Overclocking I7-4790K

[XaZor^]

Ayo guys. Ive recently build my new PC. and i wanted to make sure everything is okay.. Im the kinda guy who can build a PC so it runs.. and thats it.. I dont know much about overclocking.. Only thing i do is useing the Asus Tweaker..

 

The Build is following : 

 

i7-4790K untouched

Asus Maximus Vii Hero

NZXT Kraken X61 Water Cooling

eVGA GTX 680 (Its from my old PC till i get the eVGA 980 Ti which i have ordered already)

Corsair Dominator 16gb

 

 

But. i wanted to hear if these tempatures is alright and maybe i could overclock it alittle or something.

 

Idle : http://gyazo.com/350dadc0fc8514c6c5a377cb2d7c1696

 

Prime95 with these settings : http://gyazo.com/48d5784cb47ab5430233eb792eef7522

 

Prime95 Tempatures 100% load : http://gyazo.com/bc6ab4132056ee3d4d20416a7571c485

[Ganz]

You shouldn't run Prime95 with a haswell processors.  That being said, an x61 will allow you to overclock a decent amount based on your idle temperatures.

[XaZor^]

Well. i actully had it up on 4.6ghz with 50c on 25% load.. but i was just scared if some game or something used like 50% 75% it would shut down cause of high temps..

 

What program should i else use? any suggestions?

 

And is the idle temps okay?

[W-L]

Well. i actully had it up on 4.6ghz with 50c on 25% load.. but i was just scared if some game or something used like 50% 75% it would shut down cause of high temps..

What program should i else use? any suggestions?

And is the idle temps okay?

 

Adia 64 is a good stress testing program that won't overvolt your haswell processor.

 

As for temps your idle looks good but you can probably push it to 4.6GHZ and run a stress test (100% load), the CPU with throttle down if it gets too hot or hits that ~85-90C mark, there are safety features in place for temps.

[XaZor^]

Dosnt Aida64 costs money?

 

I can try 4.6GHZ 100% load, but i only got Prime95.. Should i try to see what result i get?

[W-L]

Dosnt Aida64 costs money?

 

I can try 4.6GHZ 100% load, but i only got Prime95.. Should i try to see what result i get?

 

There is a trial for Adia 64 and you can but it won't be as accurate since the voltage increase will produce more heat. A good real world stress test is cinebenchR15 but is only a short stress test/performance marker.

[XaZor^]

Im really noob at all this. but ive found the cinebenchR15 and i will try to see if i can run a benchmark and show you the results.. Should i set my CPU to 4.6ghz and run cinebenchR15 or just run it on what i got now 4.0ghz 

[W-L]

Im really noob at all this. but ive found the cinebenchR15 and i will try to see if i can run a benchmark and show you the results.. Should i set my CPU to 4.6ghz and run cinebenchR15 or just run it on what i got now 4.0ghz 

 

For Cinebench R15 it's more for temps if you run it a half dozen times to warm up it will give you a pretty accurate result of your temps on full workload but it's still good to stress test overall for like ~4-6 hours to ensure stability at that voltage using Adia 64. 

[XaZor^]

4-6 hours thats alot o.0

 

Well.. i tried useing Cinebench.. and the results i got here was 

 

100% load: http://gyazo.com/97b9ca42d5e74711f9da35888ac095ab

 

After the test: http://gyazo.com/af3f7c316cf76885cc343009893a990b

 

So you think i could OC the CPU abit to what? 4.4 4.6?

[Nena Trinity]

Unless you have multiple Titan X in your build I doubt you even need to overclock!

 

But if you really want to then go ahead!

[W-L]

4-6 hours thats alot o.0

Well.. i tried useing Cinebench.. and the results i got here was 

100% load: http://gyazo.com/97b9ca42d5e74711f9da35888ac095ab

After the test: http://gyazo.com/af3f7c316cf76885cc343009893a990b

So you think i could OC the CPU abit to what? 4.4 4.6?

 

The 4-6 hours is like a minimum or what you really feel like for it to be stable I did a 4.8Ghz for 12 hours to check, the worst is when your 6 hours in and it crashes.  :angry:

 

At those temps around 55-60C I don't see why you can't try pushing it some more just try to keep it <85C since after that is usually when it will start to thermal throttle. But you should stress test with Adia 64 to ensure stability as said.

[XaZor^]

Unless you have multiple Titan X in your build I doubt you even need to overclock!

 

But if you really want to then go ahead!

I play alot of arma 3, and it runs really really bad.. so i really want some more FPS (I have tried tweaks and such for the game settings) but it dosnt do much.

[Nena Trinity]

I play alot of arma 3, and it runs really really bad.. so i really want some more FPS (I have tried tweaks and such for the game settings) but it dosnt do much.

Arma needs i7 to run properly!

[XaZor^]

Arma needs i7 to run properly!

Well. even on my i7 4790k 4.0ghz.. i run 20-30 fps in multiplayer when im close to action.

[Nena Trinity]

Well. even on my i7 4790k 4.0ghz.. i run 20-30 fps in multiplayer when im close to action.

Then Xeon?

[XaZor^]

Dunno. Well! i boosted my CPU to 4.6ghz and ran Cinebench without getting insane temps..

 

http://gyazo.com/87c45f575191cd5d81b4ee1f54fcedec

 

is the result.. Do you think that is alright for me to keep it there

[W-L]

Dunno. Well! i boosted my CPU to 4.6ghz and ran Cinebench without getting insane temps..

 

http://gyazo.com/87c45f575191cd5d81b4ee1f54fcedec

 

is the result.. Do you think that is alright for me to keep it there

 

i'm not too sure about Arma 3 and if it's well optimized, but as said for Cinebench it's hard to tell since it needs to be stressed for an extended period of time for the liquid cooler to warm up and give good results not to mention stability.

[XaZor^]

Arma 3 is really really bad optimized proberly one of the worst optimized games around... i can run 500Fps in Counterstrike..