Core 2 Duo E8500 @1.7v

[Ryan Leech]

Yesterday, I decided to run Cinebench r15 for teh lulz. So I went into the BIOS, raised the clock on my Core 2 Duo E8500 to 4.68GHz and "adjusted" the voltage to 1.7v. After some "fine tuning", I started up Cinebench and I ran it through the single threaded test. To my surprise, it scored 132 as you can see below

Aside from my E8500 being a sh** overclocker, I thought this was a pretty decent score, so I decided to enter my score into the LTT database found here.

As you can see here, my Core 2 Duo is actually on par with stock Sandy i7s. The most surprising thing I found was that my Core 2 Duo was faster than a 5.35GHz FX 8350. So this raises the question, is Wolfdale IPC (2007) actually better than Vishera IPC (2012)? From my results it seems so. A 4.68GHz Core 2 Duo IS faster than an FX 8350 @5.35GHz. This means that the IPC efficiency gap is actually quite large. AMD really needs to step up their game.

 

 

[helping]

What are you cooling that thing with? Angel tears?

[Ryan Leech]

What are you cooling that thing with? Angel tears?

Hyper 212 Evo

[KamiKatze]

Hyper 212 Evo

 

Stop kidding and tell us what you are cooling with. Also what temps you get.

[Ryan Leech]

Stop kidding and tell us what you are cooling with. Also what temps you get.

I was too afraid to look at the temps, not to mention it was a suicide run so I didn't have time to open HWmonitor

[KamiKatze]

I was too afraid to look at the temps, not to mention it was a suicide run so I didn't have time to open HWmonitor

 

 

You could just quickly peek at the temps and say if they're bad or really bad. I'd estimate something way above 80 °C?

[Ryan Leech]

You could just quickly peek at the temps and say if they're bad or really bad. I'd estimate something way above 80 °C?

I'm back down to 1.4v now so I'd rather not pump 1.7v through it again

[Guest Generallee]

What are you cooling that thing with? Angel tears?

 

THIS

 

i lol'd

[Jumper118]

What are you cooling that thing with? Angel tears?

 

 

Stop kidding and tell us what you are cooling with. Also what temps you get.

its only a c2d not an 8 core bulldozzer

[Lord Pantaloons]

lel, dis iz gud

[Lord Pantaloons]

subbed incase more stuff later

[Ryan Leech]

lel, dis iz gud

Dat profile pic iz haut

[Lord Pantaloons]

Dat profile pic iz haut

yis

[Mentalguy]

You could just quickly peek at the temps and say if they're bad or really bad. I'd estimate something way above 80 °C?

i'd guess 90+

[ProKoN]

@Jumper118

 

Im having a tough time reading this screenshot

 

is a core disabled in the bios?

 

 

cpuz indicates 2 cores 2 threads

 

the score is a multhreaded score, not a single thread score.

 

 

am I missing something?

[Jumper118]

@Jumper118

 

Im having a tough time reading this screenshot

 

is a core disabled in the bios?

 

 

cpuz indicates 2 cores 2 threads

 

the score is a multhreaded score, not a single thread score.

 

 

am I missing something?

so it is. he got 244 multi thread though so i'm not sure. i've had a look and it does seem about right. your right that it does say 2 core/2threads on the 'single core' run though.

[Recon-UK]

Beast.

[The Crazed Child]

I'm literally saddened to know that my i7 2600 is beaten by a Core 2 Duo.

[Recon-UK]

I'm literally saddened to know that my i7 2600 is beaten by a Core 2 Duo.

You really are not.

[Ryan Leech]

@Jumper118

 

Im having a tough time reading this screenshot

 

is a core disabled in the bios?

 

 

cpuz indicates 2 cores 2 threads

 

the score is a multhreaded score, not a single thread score.

 

 

am I missing something?

No I went to preferences and I ran it on a single thread.

  This is the dual threaded pass and I scored 244

[Ryan Leech]

I'm literally saddened to know that my i7 2600 is beaten by a Core 2 Duo.

That's why overclocking is awesome. And don't worry because while the E8500 has better single threaded performance, it only has two cores

[Ryan Leech]

so it is. he got 244 multi thread though so i'm not sure. i've had a look and it does seem about right. your right that it does say 2 core/2threads on the 'single core' run though.

I went to preferences and I changed it to single threaded. I didn't disable any cores in the BIOS

[Jumper118]

I went to preferences and I changed it to single threaded. I didn't disable any cores in the BIOS

ok. you can select single core/thread run by going on cinebench in the top left corner and then file>advanced test. then it will bring up a single test as well. that way its less confusing

[Ryan Leech]

ok. you can select single core/thread run by going on cinebench in the top left corner and then file>advanced test. then it will bring up a single test as well. that way its less confusing

Oh ok good to know. Thank you!

[ProKoN]

Oh ok good to know. Thank you!

 

 

nice results btw

 

495FSB wtf thats pretty kool, I never got that high on 775 platform.

 

I dont think this chip roles with modern amd chips or intel chips when you consider ipc. I dont know of anyone running 4ghz + at 1.7V on c2d \ c2q as 24\7 stable settings.

 

still a really awesome OC. thanks for pushing her and posting your results.