BSOD while gaming Help!

[Liquidsnakemeat]

So I have suddenly encountered the BSOD while gaming. I am getting stop code:WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. From what I have gathered this is pretty generic. 

 

System specs:

CPU: I5-8600K (OC to 5ghz with avx offset of 2)*

MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370E 

RAM: Gskill trident Z RGB 3000mhz

GPU: EVGA 1070ti FTW2 OC'D

OS: Windows 10 64 bit Version 1809 

PSU: EVGA 650watt G3

 

I built this thing about 7 months ago. never had an issue. I hardly even had any trouble with the OC. all of it was way to easy. 

 

I was gaming last night and randomly started getting BSOD with the same stop code numerous times while in game. * I admittedly was running no AVX offset at all, and it has been fine. When I encountered this, I went in and changed the offset to 2 to see what happened. Once I done that I didn't get another BSOD but the Game (The Division) hard crashed a couple times after that. Well fast forward to today, and I have encountered the BSOD again. 

 

I ran Windows Memory Diagnostics and it found nothing. 

 

Here is the Log from PERFMON (if I figured it out correctly) 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjU5kFnzROtpgw7cTSNq2TvSYea8

 

I admit im not that knowledgeable as most but I can maybe tough my way through it. 

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

 

 

[KarathKasun]

Most likely scenario is that your OC is not stable or your chip has degraded.

 

What CPU voltage is reported by software in Windows under load?

[Liquidsnakemeat]

2 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Most likely scenario is that your OC is not stable or your chip has degraded.

Out of curiosity, is this entirely linked to the CPU? Could it be GPU? 

[KarathKasun]

CPU is what gives you WHEA unrecoverable errors.  GPU drivers generally recover from hardware errors.

[KarathKasun]

What voltage were you using to hit 5ghz?

[Liquidsnakemeat]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

What voltage were you using to hit 5ghz?

1.32 if I remember correctly. 

[KarathKasun]

1 minute ago, Liquidsnakemeat said:

1.32 if I remember correctly. 

Reported voltage or set voltage?

 

High LLC settings can push voltage above what you set by a significant margin.

[Liquidsnakemeat]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Reported voltage or set voltage?

Well that's what I had set in bios. I never saw over that in HWmonitor. 

[KarathKasun]

See if bumping voltage a little helps, if it does you were borderline before and degradation has pushed your needed voltage up a little.

 

Generally, below 1.4v should be fine, but not all CPUs are created equal.

[Liquidsnakemeat]

3 minutes ago, Liquidsnakemeat said:

Well that's what I had set in bios. I never saw over that in HWmonitor. 

FWIW, I just ran Cinebench real quick and the VCORE MAX was 1.312.

[Liquidsnakemeat]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

See if bumping voltage a little helps, if it does you were borderline before and degradation has pushed your needed voltage up a little.

 

Generally, below 1.4v should be fine, but not all CPUs are created equal.

I may have to downgrade my OC. I am running air cooled. In case you are curious, package temps wont go over 80C while running Cinebench multiple times. It would get up to 86-87C on IntelBurntest. 

[KarathKasun]

High temps with high-ish voltage accelerates degradation.  Most people are aiming for the ~70c range at full load AFAIK.

[Liquidsnakemeat]

6 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

High temps with high-ish voltage accelerates degradation.  Most people are aiming for the ~70c range at full load AFAIK.

that's what I have been seeing as well. I only use the system for gaming and since it doesn't get that hot in game I figured id give it a shot. An AIO is in my future. 

 

So I went into the BIOS, voltage was set at 1.31. I upped it to 1.33 for testing. gonna give it a go. Thanks a lot. 

[KarathKasun]

AIO or big air are really needed if you want a 100% reliable 5ghz setup.  Have you de-lidded and added liquid metal between the IHS and die?  That is another way to get much better temps.

[Liquidsnakemeat]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

AIO or big air are really needed if you want a 100% reliable 5ghz setup.  Have you de-lidded and added liquid metal between the IHS and die?  That is another way to get much better temps.

I have not, but I would like to try that and push the air cooler a little bit. 

[.Apex.]

Just now, Liquidsnakemeat said:

I have not, but I would like to try that and push the air cooler a little bit. 

Just switch back your BIOS to default settings, if there's no issues then you know your OC is the problem.