is it okay for my i5 6600k to stay at 1.26vcore constantly?

[Markhad93]

so i overclocked my i5 6600k to 4.4ghz at 1.26vcore. i have tried everything to get the voltage down during idle but nothing has worked. the odd part is that it downclocks to 900 mhz on idle but the voltage stays from 1.2-1.26v. i have enabled cstates on my gigabyte z170 but still, the vcore stays around 1.2-1.26. i have also tried to set 'normal' voltage which i believe is adaptive on this board but it didnt do anything. anyway, will that substantially affect the life of my cpu because there is constantly 1.2+ vcore going through it, or is it not really a big deal? thanks in advance

 

[chenuki]

No big deal. Years ago, CPUs only ran at their max frequency and a constant voltage. SpeedStep etc, were invented to maximize power savings. No harm in running CPU at constant voltage within safe range. Under 1.4V is fine for daily use.

Voltage power savings is disabled if your vcore is controlled on manual mode. Auto mode allows voltage to rise and fall with frequency. C-states will toggle SpeedStep, which controls frequency based on CPU load.