Overclocked On Air: Intel's Core i5-750
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Clock Speed/Voltage Table And Test Setup
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| Core i5-750 Overclocking | 3,600 MHz | 3,700 MHz | 3,800 MHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplier | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| System Idle Power | 74W | 75W | 77W |
| System Peak Power | 179W | 190W | 198W |
| BIOS Vcore | 1.251V | 1.301V | 1.32V |
| CPU-Z VT | 1.208V | 1.256V | 1.264V |
| Cpu VTT | 1.101V | 1.149V | 1.149V |
| PCH | 1.81V | 1.81V | 1.85V |
| RAM | 1.651V | 1.651V | 1.651V |
| Fritz Chess Benchmark | 10,408 | 10,698 | 10,986 |
| C-States | enabled | enabled | enabled |
| Stable | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Core i5-750 Overclocking | 3,900 MHz | 4,000 MHz | 4,200 MHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplier | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| System Idle Power | 78W | 79W | 125W |
| System Peak Power | 221W | 238W | 270W |
| BIOS Vcore | 1.37V | 1.45V | 1.52V |
| CPU-Z VT | 1.344V | 1.384V | 1.432V |
| CPU VTT | 1.203V | 1.25V | 1.303V |
| PCH | 1.9V | 1.9V | 1.9V |
| RAM | 1.651V | 1.651V | 1.651V |
| Fritz Chess Benchmark | 11,266 | 11,506 | 12,162 |
| C-States | enabled | enabled | disabled |
| Stable | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Core i5-750 Overclocking | 4,100 MHz | 4,100 MHz | 4,300 MHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplier | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| System Idle Power | 80W | 114W | 127W |
| System Peak Power | 244W | 244W | 282W |
| BIOS Vcore | 1.465V | 1.463V | 1.55V |
| CPU-Z VT | 1.384V | 1.384V | 1.456V |
| CPU VTT | 1.25V | 1.25V | 1.318V |
| PCH | 1.9V | 1.9V | 1.9V |
| RAM | 1.651V | 1.651V | 1.651V |
| Fritz Chess Benchmark | 11,785 | 11,842 | 12.359 |
| C-States | enabled | disabled | disabled |
| Stable | No | Yes | No |
Please have a look at our CPU-Z image gallery to look at all the speeds and settings
Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| Performance Benchmarks | |
| Motherboard (Socket LGA 1156) | MSI P55-GD65 (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: Intel P55 BIOS: 1.42 (09/08/2009) |
| CPU Intel I | Intel Core i5-750 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 95W, Rev. B1) |
| CPU Intel II | Intel Core i7-870 (45nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 95W, Rev. B1) |
| RAM DDR3 (Dual) | 2 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair CM3X2G1600C9DHX)2 x 1GB DDR3-2000 (OCZ OCZ3P2000EB1G) |
| Cooler | Thermalright MUX-120 |
| Graphics | Zotac Geforce GTX 260² GPU: Geforce GTX 260 (576 MHz) Graphics RAM: 896MB DDR3 (1998 MHz) Stream Processors: 216 Shader Clock: 1242 MHz |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) 10,000 RPM, SATA/300, 16MB Cache |
| Blu-Ray | LG GGW-H20L, SATA/150 |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V 750W |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 x64 Service Pack 2 (Build 6000) |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1015 |
| Intel storage drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.8.0.1009 |
Benchmarks & Drivers
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| 3D Game Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Details |
| Far Cry 2 | Version: 1.0.1 Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool Video Mode: 1280x800 Direct3D 9 Overall Quality: Medium Bloom activated HDR off Demo: Ranch Small |
| GTA IV | Version: 1.0.3 Video Mode: 1280x1024 - 1280x1024 - Aspect Ratio: Auto - All options: Medium - View Distance: 30 - Detail Distance: 100 - Vehicle Density: 100 - Shadow Density: 16 - Definition: On - Vsync: Off Ingame Benchmark |
| Left 4 Dead | Version: 1.0.0.5 Video Mode: 1280x800 Game Settings - Anti Aliasing none - Filtering Trilinear - Wait for vertical sync disabled - Shader Detail Medium - Effect Detail Medium - Model/Texture Detail Medium Demo: THG Demo 1 |
| Audio Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| iTunes | Version: 8.1.0.52 Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min. Convert to AAC audio format |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.98 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min convert WAV to MP3 audio format Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kbps) |
| Video Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| TMPEG 4.6 | Version: 4.6.3.268 Video: Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 5 Minutes Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-channel, English Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 Kbps, 44.1 KHz) |
| DivX 6.8.5 | Version: 6.8.5 == Main Menu == default == Codec Menu == Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading Enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search == Video Menu == Quantization: MPEG-2 |
| XviD 1.2.1 | Version: 1.2.1 Other Options / Encoder Menu - Display encoding status = off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 | Version: 1.6.1 MPEG-2 to MPEG-2 (H.264) MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2) Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2-channel, 16-bit, 224 Kbps) Codec: H.264 Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Settings for eight threads |
| Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 | Version: 4.0 WMV 1920x1080 (39 sec) Export: Adobe Media Encoder == Video == H.264 Blu-ray 1440x1080i 25 High Quality Encoding Passes: one Bitrate Mode: VBR Frame: 1440x1080 Frame Rate: 25 == Audio == PCM Audio, 48 kHz, Stereo Encoding Passes: one |
| Application Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| Grisoft AVG Anti Virus 8 | Version: 8.5.287 Virus base: 270.12.16/2094 Benchmark Scan: some compressed ZIP and RAR archives |
| Winrar 3.9 | Version 3.90 x64 BETA 1 Compression = Best Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Winzip 12 | Version 12.0 (8252) WinZIP Commandline Version 3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096KB Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2009 | Version: 9 x64 Rendering Dragon Image Resolution: 1920x1280 (frame 1-5) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 4 (64-Bit) | Version: 11 Filtering a 16MB TIF (15000x7266) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good), Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol), Median (Radius: 1px), Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar) |
| Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional | Version: 9.0.0 (Extended) == Printing Preferenced Menu == Default Settings: Standard == Adobe PDF Security - Edit Menu == Encrypt all documents (128-bit RC4) Open Password: 123 Permissions Password: 321 |
| Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 | Version: 2007 SP2 PPT to PDF Powerpoint Document (115 Pages) Adobe PDF-Printer |
| Deep Fritz 11 | Version: 11 Fritz Chess Benchmark Version 4.2 |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Banchmark | Details |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02 Options: Performance Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 CPU Test 1 CPU Test 2 |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00 PCMark Benchmark Memories Benchmark |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2009 | Version: 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith |
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