Questions about Voltage and overclocking

Sep 6, 2018
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Hey guys,

I am a BRAND new overclocker. I just put together my PC today... i7 8700k 3.7ghz with a CORSAIR HYDRO SERIES H100i v2 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler. I have an ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E. I followed a tutorial on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os8x9AV4ToI&t=559s) and followed the instructions. The only thing I didn't do was set the cores for 51 like he did. I set it to 42 and assumed that would mean that I'm overclocking at 4.2 ghz. He mentions that he set the voltage override at a certain number based upon his overclock speed. I didn't know what to put for mine because it doesn't correlate. Any idea what I would do?

Also, I ran a cinebench test and got a 1364, no idea what it means. My CPU temp gets to 77-79 during that full load. Should I decrease the overclock based on the temperature i'm reaching?

Thanks very much for all advice
 
Solution
It should last a long time. Next time you upgrade, just get a faster GPU. Everything else should be fine. If you want to overclock the 1080 Ti, follow this guide: Far easier than the CPU

0. Install MSI Afterburner
0. Download and run UNIGINE Valley on Ultra + Windowed. Any other game benchmark works too.

1. Max your power limit. (Requires good PSU)

2. Increase your core clock 50+ at a time while looking at the benchmark till...
Your ambient temperatures would be needed to gauge if you're running a little too hot. You seem fine for those clocks. What voltages are you on again? See if you can drop down a couple .001 or .01 of voltage and if stability remains.

You should pass on your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

In order for us to understand what you're working with.

Also, you will need to work Prime95 and OCCT in order to stress test. Also have some games to understand if your system is stable at those clocks.
 
Hey thanks. The ambient temps say 35-40 when im just browsing or downloading games. I'm literally super new so I don't know exactly where I would find my voltages. Do you mean the ones in the BIOS or just the ones I can see in the CPUID

"Hardware monitor Nuvoton NCT6791D
Voltage 0 5.04 Volts [0x7E] (+5V)
Voltage 1 3.31 Volts [0xCF] (+3.3V)
Voltage 2 12.19 Volts [0x7F] (+12V)
Voltage 3 1.22 Volts [0x99] (VIN3)
Voltage 4 2.43 Volts [0x98] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 1.34 Volts [0x54] (VCORE)
Voltage 6 1.02 Volts [0x7F] (VIN6)
Voltage 7 0.53 Volts [0x21] (VIN7)
Temperature 0 26 degC (78 degF) [0x1A] (Mainboard)
Temperature 1 36 degC (96 degF) [0x24] (CPU)
Temperature 2 26 degC (78 degF) [0x1A] (TMPIN2)
Temperature 3 30 degC (86 degF) [0x1E] (TMPIN3)
Temperature 4 46 degC (114 degF) [0x2E] (TMPIN4)
Temperature 5 44 degC (111 degF) [0x2C] (TMPIN5)
Temperature 6 14 degC (57 degF) [0xE] (TMPIN6)
Fan 0 853 RPM [0x355] (Chassis #1)
Fan 1 999 RPM [0x3E7] (CPU)
Fan 2 845 RPM [0x34D] (Chassis #2)
Fan 4 1086 RPM [0x43E] (Chassis #4)"

CPU:i7 8700K
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E
Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB DRAM 3000MHz
SSD/HDD: Sandisk 512gb SSD and WD 4tb blue internal HDD
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING OC 11GB
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 G3, 80 Plus Gold 750W
Chassis: Corsair airflow full tower
OS: Windows 10 Pro
 
Oh geez I did a torture test for 1 minute choosing the max heat option and I went to like 96... as soon as I stopped it went down to 50s and then a few seconds later the 40s. I don't know what im doing lol.
 
