New install issues

[smitty1505]

I upgraded from a i3-6100 to a new i5-7600k on a z170 motherboard today and have had some issues. First is what is this?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uvCXRHu0gsgBWaux1

Also my wireless keyboard seems like its acting up. All of this started immediately after installing the new processor. (bios is up to date)
Thanks!

 

[1LiquidPC]

Looks like Gigabyte's software suite acting up. Should uninstall and reinstall because of CPU swap. What's wireless issue with keyboard?

 

[smitty1505]

Ok I’ll give that a shot. And I think I have the keyboard situation under control. For some reason the wireless receiver doesn’t work well when plugged into the motherboard usbs. My computer is on my desk but for some reason the front usbs seem to work better for my keyboard and mouse. Little weird but seems to be working fine now.

Now I’m trying to figure out this gpu overclocking but not having any luck haha. My benchmarks keep coming back worse then when I started

 

[1LiquidPC]

Ok. Keep us posted. Regarding GPU, getting worse benchmark scores could be power limited, thermals, or margin of error in scores. When I mention power limited, I don't mean the PSU, I'm referring to GPU power limit settings. Had to deal with this myself.

 

[smitty1505]

Thanks! As for the oc I’m using msi afterburner and have the power limit set to 100%. Is there another way to control that?

 

[1LiquidPC]

What are you full system specs? Can power limit be set over 100? If not, it explains your issue. The clockspeed increase requested is trying to draw more power, but the power limit setting stops this from occuring. Increasing voltage has the same effect.

 

[smitty1505]

CPU
Intel - Core i5-7600k

CPU Cooler
Corsair - H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard
Gigabyte - GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory
Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

Storage
Samsung - 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card
Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card

Case
Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply
EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Operating System
Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

And sorry the power limit is set to 111% and the Temp Limit is set to 92C. Core voltage is at 100%, Core clock is at +175 Memory clock is at +300.
I just retested my setup using 3DMark Time spy and got 4377. Graphics score 4658 and cpu score 3264. Graphics test 1 came back at 30.25 FPS, Graphics test 2 came back at 26.79 FPS and cpu test 10.97 FPS.

Is that a pretty good score considering my setup? (cpu isn’t overclocked yet plan on doing that next.)

 

[1LiquidPC]

Specs look like a great build The 7600k OC's very well. I have one in my HTPC @ 4.6Ghz with the profile in Gigabyte UEFI(I cheated on this build, haha). It was painless to get there.

Regarding 3dmark, I'm not sure where score should be. You have the settings right from what I see. Have you tried core only OC to get max stable? It makes more performance impact than memory. The 111% is going to limit what you can do as powering is shared. I'd guess you can get higher or highest score with gpu core OC only.

 

[smitty1505]

Awesome thanks 1LiquidPC you've been a huge help!

 

[1LiquidPC]

Glad to help. If you need more assistance or have a question at some point, don't hestiate to ask. I'll help if I can. I'm sure there are tons of other folks on here who will try as well.

 

[smitty1505]

Hey I'm back again hahaha. Ok so now I'm trying to OC my CPU but for some reason when I change the core multiplier, switch to memory XMP profile and save and exit nothing seems to change on my monitoring software. I tried using cupid cpu-z and cupid hwMoniter both show the core clocks never go over 3400 MHz. I've even tried cheating like you and using the preset overclock for the i5-7600k 4.6 setting and still things dont seem to change when I run stress tests. I'm using prime95 and a trial of aida64 to test. Whats going on?
Thanks!

 

[Paul NZ]

I wouldn't install all of the extra rubbish it can crash your system. ie: Easytune, Extreme Tuning Util, On/Off charge,

 

[smitty1505]

Yeah I think I got rid of all of Gigabytes bloatware. Uninstalled Gigabytes app center and all the utilities associated with it earlier today. Thanks though!

 

[Paul NZ]

No probs

 

[1LiquidPC]

Are you making changes in UEFI only? Only ones I made for my HTCP with 7600k are loading XMP profile. Save and exit. Then loaded 4.6 profile, save and exit. Last, after some Stress tests, I manually raised the Uncore/Ring from stock 38 multiplier to 42. I have CSM disabled as well for full UEFI boot. Using NVMe boot drive. Otherwise, maybe a few minor changes, but not OC related.