MSI Z97 gaming 5 with xeon 1231 v3. Turbo Boost Question

[OmegaAD]

Hello,

Recently I have been looking at upgrading my computer I purchased the MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard and I was planning to pair it with an i5 4690k.

Upon doing some more research I found the xeon 1231 v3 processor. I am currently looking at using this processor due to its features.

While reading up on this processor I came across a the topic of using the turbo boost feature to boost the chip up to 3.8ghz on all cores. From what I have read it usually only boosts up to 3.6ghz on all 4 cores but some motherboards will allow you to change that to 3.8ghz on all 4 cores.

I was wondering if the Z97 is capable of boosting all 4 cores to 3.8ghz or if I will have to purchase another motherboard?

 

[junkeymonkey]

I would think that's a chip limitation ? if the chip is rated for 3.8 it will do 3.8 if the chip is rasted for 3.5 all it should do is 3.5 ??

should of gave the link to that article for review ?


''Max Turbo Frequency 3.8 GHz ''
http://ark.intel.com/products/80910/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1231-v3-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz


so it could be how you board handles it or how well binned your chip is and can do that ''max'' 3.8 ??

''Basically, if your motherboard's BIOS has this option, (not all do) you can choose to either enable or disable the turbo boost technology. If you choose to enable it, the system will manage how fast the processor will go according to heat, energy consumption, and demand''

https://communities.intel.com/thread/11132?start=0&tstart=0


so a few factors can determine how well it will 'boost'' up

 

[OmegaAD]

I do not have a link to a specific article. A lot of the topic was on forums and I first came across the topic in this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBIfDEcozqM At roughly 1min into the video he talks about the turbo boost and how it will do 3.6ghz on 4 cores but with the right mobo and bios you can make it do 3.8ghz.

The rest of what I have read has been various forums discussing the topic. Most forums however do not list certain motherboards so I was hoping someone on here may have this board and would know is all.

I may just have to power it all up and see if it does.

 

[junkeymonkey]

not to say I'm 100% but the newer z97 boards of quality like the one you got should do it - my older asrock z87 exe6 pumps my 4670 to the full 3.8 [3.799 ]

and to be honest that xeon was my 2ed choice in a chip for this and look back and think maybe I should of went with it [not that this 4670 is hurting in any way] but with the xeon you do get hyperthreading that the i5 don't ..

I guess all you can do I put the chip in and see what you truly get ??

 

[OmegaAD]

I did some more research and what I am looking for is "multi core enhancement". I will keep chugging through forum posts and any article I can find to see if my motherboard supports it.

 

[junkeymonkey]

like what shows here ??

Processor(s): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz
> Logical Cores: 4
> Physical Memory: 16,756,445,184 bytes ( 15.6 GiB )
> CPU Frequency: 3,398,990,144 Hz
> Program Version: 0.6.7 Build 9457 (Linux - x64 AVX2 ~ Airi)
> Constant: Pi
> Algorithm: Chudnovsky Formula
> Decimal Digits: 1,000,000,000
> Hexadecimal Digits: Disabled
> Threading Mode: 4 threads
> Computation Mode: Ram Only
> Working Memory: 4,859,459,952 bytes ( 4.52 GiB )
> Logical Disk Usage: 0 bytes ( 0 bytes )
> Start Date: Wed Feb 25 03:01:59 2015
> End Date: Wed Feb 25 03:05:01 2015
> Computation Time: 174.334 seconds
> Total Time: 182.220 seconds
> CPU Utilization: 385.460 %
> Multi-core Efficiency: 96.365 %


96.365% seems pretty efficient ?? like sais above and here at this site

''At the stock speed, the CPU does not hit the thermal window, so Intel assign higher speeds depending on how much computational power is needed, and this is adjusted to fit inside the power requirements. Thus when a user requires only one CPU core, the CPU can be allocated the maximum turbo speed – when more cores are requested, the speed of the CPU drops until all cores are in use. This is what Intel designates the ‘Turbo Boost’ for the CPU.''

''However this technology is not defined by the processor itself. The act of telling the processor to run at a certain speed is set by the motherboard, not the processor. So as part of the deal with Intel, motherboard manufacturers’ code in the BIOS the algorithm to make the CPU switch speeds as required. This algorithm can be aggressive, such that turbo boosts are held for a short time when CPU loading goes from low to high, or instant when CPU power is needed or not needed. This algorithm and switching speed can determine how well a motherboard performs in CPU benchmarks.''

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6214/multicore-enhancement-the-debate-about-free-mhz

so with that like you say as long as the board manufacture bios is optimized and your system/cpu is cool and efficient it will boot the cpu to its max allowed ???

heres a AMD 9590 chip running the same test and finished 100 sec slower

Computation Time: 265.643 seconds
Total Time: 280.166 seconds
CPU Utilization: 737.512 %
Multi-core Efficiency: 92.189 %


page 3-24 of your boards manual ? turbo boost

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/831121/Msi-Z97-Gaming-5.html?page=84#manual