I use a specific set of codecs for media playback that makes an attempt at using all processing threads when required (in the case of the D54250, all four where possible). Been having issues playing around with this and during debugging I noticed that the processor clocks were not exceeding 1.3GHz (even though the NUC is advertised to Turbo Boost to 2.6GHz).
Entered BIOS and it seems that Turbo Boost was disabled out-of-the-box.
Granted boosting in the long run isn't too good for any processor (with the stress that comes with higher temperatures etc etc). But why disable an (advertised) feature out of the box? Is there anything to note for the end-user?
PS - Enabled said feature in BIOS and I now have some stability with my codecs, though of course with slightly higher temperatures (single core runs at 2.6GHz, multi-thread processing limited to 2.3GHz as per BIOS default multiplier settings). And it still seems to idle at a good 35'C at a clock of 800MHz as well.
PPS - This is my first i-series processor so I may be missing something here (maybe Intel disables TB out of the box since most people don't need it, or something?)