I set it to 42 and assumed that would mean that I'm overclocking at 4.2 ghz.
My CPU temp gets to 77-79 during that full load.
H100i v2 AIO
I didn't know what to put for mine because it doesn't correlate
Something is wrong here. You actually downclocked because 8700K turbos to 4.3GHz on all cores (4.7GHz on one core). If you didn't manually set a 1.30v+ voltage, make sure your cooler is mounted properly and functional. Resetting BIOS might help too.

Also, before overclocking, it's recommended to update BIOS.
Also, I ran a cinebench test and got a 1364, no idea what it means.
It's a score used for comparing CPUs/overclocks.
 
I did start with a fully updated bios. I pretty much just followed that guys video to a T. I did originally set a voltage but I reverted it to auto. It still says like 1.34 in the bios though so I'm not quite sure. As far as the downclocked...im curious because it says 3.7 or 3700mhz when I booted it up originally. Now when I run the overclocking on OCCT, it says overclocked 39% now with 4900mhz (I put in 49 to see if it made a difference)


I just rechecked the cooler...I feel the radiator is working and from what I can see, I mounted it correctly. The only thing I could potentially do is to take the cooler completely off again and see if its on properly..but it looks legit to me at this time. How can I figure out if its doing its job?
 
How can I figure out if its doing its job?
Pump noise/water moving through tubes + radiator heat usually means working AIO. You said it jumped very fast to 90c+ so I thought maybe it was badly mounted. Also, keep the pump RPM static. Play with the fan speed if you want but keep the pump at near max. (Corsair Link)

If you overclocked to 4.9GHz, then those temps are normal. For daily usage, keep temps below 75c. For the stress test, it's fine till 85c.
because it says 3.7 or 3700mhz when I booted it up originally
You need to enable turbo from BIOS. Some have it enabled out of the box, others are manual.
 
So I decided to revert back to default settings and then uses the EZ tuning wizard for extreme overclocking and these are the new results...but the voltages are extremely high now compared to before


CPUID HWMonitor Report
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

HWMonitor version 1.3.5.0

Monitoring
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mainboard Model ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (0x000005FB - 0xCD667570)

LPCIO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

LPCIO Vendor Nuvoton
LPCIO Model NCT6793/NCT5563
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x5CA3
LPCIO Chip ID 0xD1
LPCIO Revision ID 0x21
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E
Config Mode LDN 0xB
Config Mode registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 FF FF 00 FF FF FF FF 0B FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
10 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 FF FF
20 D1 21 FF 00 00 00 00 01 10 FF 40 00 00 03 00 12
30 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
40 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
50 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
60 02 90 0B 00 0A 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
70 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0290

Register space PMIO, base address = 0x0A00


Hardware Monitors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware monitor Nuvoton NCT6791D
Voltage 0 5.04 Volts [0x7E] (+5V)
Voltage 1 3.31 Volts [0xCF] (+3.3V)
Voltage 2 12.19 Volts [0x7F] (+12V)
Voltage 3 1.22 Volts [0x99] (VIN3)
Voltage 4 2.27 Volts [0x8E] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 1.42 Volts [0x59] (VCORE)
Voltage 6 1.02 Volts [0x80] (VIN6)
Voltage 7 0.54 Volts [0x22] (VIN7)
Temperature 0 26 degC (78 degF) [0x1A] (Mainboard)
Temperature 1 53 degC (127 degF) [0x35] (CPU)
Temperature 2 26 degC (78 degF) [0x1A] (TMPIN2)
Temperature 3 33 degC (91 degF) [0x21] (TMPIN3)
Temperature 4 127 degC (260 degF) [0x7F] (TMPIN4)
Temperature 5 44 degC (111 degF) [0x2C] (TMPIN5)
Temperature 6 14 degC (57 degF) [0xE] (TMPIN6)
Fan 0 986 RPM [0x3DA] (Chassis #1)
Fan 1 1087 RPM [0x43F] (CPU)
Fan 2 856 RPM [0x358] (Chassis #2)
Fan 4 1079 RPM [0x437] (Chassis #4)
Register space PMIO, base address = 0x0A00

