3700x tinkering?

[thirdparty]

My 3700x has vcore at idle (1.42v) so I went ahead to undervolt it at offset -0.0875v. Rn it still has high vcore at light/idle with 1.39v vcore occasionally exceeding 1.4v. I heard that vcore past 1.325v is unhealthy and can degrade the chip.

 

I am wondering is there any other process I can do to lower vcore? Will manual overclock at a fixed voltage below 1.325v be better? Attached is the screenshot of vcore with android emulator and google chrome opened (cpu usage around 10%)

[Guest]

The higher v-core at idle is a direct result of XFR single core boosting. 

It's perfectly normal.

 

The v-core to really concern about is all core full load. 

[Haro]

6 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

The higher v-core at idle is a direct result of XFR single core boosting. 

It's perfectly normal.

 

The v-core to really concern about is all core full load. 

^

[svmlegacy]

Here's a good read about this phenomenon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cbls9g/the_final_word_on_idle_voltages_for_3rd_gen_ryzen/

[thirdparty]

17 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

^

 

16 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Here's a good read about this phenomenon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cbls9g/the_final_word_on_idle_voltages_for_3rd_gen_ryzen/

Thanks, I am relieved now.

23 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

The higher v-core at idle is a direct result of XFR single core boosting. 

It's perfectly normal.

 

The v-core to really concern about is all core full load. 

I read it before and do the ryzen balanced thing, but my vcore never goes as low as 0.384v as his example. even with cpu-z as monitoring software alone still give me 1.2v-1.4v ish vcore... and yes I download the lastest chipset driver...

[Haro]

14 minutes ago, thirdparty said:

 

Thanks, I am relieved now.

I read it before and do the ryzen balanced thing, but my vcore never goes as low as 0.384v as his example. even with cpu-z as monitoring software alone still give me 1.2v-1.4v ish vcore... and yes I download the lastest chipset driver...

On idle as said above 

Zen goes crazy and you can see voltage that is high 

It's perfectly normal

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, thirdparty said:

 

Thanks, I am relieved now.

I read it before and do the ryzen balanced thing, but my vcore never goes as low as 0.384v as his example. even with cpu-z as monitoring software alone still give me 1.2v-1.4v ish vcore... and yes I download the lastest chipset driver...

The power settings are user defined by preference.

One may like Ryzen Balanced, another may be satisfied by winders power saving. 

 

One of the deals with these chips is that the v-core is pretty sensitive to temps.

While the cpu may idle most cores and threads should go as low as P-state #1. 

The XFR will run one core at max advertised boost clock, but usually needs high voltage to do so.

 

The single core is considered a low draw of current measured in amps. (Ryzen master shows motherboard capability)

The All core load, also measured in amps must greatly lower v-core and all core frequencies to accommodate current (amps) draw parameters.  

 

There sure is a lot of things to address when looking at voltage. But it's not voltage that's a problem at all. It's the current draw. Amps. 

With a single core at high voltage, it's drawing much less in Amps than all cores loaded at a lower v-core.