Is my vcore / temps good for 5100MHz?

[evo4ever]

Hey all.

 

I've managed to get my 9900K stable at 5100MHz on all cores @ 1.330v (manual) and LLC @ 6 ?

 

Temps are: 26c - 28c idle, around 85c on full stress / benchmarking tests, and between 50c - 60c in gaming.

 

I've done a ton of benchmarks, stress tests, and hours of gaming with no blue screens!

 

So are these good figures?

 

My rig is...

 

i9 9900K R0 Stepping @ 5100MHz 1.330v LLC6 Manual OC (cooled by Corsair Hydro H115i Platinum RGB)

ASUS Maximus XI Hero Z390 (1401 BIOS)

32GB TeamGroup XTREEM @ 4000MHz C18

MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio @ +110 (2100MHz effective core clock) and Memory @ +1200MHz

Cougar 1050w GX PSU

ASUS ROG Strix Helios ARGB Case

[Badger906]

If it doesn't crash or thermal throttle then it's fine. 

Temperatures don't mean anything without a delta. A cpu running at 50c in a room that's 0c is running hotter than a 60c cpu in a 30c room. It's all about the temperature delta. Total temperature minus ambient gives the delta. 

That's only true if you're not throttling though as the cpu will have a set limit 

[evo4ever]

No its definitely not throttling. One more question...

 

Why does 5200MHz require extremely high volts in order to get it stable? For example 5000MHz only needs 1.300v, 5100MHz needs 1,330v, but 5200MHz needs like 1.480v+ its insane! That extra 100mhz from 5100mhz to 5200mhz needs an astronomical amount of vcore to stabilise! Is there a name for this phenomenon lol? Cheers guys.

[Mister Woof]

Is 6 the max LLC?

 

 

[Boyohan]

13 hours ago, evo4ever said:

Hey all.

 

I've managed to get my 9900K stable at 5100MHz on all cores @ 1.330v (manual) and LLC @ 6 ?

 

Temps are: 26c - 28c idle, around 85c on full stress / benchmarking tests, and between 50c - 60c in gaming.

 

I've done a ton of benchmarks, stress tests, and hours of gaming with no blue screens!

 

So are these good figures?

 

My rig is...

 

i9 9900K R0 Stepping @ 5100MHz 1.330v LLC6 Manual OC (cooled by Corsair Hydro H115i Platinum RGB)

ASUS Maximus XI Hero Z390 (1401 BIOS)

32GB TeamGroup XTREEM @ 4000MHz C18

MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio @ +110 (2100MHz effective core clock) and Memory @ +1200MHz

Cougar 1050w GX PSU

ASUS ROG Strix Helios ARGB Case

Have you checked your vcore during the benchmarks ? 

When I did my OC I originally set my LLC to 6 but noticed that the vcore increased from 1,33V to 1,37V during benchmarks.

I finally got it stable by decreasing LLC to 5 and lowered my vcore to 1,32V (5.0ghz all core)

After i decreased my LLC to 5 the vcore was completely stable at 1,32V

 

If your vcore is stable at 1,33V at all time then I would say it is fine.

If it increases during benchmarks like it did for me then I would try to get it more stable for longevity.

10 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

Is 6 the max LLC?

 

 

No it is not. 

1-7 or 1-8 depending on what type of ASUS mobo. 

[Boyohan]

52 minutes ago, evo4ever said:

No its definitely not throttling. One more question...

 

Why does 5200MHz require extremely high volts in order to get it stable? For example 5000MHz only needs 1.300v, 5100MHz needs 1,330v, but 5200MHz needs like 1.480v+ its insane! That extra 100mhz from 5100mhz to 5200mhz needs an astronomical amount of vcore to stabilise! Is there a name for this phenomenon lol? Cheers guys.

There is always a limit on how high you can overclock (silicon lottery)

You will usually reach a point where you need to increase the vcore by a huge amount to get one step further.

My old 8600K was easily OCed to 4,9ghz at 1,34V (a bit high but stable).

I needed to increase the vcore to 1,42V to get 5,0ghz. 

I was able to get 5,0ghz at 1,36V on my 8600K after a delid.

[evo4ever]

On 12/24/2019 at 12:16 AM, Boyohan said:

Have you checked your vcore during the benchmarks ? 

When I did my OC I originally set my LLC to 6 but noticed that the vcore increased from 1,33V to 1,37V during benchmarks.

I finally got it stable by decreasing LLC to 5 and lowered my vcore to 1,32V (5.0ghz all core)

After i decreased my LLC to 5 the vcore was completely stable at 1,32V

 

If your vcore is stable at 1,33V at all time then I would say it is fine.

If it increases during benchmarks like it did for me then I would try to get it more stable for longevity.

No it is not. 

1-7 or 1-8 depending on what type of ASUS mobo. 

 

Yeah I've checked.. im almost OCD about it lol. But yeah it never exceeds 1.330v on full load. I did mess about with Adaptive vcore but I don't trust it, it always seems to feed the CPU way more vcore than was required regardless to what I set it to, so I stuck to Manual OC'ing which I find to be better. Plus I've got all the power saving features on like c states, SpeedStep and that which lets the CPU clockdown and the vcore drop based on load.

 

I always thought manually setting your vcore would peg it at the vcore uve set it as but ive found that not to be true with the aforementioned power saving features turned on.

[FIammen]

Try enabling Asus multicore enhancement. That did stop my 8600k from overvolting on adaptive mode. But I don't have a clue why the value I enter for vcore sticks if you enable Asus multicore enhancement.

[Mister Woof]