Windows 10: My CPU is capped at a low percentage of usage and CPU frequency after recent Windows Update

I have an almost newly installed Windows PC with a CPU that can constantly run at 4.5 GHz, it used to be fine, I can edit 4K videos with Premiere Pro CC and Davinci Resolve.

Until one day, windows updated and the CPU never go higher than 3 GHz, usage at about 50% with balanced battery mode, peaked at 80% in Performance mode with CPU minium set to 100%, maximun set to 100%


Microsoft please fix the stupid bug that limit my CPU usage and frequency

:)

 

INCORRECT CPU FREQUENCY READING

Hello Muhammad,

CPU usage depends on the applications that are open to your device. To isolate the problem, we suggest that you answer the following questions:

• Can you include a screenshot of the CPU reading?
• Have you tried performing a
  clean boot to eliminate software conflicts?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Looking forward to your response.

 

Windows 10 CPU constantly at 100% usage

I've got the exact same issue. After installing creators update my CPU usage is between 0 and 10%, but the frequency is at max of the chosen power profile.

If I update the max frequency in the power profile or update the max cpu percentage it will then be at the chosen maximum full time.

I've got a brand new Asus ux550VD with the same intel 7700HQ processor...

UPDATE:

I've rolled back the creators update and all is well again. CPU is not locked to max frequency anymore. I will wait it out till a fix is created...

 

CPU usage capped & frequency locked to 0.59 GHz

Hi,

I've been running into a problem with my HP Spectre 13 X2 where after a few sleep/wake cycles the CPU usage caps at 33% and the frequency locks to 600MHz. It stays this way until a reboot - hibernate/resume won't resolve it, nor will plugging in/removing
AC power.

I saw a report of a similar sounding issue where someone was able to work around this problem by removing the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery device from device manager & letting windows reinstall. That hasn't helped for me. A hard reboot
is the only workaround I've found.

Wondering if there was any power/thermal throttling going on I installed Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to diagnose -- no power/thermal throttling is going on. Screenshot attached. So I think windows just isn't trying to run any faster.

Any thoughts/suggestions are appreciated..

- Joe