one noob Q guys....

I'm on 8700k, Z370 gaming k6, crucial ballistix sport ddr4 ram. for cooling, I'm using D15s.

I just play around with the OC tune settings which came with the mobo. I've selected the highest to 5GHz.

with the preset, the mobo set the cpu V to 1.4, and I play around by bringing it down to 1.2v.

at first I received BSOD, return to BIOS and change the value slowly upward, until I get 1.248v with no BSOD.

for ram, I didn't change any values. but it runs on 2400MHz.

for temperature, when stress test it hovers around 80c - 93c.

if I use CPU-z "stress cpu" button, it plays around 80c on load.

on normal usage, idle on 33c-37c and 65c on load.

am I doing anything wrong or I'm exposing the chip to danger?

This post has been edited by hafiez: Dec 17 2017, 09:53 PM

do u delid ur proc?

Btw, for the cpu V, why need until 1.3/1.35v ?

when I open the intel overclocking utility, the max frequency only show 4.99GHz, never went to 5GHz. in youtube video, I see people getting 5.01GHz, what I'm doing wrong?

the youtuber using the same bios and settings as me. he didn't change any values.

and, RAM only run on its specification? the memory I use stated 2400MHz, when I try change it to the higher number like 3000MHz, it wont boot.

so, when back to bios and change it back to the default values.

hi, how you install/use your thermal paste with NHD15s ?

pea style or spread style?

This post has been edited by hafiez: Dec 19 2017, 09:55 AM

I see, thanks bro. yes, the ram spec is 2.4ghz @ 1.2v.


ok already turn off the BCLK Spread Spectrum.

the difference is, I can get 5g or 4995mhz most of the time

in cpu-z, it shows 5000.0 MHz 50x100mhz

sometimes 5001,5002.

in AIDA it shows 5.00Ghz

only in intel extreme utility it barely go above 4995mhz. maybe it just a rounding problem, nothing serious.

edit: what is your proc cache value? 43 or 48, is it ok?

This post has been edited by hafiez: Dec 19 2017, 01:08 PM

last week I update to latest bios for my mobo

I didn't realize it wiped my 5GHz (8700k) settings (my bad I didn't save it). I only realize it when I see my pc didn't run at 5GHz on load.

so I just play around again and include all values that I remembered. I'm not a extreme overclocker where by I can remember everything (learning from utube only... )

after I key in everything and let my pc run. do some stress test, I found out my cpu speed wont go down to stock when on idle. what did I went wrong yea?

my cpu now stays at 5GHz all the time. but the temp around 40-45c on idle. on load it will go up to ~57c. speed remain.

all are enable. this is what makes me wonder though...

and, is it normal for the temp to go up to 100c when doing Small FFTs test? I stop the test.

on Blend test, the temp seems normal for me.

edit:

OK, now I understand what u mean by OS Power Plan.

I change from High Performance to Balanced now.

Previously I changed to HP from Bal.

the speed now are at stock or lower on idle.

This post has been edited by hafiez: Apr 19 2018, 11:21 AM

ok, prior to ur reply i did some googling and the results said about the AVX which are enabled in newer version of PRIME. Version 26.x seems no AVX, so that the temp tested using this version will produce lower temp reading. Im on v29 btw.

Regarding the test, on the current settings i manage to get stable on Blend with 1.25v. But when on Small FTTs, immediate BSOD..

I increase the v to 1.27, run small FTTs, no BSOD after several minutes BUT the temp went high 😅...

