Intel Xeon x3440 ?

[unclewebb]

See, I just don't make this sh_it up. I knew there was a 26 multi hiding in your CPU.

It's all those other programs that like to ignore what's really going on inside your CPU that ends up confusing people. It's hard to rely on CPU-Z / ELEET when it can report the exact same multiplier even though internally, the CPU might be doing two different things.

I use the Set minimum processor state option to control the multi at idle. I don't usually enable C1 because it can cause the floating multiplier problem if other things aren't set correctly.

C3/C6 are needed if you want more than a +1 multiplier when running single threaded tasks. If all you want is your multiplier locked at +1 then enable turbo and disable C3/C6. You don't need it and it can be a problem when overclocking if it is cycling your multi up to 26 times.

C7 is a deeper sleep state so if you like to save power and are using C3/C6 then enable C7 too and see if you like it. Lots of users like a nice steady multiplier so I always recommend using i7 Turbo so the multiplier you think you are getting is actually what you're really getting. Setting something in the bios isn't always what you end up with in Windows.

Edit: You should be able to turn on hyper threading so you will have a speedy single core Xeon CPU that can process two tasks at a time. Go do some Super PI benches to show us what you get.