Conflicting VCORE readings

[jsanthara]

Below are some VCORE readings I have been getting from various programs. I am wondering which one you guys would trust, or which programs you use?

i5-2500k


Idle (@ 3.3 GHz):

CPUID HWMonitor - 1.04
CPUID CPUz - 1.044
EasyTune6 HW Monitor - 1.044
GIGABYTE Touch BIOS - 1.07
Core Temp - 1.0057


100% load (overclocked @ 4.1 GHz):

CPUID HWMonitor - 1.06
CPUID CPUz - 1.056
EasyTune6 HW Monitor - 1.284
GIGABYTE Touch BIOS - 1.30
Core Temp - 1.3811 (VID)


I used the "one click" OC (twin turbo) in the Touch BIOS (@ 4.1) and everything seems to work fine, but I want to go farther and if I have to keep my eye on VCORE then I want to know which program gives the most accurate readings. My gut tells me to the trust the Touch BIOS, but I can't be sure. Which program would you trust?

 

[mcnumpty23]

cpuz is considered by most people to be accurate

my bios says 1.3v and cpuz says 1.280

 

[jsc]

Best answer selected by jsc.

 

[jsc]

You have 2 things going on here.

First, you have the concerns about monitoring CPU core voltage. I also use CPU-Z, pretty much exclusively.

Second, you are overclocking with Windows utilities. Windows utilities often use more voltage than needed. That is why we advocate overclocking through the BIOS.

 

[jsc]

I am using a borrowed computer and I do not know what just happened.

 

[jsanthara]

???? Who selected the best answer?