Whats ur advice regarding the test. Im just normal user with gaming, surfing net n doing some minor work on PC.

ok, I'm running the custom test now.

suggested time to test, 3 hours plus OR 10 minutes?

alright I've done my observation for several hours

I re-do all my settings and I start from 0

previously I'm using 5GHz preset by asrock but I edit few things;

max core ratio 50
cpu cache ratio 43
BCLK freq 100
AVX ratio offset Auto

Core voltage 1.25-1.30 (fixed)
Load Line Calibration Level 1

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then I cleared everything but only edit these ^^ 6 settings, instead of using preset+self edit

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when running Prime95 - Custom 1344 Min/Max 90% RAM ;

on 1.25v, BSOD

on 1.27v, System Freeze

on 1.28v, I get worker stopped windows only 7/12 cores working

on 1.285v, only 11/12 workers working after 1 minute

on 1.29v, only 11/12 workers working after several minutes

on 1.30v, all workers working fine on 10 minutes test <-- this I need to test overnight because I do short test to see the workers failing or not upon increasing the V.

++ in CPU-z it shows 1.296v-1.312v during stress test and during idle.



This post has been edited by hafiez: Apr 19 2018, 06:02 PM

owikh84, let say only one worker failed or stopped during the prime test, what should I do?

increase RAM voltage?

I read, some said increase the ram voltage

problem is, my ram is 2400MHz and 1.2v

I'm using crucial ballistix sport lt 8gb and single

--edit

right now I'm running at 1.3v 5GHz on normal usage.

This post has been edited by hafiez: Apr 21 2018, 06:05 PM

i set the vcore to auto

I check at cpu-z it plays around 1.312v ~ 1.328v but only on 4.9ghz. Maybe because avx offset i put on auto and it -1 upon testing.

Or do i need to reset back all those settings?

Edit

Ok when i open HWinfo, it shows 1.439-ish

This post has been edited by hafiez: Apr 22 2018, 08:38 PM

this? All auto already...



This post has been edited by hafiez: Apr 23 2018, 12:16 PM

ok I've set the settings to OC and run prime95 and this time vcore fixed to 1.328v

avx offset set to auto (previously either 1 or 7)
llc set to line 5 (previously line 1)

with this settings I see some improvements;

1) stable temperature, no jumping or spike
2) stable speed @ 5GHz
3) temp max 82c, average 60c

BUT one core / worker stop running at 45mins mark

last time it will failed at 15th mins

increase some vcore..? like you and keyo said before

does it fails because of temp also?

am I doing the right thing?

in bios I set 1.33v

and this is the result after few weeks of testing, no workers stopped.



This post has been edited by hafiez: May 1 2018, 11:36 AM

up the vcore to 1.335

here is the 1 hour test result

the utilization is 100% showed in HWiNFO and Task Manager, only sometimes drop to 80% but not long till 95%++ again

I dun understand why in RealTemp only show 25~ % load

in the Prime95, the self test passed when I open the minimized window. just don't know why it didn't show like others.

btw I already relocate my gpu to slot x16. I didn't realized it



This post has been edited by hafiez: May 2 2018, 08:07 PM

aiya...okay didnt know that

But i only changed the vcore

I will try to change the LLC later to 1, currently Auto

RealTemp GT didnt have in the folder, i7TurboGT got.

ok this is the result after I changed the LLC from Auto to 1, vCore remain. 4 hours.

the temp below 100c, the highest was 92c and it only happened few minutes after Prime95 starts.

after 30minutes, the temp only plays around 55-75. but mostly I can see around 60-65.

downloaded new GT.

all workers on prime passed just that one worker didn't show. only can see it when maximize the worker's windows.

the load in RealTemp looks ~100% after change the LLC to 1



This post has been edited by hafiez: May 3 2018, 09:33 AM

I guess that was the first reading when I open HWiNFO. I only hit Test in Prime95 after all apps are opened.

yes im on single channel only because I only have 1 sticks of ram

along the test I do open task manager and see the utilization. it was 100% all the time.

and the Memory showing almost 100% of usage.

This post has been edited by hafiez: May 3 2018, 08:00 PM

yes i did this all this while since u told me this few weeks ago

I only do that custom blend.

any advice on that?

Should i try to play with LLC maybe Level 2/ 3. Does this options got any relations?

Last time i tried level 5, bsod after few mins of prime