MSI Z87-G45,i5 4670k can't get past 3.8ghz

I am pretty new to overclocking, I've been watching and reading tutorial but some how on the "adjust cpu ration" it stop at 3800. Even if I hit the positive key on the keyboard or manually type in number like 4000 it changed back to 3800. I wonder did I miss something? Thank you for your time guys.
Here's my spec:
MoBo: MB MSI|Z87-G45 GAMING Z87 1150 RT
Cooler: CORSAIR HYDRO SERIES H60 120MM LIQUID COOLING
CPU: INTEL|CORE I5 4670 3.4G 6M R
Power Supply: IN-WIN COMMANDER II 80 PLUS 1200W POWER SUPPLY
HD: 60 GB OCZ AGILITY 3 SATA III SSD
RAM: 4x KINGSTON HYPER-X 4 GB DDR3/ 1600 MHZ
VGA SLi: 2x EVGA|02G-P4-2765-KR GTX 760 2G
here's additional photo

Non 'K' CPU is limited to whatever max Turbo Boost frequency is for any particular non 'K' CPU being used. For yours it is 3.8.
I see your topic title says 4670K but your BIOS shows it as 4670

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IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000A
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Thank you both for the prompt replies. I'm learning a lot.
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Thanks for your replies.
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I just wasn't sure if it's generally normal, that the pins are not straight upwards like on amd cpus. But I already saw on some other pictures that that seems to be normal. The pins are all equally and none of them is at another height level. So that doesn't seem to ba a problem.
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PSU: Enermax Revolution X't ERX530AWT
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OS: none (old was win7, but I don't even get to the BIOS)
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