i7 8700k 5.2ghz overclock at 1.32v?!

[stenpenny90]

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong with my overclock or what. Over the years I've overclocked my 2500k, 6600k, and now my 8700k, so I have some experience with it. Am I just extremely lucky with my chip to get a clock this high at this voltage??? Stressed in Prime 26.6 for 18 hours and 10 minutes and everything seemed to be working just fine when I got home from work today. Test was still running, no errors....nothing. It seems too good to be true.

PC Specs:
Mobo - AsRock z370 Extreme 4
Cpu - Intel 8700k @ 5.2ghz [1.32v bios/1.296 load | LLC 1]
RAM - GSkill Ripjaws V 3200mhz
SSD - Samsung 970 PRO 1 TB
GPU - MSI GTX 1070 Gaming G Series

Cooling Specs:
Thermaltake Pacific CL 480 Radiator
Thermaltake Pacific W4 waterblock
EKWB EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 Res/Pump combo

Screenshots:








Rig

***Adding second loop when I buy new GPU. Cable management coming, just wanted to get the rig built and test the OC potential with new custom loop.

 

[spentshells]

Mint!

 

[iamacow]

if you got 18 hours on prime95, I think you are set!. Congrats on the golden chip. You might be able to do slightly better with it delid, but 5.3ghz on all cores is pretty much the limit before LN2.

 

[stenpenny90]

if you got 18 hours on prime95, I think you are set!. Congrats on the golden chip. You might be able to do slightly better with it delid, but 5.3ghz on all cores is pretty much the limit before LN2.

Yeah, I have delidded and replaced original IHS with a bigger copper one. Is there another stress test that you recommend I should try and run to make sure this is accurate?

 

[bmockeg]

Realbench is usually the second test to run after prime95. Set it to 8GB of RAM.

 

[iamacow]

Hmm there is a few programs, but I never found it necessary to run if Prime95 lasted 12+ hours.