I7 4790 Optimisation

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Merry Christmas guys,

Just want a little help as today I’ve switch from a AMD CPU to a Intel I7 4790, and I want to clock good FPS with good graphics on games... if anyone could help it would be much appreciated
 
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AFTER doing the above, and only after, what i used, basically the Fred Flintstone approach to optimizing my 4790 was to download Intel's XTU (extreme tuning utility) https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-

Once installed, one option will be to run a benchmark - run one. After running, it displays your score and offers to upload it to their website to compare to others. Do that, then once there, go to the analyze page - there'll be a graph showing your score relative to others. Above the graph there will be some buttons - you can select to only compare to other i7-4790 CPUs and Z97 motherboards. Do select that. Then as you move your cursor over the "dots" on the graph for...
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I just need some good optimal settings in the bios I’ve been running Siege on ultra at 70fps and my cpu is at 30% load where as when I had an amd cpu it was 100% with about 120+ FPS on ultra
 
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What AMD CPU did you use before? Your AMD CPU running 100% means it bottleneck your GPU. Your Intel CPU currently running 30% means it has lots of room to push your GPU to the max. What is your GPU and what is its usage when your i7 4790 at 30%?
 
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The AMD CPU was a FX 6300, and my GPU is a GTX 1060 6gb windforce OC. And it clocks in at 94% usage when overclocked at 2000mhz
 
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Well, that's the problem right there. You need to install fresh window like JED70 susggest.
 
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I'll reinstall it soon and see how it performs after
 
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AFTER doing the above, and only after, what i used, basically the Fred Flintstone approach to optimizing my 4790 was to download Intel's XTU (extreme tuning utility) https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-

Once installed, one option will be to run a benchmark - run one. After running, it displays your score and offers to upload it to their website to compare to others. Do that, then once there, go to the analyze page - there'll be a graph showing your score relative to others. Above the graph there will be some buttons - you can select to only compare to other i7-4790 CPUs and Z97 motherboards. Do select that. Then as you move your cursor over the "dots" on the graph for others' scores, it will display their actual score and the percentage compatibility with your system. When you see a score higher than yours, rated 85% or higher compatible, clik on it, then on the right side of the screen you can download their settings - download it.

when you download it label or rename it so you'll know which one it was.

In the "profile page" of XTU, you'll see an icon "import" profile - clik on it and point it to the download settings you want to try.. Then select that profile and clik "save". And run a benchmark test. you'll find some of the profiles will not work with your system, and others will - but you can at least start to learn what settings do what for your CPU.

One nice feature of XTU, is it will allow you to change BIOS settings from within windows - a few of the profiles will require a reboot though.

One warning - i'm not sure why, but whenever i left XTU installed on my computer, my BIOS settings seemed to become unstable and change inexplicably. Once i found a profile i liked, i un-installed it and my BIOS became stable again. FYI, my other rig is i7-4790 on an ASUS Z97m-Plus mobo.

Hope that helps
 
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For some reason now this software doesn't detect any of my cores and benchmarks do not run properly. I've seen some comparisons of the 4790 and the 6700 and the 4790 runs close to the 6700 at 70% CPU usage. Where as mine is at about 20-30%
 
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had a similiar issue last night on this rig, with the 5960x cpu - for whatever reason it wasn't populating HWMonitor with any data, or RealTemp's utility. When i clikked on the "computer" icon, it did not show the drives in the computer, so i assumed windows explorer was corrupted. I rebooted a few times and it kept getting slower and slower with each reboot.

I had a cloned backup disk, so i inserted that disk and booted on it - same issue, except it took 20 minutes to fully load windows. That told me it had to be an issue w/mobo or the BIOS.

I shut everything down, unplugged the computer and removed all my ram except for the one stick in A1 slot. It booted fine and HWMonitor and RealTemp were both reporting all readings. Don't know why that trick works - i re-inserted the other 7 sticks of ram, and all's well. But this afternoon, for the hey of it, i cleared CMOS and reflashed the BIOS for insurance

in case that helps

just re-read this thread, and i agree with JED70 & Bob125484 - you really should do a fresh install of windows
 
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I've completely wiped my Rig and reinstalled windows and This is the current problem... It just baffles me why im getting such low CPU usage when im running demanding games. Ive try turning off hyper-threading and i still get the same CPU usage. Ive tried taking my card out and using the IGC and with 4 FPS on PUBG I still get the same amount of CPU usage.

 
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you haven't indicated what mobo you're running - in case it's ASUS and you're installed the ASUS AI Suite 3 performance utility, un-install it - it creates conflicts in the BIOS. After un-installing, then google for ASUS's AI Suite Cleaner - they actually released that to clean the utility off your system after you've un-installed it - it has to be run in Safe Mode

other than that shot in the dark, i haven't a clue to help you
 
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My mobo is ASRock H81M-DGS. and I haven't installed any ASUS drivers/utility's onto my system. I might either replace the parts or buy a K version instead.

 
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I was only taking a shot in the dark in case you were running an ASUS mobo

my Asrock mobo has been incredibly stable, never had to re-flash the bios, hell just last night i learned, after finally doing a complete read of the owner's manual, that my asrock mobo has two BIOS chips, with a switch on the mobo to select the secondary BIOS. Kind of a neat feature and would definitely make it easier if you thought you had an issue in the BIOS, just shut down, switch over.
 
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I was looking around some forums and all I’ve found is that it could be a bottleneck as my 1060 is on 100% usage and my I7 is only on %30. I was running Battlefield 1 before and I was getting 80% CPU usage but I am aware it is a CPU heavy game.
 
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