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Must Enable XMP to Overclock i7-6800K??

I decided to start tweaking my newly built X99 build -- while waiting for EK's Gen-2 Predator coolers to release in Q2 2017 (the current Predators got discontinued before NCIX re-stocked; been keeping in touch with EK's Affiliate here on LTT). After a bit of frustration, it seemed like Broadwell-E chips needed to have XMP enabled before your overclock settings -- more particularly, the CPU Core Ratio -- apply, or I am doing something wrong.

 

I did not have this issue with my i5-4690K on my ASUS Maximus VII Hero. At. All.

 

Before I begin, system specs:

  • i7-6800K
  • ASUS X99 Deluxe II
  • 16GB (8GB X 2) G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3000 MHz 14-14-14-32-2T 1.35V
  • Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO  (temporary CPU cooler)
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  • Case fans: the stock ones that come with the Enthoo Luxe for now (200mm front intake, 140mm rear exhuast, 140mm top exhaust)

Essentially, if I DO NOT enabled XMP mode for the 'Ai Overclock Tweaker' setting, my Core Ratio won't take into effect -- Setting it to EVEN [Manual] will not work.

From what I can see, everything does take into, including voltages, and Ring Ratio -- just not CPU Core Ratio.

 

Things I tried:

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(1)

I have assumed it may be due to the old BIOS version that came flashed onto the board from the factory.

Version 0801 (2016/06/30) came on the board, and I flashed it to the latest 1401 (2016/11/15).

No difference.

 

(2)

I thought maybe some of the power-saving features or Turbo Boost was interfering, so I disabled:

  • EPU Power Saving Mode
  • Intel SpeedStep
  • Turbo Mode
  • CPU C-States
  • ErP Ready

Still no change.

 

(3)

Maybe the overclock was unstable, and maybe FastBoot was not showing the 'Overclocking Failed" message.

Disabled FastBoost. No change.

 

(4)

I thought maybe ASUS MultiCore Enhancement could be messing things around, so I played with that.

The option you can choose is either [Auto] (using ASUS optimized core ratio settings) or [Disabled] (use default core ratio settings).

Again, no change.

 

(5)

Maybe it was Windows Power Options -- changed that to High Performance....nothing.

 

(6)

Other settings...like setting 'Fully Manual Mode' to [Enabled] or [Disabled]

 

(7)

I played around with the voltages and ratios...

  • Adjusting the Core Voltage from stock...to 1.2V ~ 1.3V
  • Adjusting the CPU Cache Voltage from stock ~1.015V ~ 1.200V
  • Adjusting the CPU Input Voltage up to 1.85V and 1.900V
  • Maybe 40x right at the get-go was too aggressive (even with 1.3V Core Voltage), so I reduced it to 39x, 36x, and even 35x
  • Adjusted the Cache Ratio from 35x down to 32x
  • Tinkered with CPU strap frequency
  • Tinkered with Source Clock Tuner setting

 

Essentially, even if I set 'Ai Overclock Tuner' to [Manual], choose 'CPU Core Ratio' to [Sync All Cores], manually key in the ratio...while leaving DRAM frequency on either [Auto] or [DDR4-2133]...the CPU will never actually apply the ratio.

 

Up at the top, Target CPU Frequency will be what it is (e.g. 3800 MHz), but the chip will really be running at stock 3.4 GHz.

Of course, I had saved settings and restarted -- many times going back into the BIOS to confirm, and waiting until it loads into Windows and checking with CPU-Z, HWMonitor, and AIDA64.

 

I then looked up some i7-6800K / i7-6950X / i7-6850K reviews...and the article from Guru3D caught my attention.

Their 'Ai Overclock Tuner' setting was put to [XMP]

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i7_6950x_6900k_6850k_and_6800k_processor_review,21.html

 

index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=22040

 

For me, setting XMP results in my BCLK frequency to run at 125 MHz, BUT the CPU Core Ratio works.

As soon as I enabled XMP, the settings made the CPU run at 3875 MHz (31 x 125), and the Cache ran at 4000 MHz (125 x 32).

Dropped the CPU to 3.5 GHz (125 x 28), and Cache to 3.0 GHz (125 x 24) -- freakin' works.

Brought the CPU up to 3.875 GHz (125 x 31) and cacheto  3.25 GHz (125 x 26) -- it works.

Upping the CPU to 4.00 GHz (125 x 32) and upping cache to 3.5 GHz *125 x 28) -- also works.

 

What?

