Ryzen 3700x voltages

[AustinD992]

Hey everyone, I have had my 3700x for a couple of months now. Like most, I noticed the voltages were extremely high. I have read different places and  watched a few yt videos on the topic. I get a lot of mixed responses, some say lowering voltage and setting clock to whatever constant that works for you is great for temps and doesn't mess with your performance. I have heard that benchmark testings are flawed because after reducing voltage it doesn't register or something a long those lines. Anyways, I know I am kind of all over the place and rambling at this point so I am just curious what information some of you may have.

I am currently running my 3700x (x570 asus tuf gaming+wifi) at 1.325 vcore and all cores at 4.4mhz. My temps are great, at idle with a couple chrome tabs open its a cool 38-46C. Under aida 78c with spikes at 85 for a short moment. My cinebench scores have improved since tinkering with my voltage and putting all cores to 4.4mhz. 

I appreciate any information or input you may have on this. I will include a SS of HWinfo and if anyone would like anymore information just let  me know. Thanks!

[svmlegacy]

32 minutes ago, AustinD992 said:

Hey everyone, I have had my 3700x for a couple of months now. Like most, I noticed the voltages were extremely high. I have read different places and  watched a few yt videos on the topic. I get a lot of mixed responses, some say lowering voltage and setting clock to whatever constant that works for you is great for temps and doesn't mess with your performance. I have heard that benchmark testings are flawed because after reducing voltage it doesn't register or something a long those lines. Anyways, I know I am kind of all over the place and rambling at this point so I am just curious what information some of you may have.

I am currently running my 3700x (x570 asus tuf gaming+wifi) at 1.325 vcore and all cores at 4.4mhz. My temps are great, at idle with a couple chrome tabs open its a cool 38-46C. Under aida 78c with spikes at 85 for a short moment. My cinebench scores have improved since tinkering with my voltage and putting all cores to 4.4mhz. 

I appreciate any information or input you may have on this. I will include a SS of HWinfo and if anyone would like anymore information just let  me know. Thanks!

Those voltages are totally normal for Zen 2. Trying to undervolt it can cause more harm than good.

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This reddit post isn't even concerned until idle gets over 1.38 V.

 

[AustinD992]

So, running 4.4mhz all cores at 1.325vcore is bad for the cpu even though temps and performance is better? Just want to make sure that  is correct before I reset to stock.

Thanks for the information btw!

[AustinD992]

2 hours ago, svmlegacy said:

Those voltages are totally normal for Zen 2. Trying to undervolt it can cause more harm than good.

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This reddit post isn't even concerned until idle gets over 1.38 V.

 

So, running 4.4mhz all cores at 1.325vcore is bad for the cpu even though temps and performance is better? Just want to make sure that  is correct before I reset to stock.

Thanks for the information btw!

[svmlegacy]

8 hours ago, AustinD992 said:

So, running 4.4mhz all cores at 1.325vcore is bad for the cpu even though temps and performance is better? Just want to make sure that  is correct before I reset to stock.

Thanks for the information btw!

Well, maybe. Running a static 1.325 VCore will actually keep your voltages higher than average compared to stock, especially when not measuring. If your temps dropped overall, and you're hitting 4.4 OC, then I'd just leave it at that, so long as it's stable. It won't be bad as in 'it's gonna die' level.

[Imannudein]

Hi. Thanks for posting this and sorry for threadjack a bit. i have 3800x and tried 4.4Ghz all core OC with PBO disabled and auto voltage in BIOS. upon returning to windows, while running CBR20, ryzen master is reporting 1.099V, CPU-Z reported 1.512V on vcore, HwInfo64 reported 1.099V during load. 

 

Temperature was also different as HwInfo64 reported max 88C while Ryzen Master reported close 96C. I'm perplexed as which monitoring app to be believed. 

 

The OC passed the test and i even game a bit on BF5 for good 30 minutes before chickening out and reload default optimized BIOS setting. My MB is x570 Carbon WiFi with the latest beta BIOS which has the new AGESA Combo V2. 

 

Appreciate your kind feedback.

[AustinD992]

8 hours ago, svmlegacy said:

Well, maybe. Running a static 1.325 VCore will actually keep your voltages higher than average compared to stock, especially when not measuring. If your temps dropped overall, and you're hitting 4.4 OC, then I'd just leave it at that, so long as it's stable. It won't be bad as in 'it's gonna die' level.

Yeah my temps are the best they have ever been. I ran aida64 for 11 hours and peaked at 82c with those settings. I have heard a lot of people say that the voltage people think they are getting is inaccurate due to mobo not actually applying whatever value you put in. I used ryzen master for everything and all reports normal so far. I think I will run with it for now and I will update this further down the line.

[AustinD992]

6 hours ago, Imannudein said:

Hi. Thanks for posting this and sorry for threadjack a bit. i have 3800x and tried 4.4Ghz all core OC with PBO disabled and auto voltage in BIOS. upon returning to windows, while running CBR20, ryzen master is reporting 1.099V, CPU-Z reported 1.512V on vcore, HwInfo64 reported 1.099V during load. 

 

Temperature was also different as HwInfo64 reported max 88C while Ryzen Master reported close 96C. I'm perplexed as which monitoring app to be believed. 

 

The OC passed the test and i even game a bit on BF5 for good 30 minutes before chickening out and reload default optimized BIOS setting. My MB is x570 Carbon WiFi with the latest beta BIOS which has the new AGESA Combo V2. 

 

Appreciate your kind feedback.

I can't speak for your motherboard and what you are experiencing. I know that whatever vcore value I would put in bios on my Asus tuf gaming it really didn't apply. I noticed regardless it would just go to whatever voltage it needed. I personally used ryzen master. So far from many threads on different forums (amd/ltt) I have read ryzen master with ryzen balanced power plan in windows, ryzen master reports the most accurate data. I use it when I am trying to get the true temps and voltages. Also, sometimes when using other monitoring devices it will constantly produce a workload and you can never get a true idle/workload reading (my experience anyways) after setting everything in ryzen master, I then looked on hwinfo, cpuz, hwmonitor  and they all reported the exact vcore and clocks that I entered into ryzen master. Again, I do not have any experience with a 3800x so I can't tell you exactly, but if it was me I would just stick to ryzen master and find a voltage and clock that works best for you. Hope this helps!

[Imannudein]

13 hours ago, AustinD992 said:

I can't speak for your motherboard and what you are experiencing. I know that whatever vcore value I would put in bios on my Asus tuf gaming it really didn't apply. I noticed regardless it would just go to whatever voltage it needed. I personally used ryzen master. So far from many threads on different forums (amd/ltt) I have read ryzen master with ryzen balanced power plan in windows, ryzen master reports the most accurate data. I use it when I am trying to get the true temps and voltages. Also, sometimes when using other monitoring devices it will constantly produce a workload and you can never get a true idle/workload reading (my experience anyways) after setting everything in ryzen master, I then looked on hwinfo, cpuz, hwmonitor  and they all reported the exact vcore and clocks that I entered into ryzen master. Again, I do not have any experience with a 3800x so I can't tell you exactly, but if it was me I would just stick to ryzen master and find a voltage and clock that works best for you. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply. I'll leave OC for now until i feel more comfortable to try it again in the future.