What are some good benchmarks with which to measure overclock results?

[geetaradam]

I just engaged in my first overclock attempt and want a way to measure the increased performance. I had FX-4100 which was originally set at 3.6Ghz @ 1.2v. I got a new mobo, psu, case, and hyper 212 evo cooler and, within an hour of messing around, got it to (what seems to be stable when running Prime95 blend-tests for around 30 minutes) 4.5Ghz @1.375v. Played BF3 for a couple hours and it seems to be pretty stable with temps around 55c. However, I went back and ran a WEI and my processor score, which was previously 5.9, is exactly the same. Should I not expect to see this increase? What are some tasks or benchmarks I can use to measure the increased (or lack there-of) performance?

 

[COLGeek]

Consult this previous thread on Tom's answering the same basic question:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247242-49-what-good-free-benchmarking-software

Don't rely upon WEI to tell you much in regards to OC gains. See this article for more info regarding WEI's shortcomings:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2013/09/19/farewell-to-the-windows-experience-index/