Hi.
Specs: MSI Z890I Edge TI Wifi, Core Ultra 270K, Thermalright AXP120x67, 32GB Kingston Fury DDR5 6000MHz CL30, 2TB Kingston Renegade G5 NVMe, Intel Arc Pro B50, HDPlex 250w GAN and a Densium APU case.
Current BIOS settings:
Intel default profile
PL1: 100w
PL2: 125w
IA CEP disabled
CPU Current Limit 400A
TAU 128s
CPU Lite Load Mode 8
Intel Turbo Boost enabled
Enhanced Turbo disabled
200S boost disabled
IGPU disabled
XMP Profile 1
My issue: no matter what I change, the system doesn’t draw more than 88w and it averages 65 degrees under full load. It never throttles either.
Tried various PL1/PL2 settings, Mode 8, Mode 5 and Mode 3. Made no difference. I also switched from the Intel default profile to the MSI performance profile which didn’t change anything either. Lastly, I’ve also tried changing the CPU Lite Load to advanced and changing the AC load line from 80 to 60 and DC load line from 120 to 60. Again no difference. Each change scores around 7200 in Cinebench (Multi Threads) and from my understanding, this CPU should be scoring higher despite being power limited.
I want to use more wattage for more performance while still keeping it safe considering my 250w PSU. Any help would be greatly appreciated.