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 59 7E D4 CF 7F 12 00 D4 C6 7F 55 99 7F 22 8E 00
10 1A 21 7F 2C 0E 12 00 2C 00 24 24 00 7F 24 24 08
20 1A 02 A8 A8 99 00 FF A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 2B 1A
30 27 15 31 03 FF 1F 26 0F FF 1F 03 C2 04 27 03 5B
40 00 00 04 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A8 A8 99 7F
50 FF A8 39 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
70 00 24 00 F5 00 39 21 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
90 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
A0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor Display API

Hardware monitor NVIDIA NVAPI
Voltage 0 0.65 Volts [0x28A] (GPU)
Power 0 6.86 pc (GPU)
Temperature 0 39 degC (102 degF) [0x27] (GPU)
Fan 0 0 RPM [0x0] (GPU)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWMIN0)
Clock Speed 0 139.00 MHz [0x8B] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 405.00 MHz [0x8B] (Memory)


Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of sockets 1
Number of threads 12

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Socket 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 1
-- Thread 2 2
-- Thread 3 3
-- Core 2
-- Thread 4 4
-- Thread 5 5
-- Core 3
-- Thread 6 6
-- Thread 7 7
-- Core 4
-- Thread 8 8
-- Thread 9 9
-- Core 5
-- Thread 10 10
-- Thread 11 11

Timers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 3.609 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Socket 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 6 (max 6)
Number of threads 12 (max 12)
Name Intel Core i7 8700K
Codename Coffee Lake
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1151 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.E.A
Extended CPUID 6.9E
Core Stepping U0
Technology 14 nm
TDP Limit 95.0 Watts
Tjmax 100.0 °C
Core Speed 4698.9 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 47.0 x 100.0 MHz
Base frequency (cores) 100.0 MHz
Base frequency (ext.) 100.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3700 MHz
Max frequency 5000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, TSX
Microcode Revision 0x96
L1 Data cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 6 x 256 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 12 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 00000016h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 256 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 3, U, 12 MB, 16 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes


IBRS supported, disabled
IBPB supported
STIBP supported, disabled
RDCL_NO no
IBRS_ALL not supported
Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 37x
Max turbo ratio 50x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
Speedshift Autonomous
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 50x
Ratio 2 cores 50x
Ratio 3 cores 50x
Ratio 4 cores 50x
Ratio 5 cores 50x
Ratio 6 cores 50x
IA Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
IA Voltage Target 1357 mV
IA Voltage Offset 0 mV
GT Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
GT Voltage Offset 0 mV
LLC/Ring Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
LLC/Ring Voltage Target 1357 mV
LLC/Ring Voltage Offset 0 mV
Agent Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
Agent Voltage Offset 0 mV
TDP Level 95.0 W @ 37x

Temperature 0 58 degC (136 degF) (Package)
Temperature 1 38 degC (100 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 2 39 degC (102 degF) (Core #1)
Temperature 3 33 degC (91 degF) (Core #2)
Temperature 4 57 degC (134 degF) (Core #3)
Temperature 5 33 degC (91 degF) (Core #4)
Temperature 6 34 degC (93 degF) (Core #5)
Voltage 0 1.36 Volts (IA)
Voltage 1 +0.00 Volts (GT Offset)
Voltage 2 1.36 Volts (LLC/Ring)
Voltage 3 +0.00 Volts (System Agent Offset)
Voltage 4 1.44 Volts (VID #0)
Voltage 5 1.43 Volts (VID #1)
Voltage 6 1.43 Volts (VID #2)
Voltage 7 1.44 Volts (VID #3)
Voltage 8 1.44 Volts (VID #4)
Voltage 9 1.44 Volts (VID #5)
Power 00 40.76 W (Package)
Power 01 29.63 W (IA Cores)
Power 02 n.a. (GT)
Power 03 11.13 W (Uncore)
Power 04 1.43 W (DRAM)
Clock Speed 0 4698.87 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 4998.80 MHz (Core #1)
Clock Speed 2 4998.80 MHz (Core #2)
Clock Speed 3 4998.80 MHz (Core #3)
Clock Speed 4 4998.80 MHz (Core #4)
Clock Speed 5 4998.80 MHz (Core #5)
Core 0 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)
Core 1 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)
Core 2 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)
Core 3 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)
Core 4 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)
Core 5 max ratio 47.0 (effective 50.0)


