Did my overclocking work?

Bradley · January 21, 2014

Hey guys. I got a Intel 3.20GHz i5 quad core CPU its a 3470 and I got a Gigabyte Z77-D3H motherboard. So I used this overclocking thing called EasyTune 6 and it gave me 3 QuickBoost Options. Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. 1 was 3.5 GHz, 2 was 3.6 GHz and 3 was 3.90GHz. I chose level 1. It says its enabled and I restarted but its not a K CPU but said it had boost clock to 3.60. and obviously I did it with software not in the BIOS. Did it overclock?

Coombzy · January 21, 2014

well the boost clock of the 3470 is 3.6GHz so if its reading as the boost is 3.6GHz, no it does not look like it has its just running the boost all the time most likely

samuel · January 21, 2014

try some cpu benckmaring tools. aida64 is the most complete.

UnderADyingSun · January 21, 2014

Download prime95, OCCT, Intel Burn In, CoreTemp, HWMonitor and you need to stress test your cpu while watching temps to make sure you can retain the overclock. Further, to make sure it's taken, also download CPU Z and look in your resource monitor ( through windows task manager ) to double check it's taken.

TBH, you're much better off just doing this through the BIOS