17" MBP SR only running at 2.0Ghz

[cocacola5373]

Hi. I just got my 17" MBP SR with the Hi-res screen and 7200rpm hard drive. I'm a happy camper. No dead pixels, no problems whatsoever. Until.... I installed CoreDuo Temp since I was curious to know what temperatures I was getting during idle and full load.

My problem is that CoreDuo Temp reports my CPU at 1.5Ghz on idle and 2.0ghz on load. I had also installed miniStat 2 v1.89 just to verify this and I am getting exactly the same results. No matter what I do, I can't get the CPU past 2.0Ghz.

I have the power adapter plugged in, have set energy to "better performance" and Im still not getting anthing above 2.0Ghz. Is there a utility that can load up my cpu to its max. I just want to be sure that there is nothing wrong with my machine.

By the way, system profiler reports my processor to be a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. What gives? Or is there something wrong with my method of testing. Thanks in advance for any input.

 

[Cabbit]

Your processor adjusts its clock speed depending on load to save energy.

 

[cocacola5373]

Thanks for the reply. I do understand that it throttles back to save energy but it seems no matter what I do, I can't get it past the 2.0Ghz mark. On my previous Rev B 17" MBP, i did not have to do much for the CPU to hit its max of 2.33Ghz. Maybe I am not stressing it out too much? Any suggetions on a program or utility that I can use to fully load up my CPU just to see if it will max out at 2.4Ghz?

Thanks again.

 

[Jestered]

I had the same problem/question with my MBP SR 2.2 15"... then I found out that CoreDuoTemp is not updated for the new processors and the reading is wrong.

 

[cocacola5373]

Again, thanks for the quick reply. Any idea on what utility I can use to test my CPU's current frecuency/speed?

Thanks.

 

[Jestered]

I don't know of another app that will tell you that. I am sure there are others, but none that I know of.

I did find this post that will explain why your readout is what it is:

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/3785028/

 

[cocacola5373]

Ahhhhhhhhh............ That makes a whole lot of sense. I feel much better now. Cheers to you! Now I can say that I am 100% happy with my new machine. ..........for now that is...