CPU Voltage(VID) In Bios

[Archer20]

I had a few questions about the voltage in the system BIOS as displayed for my i7 4790k.

The processor runs at 4.0ghz until I boot into windows and the voltage displayed is 1.066-1.071(it fluctuates between those two values).

Everything in my BIOS is at stock settings(including auto voltage), minus XMP being enabled for RAM and core sync at 4.4ghz

So here are my questions:

 

1. Is the voltage in the BIOS what the CPU is requesting to run?

2. Is the voltage supposed to fluctuate within the BIOS at the constant stock base clock speed?

3. Does this voltage mean that I have a good chip for future overclocking due to it's low voltage needs on the stock(auto voltage) settings?(Within windows at maximum load, XMP enabled, voltage never goes above 1.24 in Prime 95 26.6, AIDA64, and ROG Realbench and is usually at 1.228v @ 4.4 under normal use)

 

Thanks in advance guys.

 

[Archer20]

I checked the rules and there is no rule against bumping that I can see, so *Bump*.

 

Noone so far knows how to answer these questions?

[harrynowl]

The bios will display the CPUs VID (i.e. bin from intel), it has a range. I've seen them was low as 0.925V VID and as high as 1.225V

 

When you are running in a turbo boosted state (thins includes a manual OC) the voltage will be higher 

[MoraisGT]

If you increase the cpu multiplier but leave the voltage setting on auto, the board will actually increase it automatically.

Your cpu is not at stock voltage.

 

And no, 1.23-1.24V for 4.4GHz is not a good chip, but you can probably go a little bit lower since it's the board that's automatically overvolting.