB RAM seems to be the most popular culprit. Also keep an eye on Aura if you have it installed. Earlier on, it and iCUE would cross swords and one of the other would lock in at 10-20%. These days it seems like Aura is the one getting stuck, but that is by no means written in stone. Aside from the RAM, I don't see anything on that list that is different from the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma123 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Try turning of the software control of the RAM first. See this thread. The RGB RAM seems to be the most popular culprit. Also keep an eye on Aura if you have it installed. Earlier on, it and iCUE would cross swords and one of the other would lock in at 10-20%. These days it seems like Aura is the one getting stuck, but that is by no means written in stone. Aside from the RAM, I don't see anything on that list that is different from the rest of us. Aura isn't running, even when disabling every other service from asus, corsair link.service is usually about 14% cpu usage..... I'll see if turning the ram off helps. edit: disabling full software control on the ram seems to have done the trick, down to about 1-2.5% cpu usage now. what does this actually do, having it disabled? Edited November 5, 2018 by karma123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziiip Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Running iCUE causes all core clocks of my 9900k to go at constant 4.7 Ghz too. Edited October 1, 2019 by ziiip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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