 
Oh man thanks I forgot about corsair link completely. I will download that now. Let me know what you think about what I pasted. the help is super appreciated man

Edit: I downloaded corsair link. I couldn't find a way to set the pump speed specifically but I set it for performance now and I definitely hear it compared to before.


Edit 2: Yeah that increased the pump now to a steady 2520 RPM versus the 1000's it was before
 
Voltage 5 1.42 Volts [0x59] (VCORE)
Multiplier x Bus Speed 47.0 x 100.0 MHz
Max frequency 5000 MHz
1.42v is too high for 4.7GHz but normal for 5.0GHz.

In my opinion, you should set to 4.7GHz manually from BIOS, then stress test with ROG RealBench for stability. Then decrease the voltage until you find a sweet spot. You won't need CPU power higher than that unless you're doing something very demanding like workstation or server. Don't overheat it for 5-10% extra boost. Also, H100i can't handle 1.300v+ very well.

Example with imaginary numbers: 4.7GHz OC @ 1.300v > Test passes > 1.275v > doesn't pass > 1.280v > passes > 1.285v (0.005v+ for extra stability).
Edit 2: Yeah that increased the pump now to a steady 2520 RPM versus the 1000's it was before
That's one big jump. If possible, keep pump speed high. Adjust the fan curve to your liking.
 
Ugh so I just got some bad results. I did another stress test with cinebench and my temps got up to 88-89 before settling around 86-87. The pump kicks in hardcore when it does that, so I know its working decently. Perhaps this level of overclock is too much for the cooler? Damn maybe I should have spent some more money on one..

Would it be worth it to buy the 150i and replace this one? I'm guessing you just need to unscrew...wipe with alcohol pad...re-apply artic and place the new one?
 



Ahhh damn yeah..I'm wondering..what do you mean by failure or passing? Does the realbench software basically just say "Failure" or "Passing?" I'm downloading it now.
 
It should give errors/crash/freeze/etc depending on the instability. Example:
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Ok cool. So I basically did the realbench stress test at 1.285 and it did freeze a bit when I was moving the mouse around and opening internet windows. I went down to 1.28 and it seems to be doing ok. I don't really understand voltage at all. Like..if it still says 4.7ghz overclock...what the heck is the point of the voltage? What does it actually accomplish?


Since this is a brand new build..do you think I should change out the cooler? Or is the difference between what im getting and what im going to be getting relatively minimal?


ardware Monitors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware monitor Nuvoton NCT6791D
Voltage 0 5.04 Volts [0x7E] (+5V)
Voltage 1 3.31 Volts [0xCF] (+3.3V)
Voltage 2 12.19 Volts [0x7F] (+12V)
Voltage 3 1.22 Volts [0x99] (VIN3)
Voltage 4 2.27 Volts [0x8E] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 1.28 Volts [0x50] (VCORE)
Voltage 6 1.02 Volts [0x80] (VIN6)
Voltage 7 0.59 Volts [0x25] (VIN7)
Temperature 0 28 degC (82 degF) [0x1C] (Mainboard)
Temperature 1 34 degC (93 degF) [0x22] (CPU)
Temperature 2 28 degC (82 degF) [0x1C] (TMPIN2)
Temperature 3 32 degC (89 degF) [0x20] (TMPIN3)
Temperature 4 0 degC (32 degF) [0x80] (TMPIN4)
Temperature 5 44 degC (111 degF) [0x2C] (TMPIN5)
Temperature 6 14 degC (57 degF) [0xE] (TMPIN6)
Fan 0 882 RPM [0x372] (Chassis #1)
Fan 1 1015 RPM [0x3F7] (CPU)
Fan 2 866 RPM [0x362] (Chassis #2)
Fan 4 1073 RPM [0x431] (Chassis #4)
Register space PMIO, base address = 0x0A00

