3D Mark Stress Test, CPU Frequency drop?

[ashharps]

Just ran the 3dmark extreme stress test and got these results. 

 

 

I noticed that my cpu frequency dropped down to 200Mhz for a very short period of time and was wondering if this was the software or if my overclock in unstable?

[BbsMentos]

It would not have completed the test if it was unstable, it's either a software glitch or a small pause in the benchmark

[DXMember]

there was switch in the scenes so the CPU went into power saving mode

you're stable

[Lays]

14 minutes ago, BbsMentos said:

It would not have completed the test if it was unstable, it's either a software glitch or a small pause in the benchmark

I wouldn't say that, an unstable OC can still complete certain benchmarks. 

 

26 minutes ago, ashharps said:

Just ran the 3dmark extreme stress test and got these results. 

 

 

I noticed that my cpu frequency dropped down to 200Mhz for a very short period of time and was wondering if this was the software or if my overclock in unstable?

 

 

If you want, you can always disable EIST in BIOS, and c-states.  That'll lock the CPU at the max frequency while you benchmark to get your highest score possible.

 

From the looks of it, that may of been when the benchmark paused to load the next scene, but to be sure, you can always do what I said above.

[ashharps]

2 minutes ago, Lays said:

I wouldn't say that, an unstable OC can still complete certain benchmarks. 

 

 

 

If you want, you can always disable EIST in BIOS, and c-states.  That'll lock the CPU at the max frequency while you benchmark to get your highest score possible.

 

From the looks of it, that may of been when the benchmark paused to load the next scene, but to be sure, you can always do what I said above.

Ye i'll give that a go. Thanks.

[Lays]

1 minute ago, ashharps said:

Ye i'll give that a go. Thanks.

If you're going for the highest scores possible, also try using EVGA's K-boost feature in their OC software. It'll lock the GPU at it's max boost frequency.