[SOLVED] Overclocking my PC using EVGA Precision X1

[hill.alexander.anthony]

These are my specs for my PC I want to overclock for the best performance. My resolution I use for playing my games is
3440x1440@100Hz. Any help or calculator I can use to determine the proper overclocking amount? I've gone overboard on my PCs before and had black screens and such. That's what I'm trying to avoid. I want the best possible performance without harming my gpu.

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 6800K @ 3.40GHz 33 °C
Broadwell-E/EP 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Unknown @ 1065MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X99-A II (SOCKET 2011) 37 °C
Graphics
XB252Q (1920x1080@240Hz)
ED347CKR (3440x1440@100Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (EVGA) 37 °C
Storage
5589GB Western Digital WDC WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 (SATA ) 34 °C
232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD)) 35 °C
13039GB Seagate ST14000NM0018-2H4101 (SATA ) 32 °C
5589GB TOSHIBA HDWE160 (SATA ) 33 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 (SATA ) 31 °C
5589GB Western Digital WDC WD6001FZWX-00A2VA0 (SATA ) 35 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS40
Audio
Razer Kraken 7.1 V2

 

[hotaru.hino]

EVGA Precision X1 has an OC scanner to determine this if you want an automagic button. On the bottom half the main window, flip to the "VF Curve Tuner" page. You can start with default settings or, as some people recommend, start with the power and temperature target values (the sliders on the top right) to their maximum. Either way, press the "Scan" button, then go make coffee or something since it can take 15-20 minutes. The final value it spits out is what you enter in the box below "CLOCK" in the top center of the main window. Then run some stress test like the one included in 3D Mark. If it mostly passes (like percentages in the high 90s), then it's likely the overclock is good. Otherwise bring it down a bit, like 10MHz, and try again. You can also try adjusting the voltage a little bit if you really want to push the clock speed.

You have to adjust the memory clock manually however. It's a similar idea, but start with 100 MHz increments, run a benchmark or stress test, and keep going until you either get a crash, graphical artifacts, or performance stops improving.

Make sure to save the profile when you're done.

Do note however that GPU clock speeds are more of a suggestion than an absolute. Depending on how the rest of your system is set up, it may not even bother overclocking.