Problem when overclocking on Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7

[Bubblies]

Hello! 

 

Does anyone know whats going on with my overclock?

I've never overclocked on a Gigabyte MB before, or on the Z170 chipset for that matter.

 

I have overclocked to 4.7GHz on my Intel 6700k, but for some reason, it's never utilizing the full potential when benchmarking/stress testing.

It stays at 4.5GHz even tho I've overclocked it to 4.7.

I've also changed the voltage to 1.35v, but it stays at 1.28 at the most.

 

Anyone know what going on?

Or have a Gigabyte MB overclock guide, that would be great.

 

[Guest]

Hello! 

 

Does anyone know whats going on with my overclock?

I've never overclocked on a Gigabyte MB before, or on the Z170 chipset for that matter.

 

I have overclocked to 4.7GHz on my Intel 6700k, but for some reason, it's never utilizing the full potential when benchmarking/stress testing.

It stays at 4.5GHz even tho I've overclocked it to 4.7.

I've also changed the voltage to 1.35v, but it stays at 1.28 at the most.

 

Anyone know what going on?

Or have a Gigabyte MB overclock guide, that would be great.

if you're on windows 10, make sure in task manager, its set to high priority. and make sure in the Power Management Settings its set to Performance  

[Bubblies]

if you're on windows 10, make sure in task manager, its set to high priority. and make sure in the Power Management Settings its set to Performance  

 

Well that helped so it actually uses 4.7GHz, but when stresstesting/benchmarking it going down to 4.5GHz

[Guest]

Well that helped so it actually uses 4.7GHz, but when stresstesting/benchmarking it going down to 4.5GHz

how are the temps on it?

edit:

What are you using to stress?

[Bubblies]

how are the temps on it?

edit:

What are you using to stress?

 

The temps are staying cool at 45-50 degrees.

I have tried several benchamarking tools now, ROG Realbench, Aida64 and Unigine Valley

[Guest]

The temps are staying cool at 45-50 degrees.

I have tried several benchamarking tools now, ROG Realbench, Aida64 and Unigine Valley

Is your highest core clocked @ 4.7GHz? or do you have it scaling down

ex) 4.7/4.7/4.6/4.5

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Is your highest core clocked @ 4.7GHz? or do you have it scaling down

ex) 4.7/4.7/4.6/4.5

It's across all cores.

 

Edit:

 

With Aida64:

 

 

With ROG Realbench:

 

 

When idle:

[Bubblies]

Makes sense, it does it..

[Bubblies]

I think this thing has just gone mental, showing 4.2GHz with Aida64, 4.5GHz with ROG Realbench, 4.7GHz when idle.

And just to top it off, Task Manager shows 4.6GHz at idle....

 

[Bubblies]

*Bump*

 

Anyone know what this might be?

[Mikjul]

I have the same board and CPU but never had this issue?

I'm on Win 10 x64 Pro but when i built this PC i had Win 7 x64 Ultimate.

[jamesk543]

I know this is kinda late, but did you try setting LLC to high?