VERY LOW CPU Frequency drops on mac book pro 2018 core I9

elior176 wrote:

<EtreCheck Report.log>

Thanks For the heads-up with the S/N (:

Ive added the report, but didnt se anything unusual or indication to the low frequency rate

Your run time is concerning—

<Runtime: 7:52> this should complete ~3 minutes

I trust you have some backup strategy in place, I see

Backup:

< Time Machine Not Configured! >

You have third party Anti-virus installed— typically this adds nothing but issue on the macOS and competes directly with Apples own built in Security.

< Antivirus software: SentinelOne>

Many third party Kext:

Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/BlueStacks.app

[Not Loaded] VBoxDrv.kext (5.2.20)

/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-VirtualHIDDevice/Extensions

[Loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner.VirtualHIDDevice.v061000.kext (6.10.0 - SDK 10.12)

/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] EnergyDriver.kext (3.5.3 - SDK 10.13)

[Loaded] Sentinel.kext (4.2.2 - SDK 10.14)

[Not Loaded] SteelSeriesEngine3Driver.kext (1.6.17 - SDK 10.14)

[Loaded] RMEFirefaceUSB.kext (3.19 - SDK 10.13)

I would recommend To trouble shoot further you can:

 —Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

  Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache,  etc.  Login and test. Reboot and test as caches get rebuilt.

In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a  reboot will put it back to normal mode.

This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode. 

 —Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

  This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 

ref: macOS - Security - Apple  https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

ref: Apple Platform Security - Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web

elior176 wrote:

Freq Drop can look like this as well

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/091cd0c2-3fe5-4766-9610-6045bdd162ec

I suspect these are self inflicted issues— third party issues.

Clean up:

Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):

2020-11-06 18:29:13 Ableton Live 10 Suite.app High CPU Use (4 times)

Executable: /Applications/Ableton Live 10 Suite.app

2020-11-03 17:08:57 org.pqrs.Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDevice Crash (6 times)

Executable: /Library/StagedExtensions/*/org.pqrs.Karabiner-DriverKit-VirtualHIDDevice

Details:

dyld: launch, running initializers

2020-11-03 15:29:25 GobblerDownstreamProxy.app Crash (12 times)

Executable: /Library/Gobbler/GobblerDownstreamProxy.app

Details:

abort() called

terminating with uncaught exception of type std::__1::future_error: Th

e state of the promise has already been set.

elior176 wrote:

Im Experiencing Severe CPU Frequency drops down to 1.00Ghz which is wayyy below my mac base Frequency while working (which make it impossible)

Utilisation is low so im not sure wha is the cause to this low frequency

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The clock rate will be adjusted to meet demand, so a low clock rate is not a ‘problem’ per se. Do check your battery condition (About this Mac > System Report > Power), as Mac notebooks will throttle back the CPU if the battery is failing or not installed.