Question help me OC my non-k i5 4690

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datboi284184

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asrock h97m
12gb ddr3 1600mhz
650w psu (can't remember model etc)
r9 sapphire 280x
win 7

so normally the i5 4690 can only boost to 3.7ghz if all the cores are under load

however i've seen people be able to get 3.9ghz under load on all cores by updating the microcode on the moba.

but i can't find much information online.

i did find a guy on reddit who send me the bios with the microcode update, but to be honest i don't trust flashing a bios send to me by some random.

can someone point me in the right direction? couldn't find much online thus far. but i do know it is possible for sure as i've seen it done
 
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Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Very good that you did not flash with microcode from some random guy.

Likewise consider if there is really anything to be gained by OC'ing your build?

If so, then the following link will be a good start:

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/overclock-intel-cpu

Per the link there are risks involved.....
 
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Ralston18 said:
Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Very good that you did not flash with microcode from some random guy.

Likewise consider if there is really anything to be gained by OC'ing your build?

If so, then the following link will be a good start:

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/overclock-intel-cpu

Per the link there are risks involved.....
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"Likewise consider if there is really anything to be gained by OC'ing your build?"

i'm positive. i find my cpu to be the bottleneck many times when i'm multitasking.

also some games i play are really cpu intensive
 
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Your H67 based motherboard will likely not let you do any sort of overclocking.

Try an experiment and in windows power management, reduce the maximum cpu performance from 100% to 95%. If you can tell the difference, then there might be value in pursuing a change.

You are more likely to get a performance boost by buying a used cpu upgrde
 
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geofelt said:
Your H67 based motherboard will likely not let you do any sort of overclocking.

Try an experiment and in windows power management, reduce the maximum cpu performance from 100% to 95%. If you can tell the difference, then there might be value in pursuing a change.

You are more likely to get a performance boost by buying a used cpu upgrde
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just tried with a few games and there seems to be a bit less stuttering, besides considering it's free its worth doing iMO

if anyone can point me to where i can dive deeper into unlocking boost on all cores it would be great.
 
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To delve deeper:

Resource Monitor - included with Windows.

Process Explorer - download free from Microsoft

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Remember you can sort columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the small upward or downward pointing arrows when present in the column header.

Determine what else may be launching and running in the background - check Task Manager and Task Scheduler.
 
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You probably saw posts about someoene overclocking skylake cpu (for example i7-6700 or i5-6500) via BLCK, this can be done with modified bios. This is NOT possible on your generation, just get i7-4790k or i7-4770k if you want noticable performance gains, and then overclock them if you want to.

Also you need specific bios version to overclock even "k" version cpu with H97M board.
 
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lga1156_ftw said:
You probably saw posts about someoene overclocking skylake cpu (for example i7-6700 or i5-6500) via BLCK, this can be done with modified bios. This is NOT possible on your generation, just get i7-4790k or i7-4770k if you want noticable performance gains, and then overclock them if you want to.

Also you need specific bios version to overclock even "k" version cpu with H97M board.
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apparently the 1.6 version of my bios will allow me to tweak BCLK, will try to flash it
 
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datboi284184 said:
apparently the 1.6 version of my bios will allow me to tweak BCLK, will try to flash it
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You got it wrong, this can only be done with skylake processors NOT "Sandy Bridge" and "Ivy Bridge" generation. BLCK is tied to the PCIe / DMI (in your case) which limits you to something like 103 blck before coming unstable, even that might be too high.

What i meant by flashing bios is AFTER you get "k" model cpu like 4770k or 4790k which is supported by that motherboard. Anything above v2.00 wont support overclocking even a "k" model cpu, which is why you need earlier version. Might be the v1.90 or you need to go even older, search it up.
 
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lga1156_ftw said:
You got it wrong, this can only be done with skylake processors NOT "Sandy Bridge" and "Ivy Bridge" generation. BLCK is tied to the PCIe / DMI (in your case) which limits you to something like 103 blck before coming unstable, even that might be too high.

What i meant by flashing bios is AFTER you get "k" model cpu like 4770k or 4790k which is supported by that motherboard. Anything above v2.00 wont support overclocking even a "k" model cpu, which is why you need earlier version. Might be the v1.90 or you need to go even older, search it up.
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oh ok got you, someone told me that on another forum.

so i guess the only thing i can do on this processor it lock all cores to max boost. by modifying the microcode in the bios, something i can't find any information on when it comes to this board.....
 
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Question - How to turbo lock a I7-4790 at 4.0GHz all cores?

So guys i have 2 motherboards(Asus Z87-K and a Gigabyte Z97-HD3) The Z97 doesnt even allow me to set the 4 core turbo to 40 ratio but the Z87 allows me to do it but doesnt load it into windows any ideas how to get it to work? I have seen alot ov videos that show it can be done with asus boards...
forums.tomshardware.com forums.tomshardware.com

As others have said, you're not going to overcome your 4C/4T weakness by OCing your CPU by 5-8%
 
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tennis2 said:

Question - How to turbo lock a I7-4790 at 4.0GHz all cores?

So guys i have 2 motherboards(Asus Z87-K and a Gigabyte Z97-HD3) The Z97 doesnt even allow me to set the 4 core turbo to 40 ratio but the Z87 allows me to do it but doesnt load it into windows any ideas how to get it to work? I have seen alot ov videos that show it can be done with asus boards...
forums.tomshardware.com forums.tomshardware.com

As others have said, you're not going to overcome your 4C/4T weakness by OCing your CPU by 5-8%
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well but that's 5-8% of extra performance just sitting there going to waste? i wanna use my hardware full potential, feels a bit wasted just sitting there you know?
 
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datboi284184 said:
well but that's 5-8% of extra performance just sitting there going to waste? i wanna use my hardware full potential, feels a bit wasted just sitting there you know?
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I can understand where you're coming from. Certainly nobody is going to stop you from modifying your BIOS file to get that extra 5%. But I will tell you from first-hand experience that your , I recently upgraded from an (OC'd) i7-3770 to a Ryzen 5600G (keeping my 3060Ti) and my brother upgraded from an i5-4690K to a Ryzen 5600X (keeping his RX480). Both of us got nearly 2x the FPS from our CPU upgrades.
 
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the only way to do this is by inserting mcode 07 for 306C3, and take ownership of both mcupdate_genuineintel.dll on windows folder, and either rename the .dll into something random or just delete it, then flash the bios with mcode 07. it works, i did it many times, mostly on my friends who uses e3 1220 v3, 1230 v3, and 1240 v4. wont help to do the bios mod unless you're willing to XD
 
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