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 50 7E D4 CF 7F 12 00 D4 C6 80 55 99 7F 25 8E 00
10 1C 20 7F 2C 0E 12 00 2E 80 21 21 00 7F 21 21 3B
20 1C 00 A0 A0 99 00 FF A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 08
30 29 0E 31 05 FF 1F 27 0A FF 1F 03 6A 03 FA 03 5A
40 00 00 04 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A0 A0 99 7F
50 FF A0 22 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
70 00 21 00 FF 00 22 20 80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
90 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
A0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor Display API

Hardware monitor NVIDIA NVAPI
Voltage 0 0.65 Volts [0x28A] (GPU)
Power 0 6.12 pc (GPU)
Temperature 0 48 degC (118 degF) [0x30] (GPU)
Fan 0 0 RPM [0x0] (GPU)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWMIN0)
Clock Speed 0 607.50 MHz [0x25F] (Graphics)
Clock Speed 1 405.00 MHz [0x25F] (Memory)


Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of sockets 1
Number of threads 12

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Socket 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 1
-- Thread 2 2
-- Thread 3 3
-- Core 2
-- Thread 4 4
-- Thread 5 5
-- Core 3
-- Thread 6 6
-- Thread 7 7
-- Core 4
-- Thread 8 8
-- Thread 9 9
-- Core 5
-- Thread 10 10
-- Thread 11 11

Timers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 3.609 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Socket 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 6 (max 6)
Number of threads 12 (max 12)
Name Intel Core i7 8700K
Codename Coffee Lake
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1151 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.E.A
Extended CPUID 6.9E
Core Stepping U0
Technology 14 nm
TDP Limit 95.0 Watts
Tjmax 100.0 °C
Core Speed 1699.6 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 17.0 x 100.0 MHz
Base frequency (cores) 100.0 MHz
Base frequency (ext.) 100.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3700 MHz
Max frequency 4700 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, TSX
Microcode Revision 0x96
L1 Data cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 6 x 256 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 12 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 00000016h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 256 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 3, U, 12 MB, 16 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes


IBRS supported, disabled
IBPB supported
STIBP supported, disabled
RDCL_NO no
IBRS_ALL not supported
Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 37x
Max turbo ratio 47x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
Speedshift Autonomous
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 47x
Ratio 2 cores 47x
Ratio 3 cores 47x
Ratio 4 cores 47x
Ratio 5 cores 47x
Ratio 6 cores 47x
IA Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
IA Voltage Offset 0 mV
GT Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
GT Voltage Offset 0 mV
LLC/Ring Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
LLC/Ring Voltage Offset 0 mV
Agent Voltage Mode PCU adaptive
Agent Voltage Offset 0 mV
TDP Level 95.0 W @ 37x

