Overclocking i5 6600k on MSI Z170 M7

[spastic-nutcase]

Hi all
So the last time i overclocked it was on a sandy bridge i5 2500k with an asus mobo.

All i did was set voltage, multiplier, stress test, get it stable and then change the volatage mode to adaptive (i believe) and if i had nothing open, or maybe even just a browser, it would sit at 800mhz, and voltage would throttle back as well.

I've tried to do the same thing here, however the voltage never really drops below 1.29ish
The core clock speed does go from 800 to 4600, (rather erattically i might add) but it doesnt come down very often at all. I've litterally closed everything i can and it still doesnt really "sit" at 800, its at 4600 a lot more than it is 800.

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[mcnumpty23]

got adaptive voltage on in the bios? probably have since you mentioned it

got speedstep on?

power saving states in the bios?

and in windows control panel/power options is it set to balanced or max performance?

max performance will cause that to happen

 

[spastic-nutcase]

Yeah got all of that turned on another weird little anomaly is that the voltage drops lowest when running prime 95??? when i stop the stress test it goes back up??

 

[mcnumpty23]

how does it behave if not overclocking it?

 

[spastic-nutcase]

pretty much the same, it stays at the auto set voltage, doesnt really budge much

 

[mcnumpty23]

got a 6600k and cant make it replicate what yours is doing if i use all the previously mentioned settings

only other thing that comes to mind is there a bios update for your board?

 

[monkey4sale]

Why is the voltage lowest during the stress test? VDroop I believe.

Similar questions arose for me when overclocking an ivy bridge a few years ago. Check out this link.

http://www.overclock.net/t/197804/what-is-vdroop