Strange cpu frequency / temp on Windows 10

[Elyspio]

Describe the bug
On Windows, data gotten by method cpuCurrentSpeed, cpuTemperature seem not correct: my processor is overclocked to 4.6 GHz (checked in task manager) but modules get me back strange data.

Also I tried to check directly with wmic (as I know, this module get data from it) and it's the same value (4.01 instead of 4.6).

I run the app with administrator privileges.

But on Linux everything works

To Reproduce
Just call cpuCurrentSpeed and cpuTemperature on windows

Current Output
from si.cpuCurrentSpeed()

• avg: 4.01
• cores: [
  • 0: 4.01
  • 1: 4.01
  • 2: 4.01
  • 3: 4.01
  • 4: 4.01
  • 5: 4.01
  • 6: 4.01
  • 7: 4.01
    ]
• max: 4.01
• min: 4.01

from si.cpuTemperature():

• cores: [
  • 0: 27.8
  • 1: 29.8
    ]
• main: 28.8
• max: 29.8

Expected behavior
Get the correct values for cpu's frequency and the good number of cores from cpuTemperature()

Environment (please complete the following information):

• systeminformation package version: lastest (4.1.5)
• OS: Windows 10
• Hardware Intel core I7 6700K overclocked and fixed to 4.6 GHz

thanks you for reading :).

[Leigham]

mines doing the same thing, showing base speeds instead of actual speed, its the same issue with os.cpus

[Leigham]

looked into how you fetch the speeds, and its wmic that is not returning the right details.

[nrpatten]

Could this issue be because of Intel Speed Step, If you look at your screen cap @Elyspio you will see Base Speed is set at 4.0 GHz. in your bios EIST = Intel SpeedStep

My Ryzen CPU has the AMD version disabled in the bios..

[CodeF0x]

Is there any update on this? I'm having the same issue, both on Windows 10 and MacOS Catalina. Both times it only shows the base clock, but not the actual speed.

[sebhildebrandt]

@CodeF0x, @Elyspio, @Leigham ... as wmic (windows) as well as os.cpus (Mac OS) do not return actual frequencies, the only way to get the current frequency would be to include platform specific c code. My knowledge for this is probably not good enough. If anyone has an idea here, hints are welcome. Closing this for now because this seems not to be solvable with javascript / system calls.