Hello,

I am facing an issue where the detected CPU frequencies in KVM guests are 
incorrect.

I am using the new Core i9 7900x with base clock 3.3GHz with 
"host-passthrough". Both Win10 and Linux guests incorrectly detect 3.45GHz for 
some reason.

The workaround I have found is to temporarily switch to use HPET clocksource in 
the HOST before starting the VM. This makes the VMs correctly detect a 3.3GHz 
CPU. Then I can safely switch back to TSC in the VM HOST.

This mostly does not impact much for day to day use. The only reproducible bug 
I can find with an incorrect CPU frequency is playing Bink videos that come 
with PC games. If I play any Bink video cut scene from the 2013 Tomb Raider 
game with the incorrect CPU frequency, the video plays a little slower than 
intended which results in audio cut out once in a while so that the video can 
"catch up" to the audio.

Anyone having experiences with similar issues?
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