[SOLVED] CPU Voltage too high?

[Ridiche Salatoi]

CPU: Core i5-10500
RAM: 32GB DDR4 Hyperx 3000 (kept at 2933, because at 3000 it would increase the cpu frq. to 4.3 ghz)
Motherboard: Asus Z490 Tuf Gaming Plus
GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1660 ti
GPU Driver Version: 442.59
SSD: Samsung 970 evo plus 500gb
OS: Windows 10
System BIOS: 0806
OS Build/Version: Windows 10 Pro Built 18362
Issue: I'm not sure if the voltages the cpu is having (seen with hardwaremonitor, cpu-z or coretemp) are good (or safe in the long-term), because they seem kind of too high to me. The stock voltage used is 1.19v, in windows it usually hovers between 1.19 to 1.2 with spikes close to 1.25 and while gaming, the voltage shown is 1.25 or close to it most of the time. I must mention that Asus MCE is enabled, but even without it, the voltages stay the same. Thanks in advance! It also seems to me that the stock voltage of 1.19v is too high, as I would it should be bellow 1v... The main question is if the cpu can degrade at these voltages.
PS.: I must also mention that the temperatures are fine (the cpu only hit 73C during stress tests) and did not encounter any stability issues. Thanks again!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

TBH, I think you're over thinking it Your CPU voltages are right where they would be expected to be at. In fact, if you are hitting only 73c whilst stressing, then you should be quite happy. You can of course try and set the voltage manually, at the lower end of where you've observed it at. Setting it manually will stop that fluctuation for the most part. Although when at load the set voltage and actual voltage may differ. This is because of vdroop. You can combat that by changing LLC settings. But test as you go along, with Prime 95 small fft's testing for stability.

Intel CPU's can go up to about 1.35v and still function fine on air cooling and don't degrade in terms of lifespan.

IMO you have nothing to worry about.