Temperature 0 33 degC (91 degF) (Package)
Temperature 1 33 degC (91 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 2 40 degC (104 degF) (Core #1)
Temperature 3 30 degC (86 degF) (Core #2)
Temperature 4 31 degC (87 degF) (Core #3)
Temperature 5 31 degC (87 degF) (Core #4)
Temperature 6 31 degC (87 degF) (Core #5)
Voltage 0 +0.00 Volts (IA Offset)
Voltage 1 +0.00 Volts (GT Offset)
Voltage 2 +0.00 Volts (LLC/Ring Offset)
Voltage 3 +0.00 Volts (System Agent Offset)
Voltage 4 0.80 Volts (VID #0)
Voltage 5 1.31 Volts (VID #1)
Voltage 6 0.99 Volts (VID #2)
Voltage 7 1.04 Volts (VID #3)
Voltage 8 0.80 Volts (VID #4)
Voltage 9 1.15 Volts (VID #5)
Power 00 22.79 W (Package)
Power 01 11.64 W (IA Cores)
Power 02 n.a. (GT)
Power 03 11.15 W (Uncore)
Power 04 1.36 W (DRAM)
Clock Speed 0 1699.59 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 1399.66 MHz (Core #1)
Clock Speed 2 3799.09 MHz (Core #2)
Clock Speed 3 4398.94 MHz (Core #3)
Clock Speed 4 1699.59 MHz (Core #4)
Clock Speed 5 4099.02 MHz (Core #5)
Core 0 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)
Core 1 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)
Core 2 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)
Core 3 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)
Core 4 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)
Core 5 max ratio 47.0 (effective 47.0)



 
it did freeze a bit when I was moving the mouse around and opening internet windows.
That's normal and it's called stuttering/lagging because the CPU was occupied with RealBench. Freeze means system becomes completely unresponsive and a restart usually needed to fix it.
what the heck is the point of the voltage? What does it actually accomplish?
You want the CPU to work harder by overclocking it. Because of that, you need to increase the voltage/power to make it able to work at that. If you input 5.0GHz and 1.00v, the system would crash or outright refuse to turn on.
do you think I should change out the cooler?
It's a good cooler. Not the best but it certainly ranks high. Don't spend too much for an extra 5-10% boost. If you need all you can get, buy a server grade/premium CPU next time. Also, you're relatively inexperienced with overclocking, so that can contribute to your results as well.

I recommend you read this. It's a good article for beginners.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-3761568/cpu-overclocking-guide-tutorial-beginners-work-progress.html
 


Thanks man. basically I had a 4000 series intel with a 970gtx and 16 gb ram and decided I wanted to spend around 2 grand and update my PC to be godly (or at least great) for a few years. Definitely only need it for gaming though, nothing else super intensive. I appreciate the help you've given me thus far, sincerely.

 
Thanks man. basically I had a 4000 series intel with a 970gtx and 16 gb ram and decided I wanted to spend around 2 grand and update my PC to be godly (or at least great) for a few years. Definitely only need it for gaming though, nothing else super intensive. I appreciate the help you've given me thus far, sincerely.
No game I know of would cause trouble for 8700K at stock, let alone an overclocked one. If you want better performance, upgrade your GPU if you didn't. 8700K pairs well with GTX 1070Ti/1080/1080Ti. If you did, I doubt you would need any more.
 
Yeah I went with a 1080i in this new build so I could set myself up for a while. I am terrible at deciding when to upgrade specific components versus just building a whole new computer...but the build I had before this new one was around for 4-5 years so I think it lasted a good long time.
 
It should last a long time. Next time you upgrade, just get a faster GPU. Everything else should be fine. If you want to overclock the 1080 Ti, follow this guide: Far easier than the CPU

0. Install MSI Afterburner
0. Download and run UNIGINE Valley on Ultra + Windowed. Any other game benchmark works too.

1. Max your power limit. (Requires good PSU)

2. Increase your core clock 50+ at a time while looking at the benchmark till artifacts (weird lines and colors) appear or your driver crashes/freezes. Then fine tune it compared to your previous clock.
Example Core clock: +50 > ... > +150 > artifact > ... > +140 > no artifact > +115 (Keep it 25 or more below max)

3. Do the same for Memory. (50 or more below max)

4. Save your profile.

5. Don't check apply overclocking at startup. You can check it after a few days of testing.

6. If you experience anything weird, decrease overclock slightly.

Keep temps below 80c. If start going above, install a fan near it.
 
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Hey thanks for this! Should I do this now or should I wait for a year or so when the games get more intensive, since this setup should be able to handle it?