diff --git a/msr.c b/msr.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define MSR_PSTATE_0 0xC0010064
+
+// Reads a 64-bit MSR value from a given CPU core
+int read_msr(int cpu, uint64_t msr_addr, uint64_t *value) {
+    char msr_path[64];
+    snprintf(msr_path, sizeof(msr_path), "/dev/cpu/%d/msr", cpu);
+
+    int fd = open(msr_path, O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        perror("open");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (lseek(fd, msr_addr, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
+        perror("lseek");
+        close(fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (read(fd, value, sizeof(*value)) != sizeof(*value)) {
+        perror("read");
+        close(fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    int cpu = 0;
+    if (argc > 1) cpu = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+    uint64_t val;
+    if (read_msr(cpu, MSR_PSTATE_0, &val) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read MSR on CPU %d\n", cpu);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    unsigned int fid = val & 0xff;          // bits [7:0]
+    unsigned int did = (val >> 8) & 0x3f;   // bits [13:8]
+    double freq_mhz = (fid * 25.0) / (1 << did);  // 25 MHz ref clock on Zen CPUs
+
+    printf("CPU%d: MSR[0x%lx] = 0x%016llx\n", cpu, (unsigned long)MSR_PSTATE_0, (unsigned long long)val);
+    printf("FID: %u, DID: %u\n", fid, did);
+    printf("Estimated frequency: %.2f MHz\n", freq_mhz);
+
+    return 0;
+}