[SOLVED] Insane temps with manual voltage

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scherioyt

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Hello guys, i own an i7 8700k and i'd like to overclock it but i'm new to CPU overclocking, everytime i put a manual voltage from the BIOS (asrock z370 extreme4) like 1.2V, my temps bump to 95 degrees on tests like cinebench. My cooler is the dark rock pro 4 and i have pretty cool temps with the automatic voltage. Thanks in advance
 
Solution
cinebench passed well
Was that just one run, or did you do 'infinite loop'?
Infinite Loop: Open, click on File, then Preferences. Under Minimum Test Duration, enter some ridiculous number, like 9999999999999, and it'll default to the highest it offers.
Then run it for like an hour - although, the longer, the better.

In BIOS I set LLC on level 3 (1-5), is it ok in your opinion?
Should be. No one needs to use higher than the medium LLC settings unless using LN2, or the mobo VRMs are liquid cooled.
What did you do to confirm stability of that overclock? I know they make improvements in refining the silicon over time, but that's a really low Vcore...
Coffee LakeAll Core SSE FrequencyAll Core AVX2 FrequencyBIOS Vcore% Capable
8700K4.80GHz4.60GHz1.375V100%
8700K4.90GHz4.70GHz1.387VTop 99%
8700K5.00GHz4.80GHz1.400VTop 83%
8700K5.10GHz4.90GHz1.412VTop 49%
8700K5.20GHz5.00GHz1.425VTop 17%
8700K5.30GHz5.10GHz1.437VTop 4%
8086K5.00GHz4.80GHz1.400V100%
8086K5.10GHz4.90GHz1.412VTop 94%
8086K5.20GHz5.00GHz1.425VTop 65%
8086K5.30GHz5.10GHz1.437VTop 15%
That's Silicon Lottery's binning statistics for the 8700K. Even the 8086K, which is just a cherry picked 8700K, doesn't have that low of a Vcore recorded for 5.0ghz.
That's why I have to put into question what some people are actually doing for stability testing.


cinebench and prime95

View: https://imgur.com/a/G8uF7f7