Did I get an average 4790K? Can I squeeze a little more performance out?

grandelatte

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Guys,

My 4790k is stable at 4.6 @1.296 volts. Cache ratio is 4.4 @1.30V. I would go into 1.325-1.35 territory with the vcore, but I messed up with my case, and cpu cooler selection for this build. I went with a H440 case and the Cryorig R1 Ultimate. The cooler is amazing! I am tired of water cooling, and i just wanted to plop something on the cpu and never think about it again. The case looks cool to me, but even packed with nice fans, it falls short on having GREAT air flow. Questions is, "should I mess with the blck to get more performance?". The machine is for audio production, rendering and mostly gaming. I might delid if you think I could hit 4.8+. Really I should just be running it stock, but I am not well in the head.

I did mod the case to drop all the temps by 8c+...I took the front off and let it breath

Non Adaptive(manual mode)
Vcore 1.296V
Cache 1.3V
eventual input voltage 1.98
ram 1.523 ? I know weird
temps idle 35c cpu 38c cores
Load 100% varies on the test 68-78c aida 64, and up to 85c+ prime small fft. I ran every stress test except occt and ibt

4790K
Maximus Hero VII
Cryorig R1 Ultimate w/arctic MX4
xfx 850 gold (looks like my seasonic)
H440 case
Corsair LPX 9-9-9-24
Asus 970 Strix qty 2 sli
 
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I've never had much luck with blck frequency,

pleas post went you get your final oc,

have fun.

mike1996

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i got mine at 4.9 stable the average with a good cooler is 4.7~4.8 and know one hits 5 unless you use liquid nitrogen

push the cpu tell you get just over 90c in prime 95

90c is hot and can damage you cpu if it stays there for prolonged amount of time, but for a 12 hour stress test in prime 95 its fine. i recommend this because prime 96 artificially pins your cpu at 100%, in real world benchmarking and use you will probably see temps at about 80 which is fine.

aida an cine bench are great real world benchmarks

you shouldn't need to mess with blck yet

overclocking is not about being right in the head, none of use need to over clock, we do it because we can ;)
 

mike1996

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I've never had much luck with blck frequency,

pleas post went you get your final oc,

have fun.
 
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grandelatte

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4.7 is as far as I can go. 4.7 @1.35v is what I am going to have to live with. I can't get it stable within my voltage comfort zone. RIP 2700k at 5.0 1.4v I wish I had not given you to my nephew.....
 

grandelatte

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HEY! I have read every overclocking guide for amd and intel. These settings posted on another site got me to 4.7 @1.299 on adaptive:
WARNING! Start in manual mode for the vcore. Get your voltage stable and then change the voltage to adaptive. This is the safest method of overclocking haswell that I have used.

AI Overclock Tuner: Auto
CPU Core Ratio: 47
All Cores Synced
Max CPU Cache Ratio: Auto (for now)
Internal PLL Overvoltage: Auto
DRAM Frequency: Auto
CPU Core Voltage: Auto (check VID in CPU-Z and report back)
CPU Cache Voltage: Auto
CPU System Agent Voltage Offset: +.375(DO NOT ENTER THIS VALUE! get your voltage stable in manual mode. Using the offset shown will put you into the 1.35 ish range.)
CPU Analog I/O Voltage Offset: +.200
CPU Digital I/O Voltage Offset: +.200
Initial CPU Input Voltage: Auto
Eventual CPU Input Voltage: Auto
DRAM Voltage: Auto
SVID Support: Auto
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU LLC: Level 9
CPU VRM Switching Frequency: Extreme
VRM Spread Spectrum: Disabled
Active Frequency Mode: Disabled
CPU Power Phase Control: Extreme
CPU Power Duty Control: Extreme
CPU Load-Line Calibration: 140%
Termination Anti-Aliasing: Enabled
EVERYTHING ELSE SET TO AUTO

Once you are done getting the clock you want go in at set your ram timings and speed manually