Overclocking 9700k

[BollyWood401]

I want to OC my 9700k from 3.6ghz to 4ghz, I’ve never overclocked before. I currently have a msi z370 gaming plus motherboard with a Noctua NH-U12A cooler. 

[Ankerson]

It boosts to 4.9 GHz out of the box.

[Fasauceome]

first things first, take your stock readings. Get HWMonitor, check out your temps in gaming, and with a synthetic test like Aida64.

 

check your CPU frequency as well. Like @Ankerson said, your CPU is already operating a lot faster than you think it is because of turbo boost. One core turbo is 4.9, and all core is 4.6 GHz

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/core_i7/i7-9700k

 

[BollyWood401]

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[BollyWood401]

32 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

first things first, take your stock readings. Get HWMonitor, check out your temps in gaming, and with a synthetic test like Aida64.

 

check your CPU frequency as well. Like @Ankerson said, your CPU is already operating a lot faster than you think it is because of turbo boost. One core turbo is 4.9, and all core is 4.6 GHz

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/core_i7/i7-9700k

Thanks for the insight I’m just really confused right now, I upgraded from an i3 8350k to an 9700k, but now while playing games like far cry,  and ghost recon wild lands, my FPS is dropping into the 30’s when I switched to my 9700k, but when I had my 8350k it was hitting well above 60 FPS no problem. The card I’m using is a gtx 1070, my temps on the 9700k are sitting in the 40 C range while playing these games and it is turbo boosting to 4.5ghz. The overal usage is under 50 percent as well. Not sure why I’m getting such poor performance. 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, BollyWood401 said:

Thanks for the insight I’m just really confused right now, I upgraded from an i3 8350k to an 9700k, but now while playing games like far cry,  and ghost recon wild lands, my FPS is dropping into the 30’s when I switched to my 9700k, but when I had my 8350k it was hitting well above 60 FPS no problem. The card I’m using is a gtx 1070, my temps on the 9700k are sitting in the 40 C range while playing these games and it is turbo boosting to 4.5ghz. The overal usage is under 50 percent as well. Not sure why I’m getting such poor performance. 

Possibly check for thermal throttling? Again you have to evaluate your current CPU performance before considering an overclock.

[BollyWood401]

7 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Possibly check for thermal throttling? Again you have to evaluate your current CPU performance before considering an overclock.

Okay I’m gonna go ahead and check it out, thanks for the help