[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
 
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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.

Afro_ninja199

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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