My cpu is underperforming

[chedd]

My i7 9700k that I oc to 5ghz is underperforming, when i just got it the cinebench score was 1600 but now its 1150 even tho i havent changed anything. Did it degrade in the 2 months ive had it.

 

[xg32]

check temps and voltages.

[mxk]

if you're running at a really high voltage it could have degraded.

[chedd]

84c and 166W whilst doing cinebench

[xg32]

Just now, chedd said:

84c and 166W whilst doing cinebench

166w on a 9700k on only cinebench? what was the voltage, damn.

[chedd]

what exactly do you mean by high voltage

 

gimme them numbers

[chedd]

how do i check the voltage

[xg32]

Just now, chedd said:

what exactly do you mean by high voltage

 

gimme them numbers

if it's running at anything higher than 1.45v it could have degraded, can't know for sure. It could also be a vrm throttle depending on your motherboard, not every board can push 200w.

[mxk]

Just now, chedd said:

how do i check the voltage

the voltage that you're supplying to the CPU.... should be a "1.(insert number here)"

 

also make sure you're quoting people when you reply to them. Quote someone by clicking the arrow in their comment box.

[chedd]

i have a maximus XI code

[mxk]

1 minute ago, chedd said:

i have a maximus XI code

that board has garbage VRMs..

 

you going to quote anyone?

[chedd]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

that board has garbage VRMs..

 

you going to quote anyone?

I understood that the maximus boards were good

[.Apex.]

4 minutes ago, mxk. said:

that board has garbage VRMs..

 

you going to quote anyone?

it doesn't have garbage VRM's, but the VRM's are not that great considering the price that's all, it can overclock a 9900K to 5Ghz easily.
 

15 minutes ago, chedd said:

My i7 9700k that I oc to 5ghz is underperforming, when i just got it the cinebench score was 1600 but now its 1150 even tho i havent changed anything. Did it degrade in the 2 months ive had it. 

Download HWinfo to check voltages and everything else, also pay attention to your CPU usage before starting Cinebench, it should be around 0%.

[mxk]

6 minutes ago, chedd said:

I understood that the maximus boards were good

They usually are. Its just, that Asus cheaped out on the VRMs of all the ROG boards except the Apex and Gene for Z390. They're not absolute garbage like I first said, but considering how much you pay for most of the Maximus Xi boards, it's terrible.

[chedd]

3 minutes ago, mxk. said:

They usually are. Its just, that Asus cheaped out on the VRMs of all the ROG boards except the Apex and Gene for Z390. They're not absolute garbage like I first said, but considering how much you pay for most of the Maximus Xi boards, it's terrible.

The voltage is around 1,4v

[mxk]

1 minute ago, chedd said:

The voltage is around 1,4v

thats kinda high but I wouldn't think that would degrade the performance in just two months, unless your CPU is under heavy load all the time.

[xg32]

5 minutes ago, chedd said:

The voltage is around 1,4v

with the possibility of overshooting when ur not looking, anyway with the current info you've given us, i'm leaning toward the vrm overheating instead of the cpu already degraded (altho it could be well on its way), if you are running 166w in cinebench, which is non-avx, u could be looking at over 1.45v/220w+ for avx games (basically heavy shooters), which would put the vrm at around 110C and throttle, especially if you have an AIO cpu cooler and no airflow to the vrm. try setting a manual voltage of 1.35v and see if it's stable, if it isn't, lower to 4.9.

[chedd]

2 minutes ago, xg32 said:

with the possibility of overshooting when ur not looking, anyway with the current info you've given us, i'm leaning toward the vrm overheating instead of the cpu already degraded (altho it could be well on its way), if you are running 166w in cinebench, which is non-avx, u could be looking at over 1.45v/220w+ for avx games (basically heavy shooters), which would put the vrm at around 110C and throttle, especially if you have an AIO cpu cooler and no airflow to the vrm. try setting a manual voltage of 1.35v and see if it's stable, if it isn't, lower to 4.9.

ok thx