[SOLVED] i7 9700f vcore of 1.44v

[beepboop22]

I recetly upgraded to an i7 9700f, and i noticed my average cpu vcore was 1.44v under load while gaming or under a cpu stresstest. My motherboard is an ASUS H370 with stock settings, Is this normal?

 

[mdd1963]

That sounds high to me, and, way too high even for a 9700K, much less a 9700F.

Are your assorted BIOS options all defaulted? (I'd reset to defaults)

What voltages (and assorted temps) does HWMonitor report?

 

[beepboop22]

HWMonitor was where i got the Vcore from, core temp and cpuZ give the same readings, my cpu never exceeds 60°C when gaming. I just treid resetting my bios to default but still gives the same volatge of 1.44v when fully utilised.

 

[mdd1963]

Well, 60C gaming temps are quite darn decent, so, if temps are under control, that's a very good sign...(maybe you can find/examine others' HWMonitor results and see if voltages are similar, I just know a 9700K I worked on two months ago with a Z390A Prime had much lower voltage, 1.29V or so...; the Intel XTU might allow you to adjust it downward if inclined to experiment, and, in the event of a lockup without a good shutdown, it defaults everything back to default on each startup)

(not sure to what degree your core voltage is adjustable / an H-Series board, but, if the BIOS does not allow you to tinker with any negative offsets (if you wish to tinker, that is) maybe Intel's XTU might....

 

[mdd1963]

What are your clock speeds under load in CPU-Z/bench/cpu stress test (just curious since the 9700F is a 65W TDP CPU, so I'd suspect it would be near 3.6-3.8 GHz or so? But, I'd think that clock speed would be attainable with a lower core voltage)

 

[beepboop22]

Thanks, i put a -0.135 volatge offset on xtu and now the voltage is around 1.28v when gaming and 7°C cooler