CPU-Z Reporting BCLK @ 99.98 after a fail 4670K @ 4.6 GHz OC attempt...

[Arslan Akhtar 77]

Pretty much summed it all up in the thread title, actually I attempted a quick OC (4.6 @ 1.2 vCore) just to see how much my chip is capable of deliverer as Linus suggested in one of his videos. It didn't work (Blue Screen) but I was able to make it boot into OS (windows 7 x64) after increasing the vCore to 1.275. The first thing I did afterwards was ran CPU-Z to compare numbers and see the differences and I noticed that the BCLK is 98.99MHz (It's set to 100 in BIOS).I saw the BCLK @ 100.00MHz prior to OCing.. Anyways my chip wasn't stable on 1.275 either as within 15 seconds of prime95 it resulted in a crash. Since I was just messing around and had no REAL intention to OC (it's good enough for my gaming needs even @ stock) I decided revert back to default settings. Everthing went as expected and I am once again stable (stock, yup) HOWEVER I notice that BCLK is still 99.98... Annoying to be honest. Now it doesn't affect performance or anything but I am very curious to find out as to WHY is this happening? Have I damaged any of my components in the slightest?

Specs:
Intel Core i5 4670K
G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB
Asus Maximus VI Hero
EVGA Geforce GTX 780
SeaSonic X650 Modular

 

[cemerian]

it doesn;t matter its not gona be @100 all the time, dont worry about that it fluctuates, it completly normal nothing to worry about

 

[CaptainTom]

LOL don't worry man. Sometimes GPU-Z shows those numbers. Is 0.001 really a big difference for you?

 

[Arslan Akhtar 77]

Nope, as I mentioned it doesn't affect anything practically, I was just interested in finding out the root cause since I thought I might have messed something up somewhere.. Glad to know its normal. One more thing, is it OK if I step up the BCLK to 100.1 from 100.0 in Bios? I tried it and it makes CPU-Z show a BCLK of 100.8MHz along Memory being 801Mhz but I wasn't sure so I reverted back, can I keep that .1 increment? I am asking since I read somewhere that the increasing BCLK might damage PCIe devices (ie my GPU).. So yeah...

 

[cemerian]

yes you can keep that if you want wont make any difference, pcie devices are on a seperate bus, so it doesnt effect it in any way, and dont forget to select best answer to close the thread