 

 

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Do you have any of the EPU or TPU switches set to "on" on the motherboard itself?

 

What you're describing shouldn't be happening as it is, but those switches mentioned will get you on the Deluxe.  :D

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Seems odd, I cant speak for X99 or your chip, but XMP for me on my old ram (Asus RoG board) just overclocked the bus on a divider to match the ram in a kind of "auto overclock" For normal overclocking I had to change overclocking to manual and the core speed to a number other than auto and ensure "all cores" were selected

 

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2 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

Do you have any of the EPU or TPU switches set to "on" on the motherboard itself?

 

What you're describing shouldn't be happening as it is, but those switches mentioned will get you on the Deluxe.  :D

 

Jeez...I didn't check.

For sure, I did not play with those switches, though, so they will be what it was from the factory (or after ASUS employees diddled with them).

Only switch I DID play with was the "SLI/CFX" PCI-E lane distribution toggle switch...

I made sure the "EZ XMP" was on [Disabled] (the Default).

 

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Seems odd, I cant speak for X99 or your chip, but XMP for me on my old ram (Asus RoG board) just overclocked the bus on a divider to match the ram in a kind of "auto overclock" For normal overclocking I had to change overclocking to manual and the core speed to a number other than auto and ensure "all cores" were selected

See, it was exactly like what you said with my Z97 system.

That's why I was confused as hell when it didn't turn out to be like that on my X99.

Heck, even my two AMD ROG motherboards (Crosshair IV Formula, and Crosshair V Formula) didn't have this problem.

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  • Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master -- ASUS X99 Deluxe
  • Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT Special Edition Sapphire NITRO+ RX 5700 XT Special Edition -- 2x Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire
  • 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 (16GB TridentZ RGB + 16GB Red/Black TridentZ)
  • SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO + 1TB WD SN750
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2 + Red/White CableMod Cables
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1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

Jeez...I didn't check.

For sure, I did not play with those switches, though, so they will be what it was from the factory (or after ASUS employees diddled with them).

Only switch I DID play with was the "SLI/CFX" PCI-E lane distribution toggle switch...

I made sure the "EZ XMP" was on [Disabled] (the Default).

 

Definitely check when you get a chance.  I've had a lot of Haswell-E and Broadwell-E chips on my x99 Deluxe / U3.1 and have never had a problem manipulating the multiplier and getting it to stick.  With and without XMP.

 

Oh and for informational purposes, that "SLI/CFX" switch doesn't actually do anything but change which LED lights illuminate next to the PCIe slots.  I originally thought it handled lane distribution as well, but that is completely handled by the board itself.  O.o

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Disable Asus boot logo so you can see what you have exactly.

I have the X99 Deluxe and the new Broadwell-E bios messes up my ram which is G.Skill Trident Z 3000.

With the old Haswell-e bios, when I enable XMP, ram detects at 3000 and CPU Z or AIDA sees it at 1500MHz

1500MHz x 2 = 3000MHz, so that is correct.

On this new Broadwell-E bios, doing the same thing, POST screen shows it running at 3000MHz, but CPU Z or AIDA see it's at 1066MHz, 1066 x 2 = 2132 (2133MHz). Not only that, my cpu can now fake OC to 5.8GHz before it bsod. :D

 

I've tried every single new BD-E bios that came out, hoping to fix it, but no it does not do anything.

 

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24 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Disable Asus boot logo so you can see what you have exactly.

I have the X99 Deluxe and the new Broadwell-E bios messes up my ram which is G.Skill Trident Z 3000.

With the old Haswell-e bios, when I enable XMP, ram detects at 3000 and CPU Z or AIDA sees it at 1500MHz

1500MHz x 2 = 3000MHz, so that is correct.

On this new Broadwell-E bios, doing the same thing, POST screen shows it running at 3000MHz, but CPU Z or AIDA see it's at 1066MHz, 1066 x 2 = 2132 (2133MHz). Not only that, my cpu can now fake OC to 5.8GHz before it bsod. :D

 

 

It's those damn 3000 MHz sets and their damn 150 125 strap!!!  xD

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8 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

It's those damn 3000 MHz sets and their damn 150 strap!!!  xD

XMP sets the strap to 125MHz. I didn't touch that, just up the multiplier by 1Mhz increments in Ai Suite until it reaches 5.8GHZ and bsod. CPU-Z shows the correct speed doe which is 4.3GHz or something.

Hmm.... working bios for correct cpu oc 4.3GHz

broken bios for fake cpu oc of 5.8GHZ

 

I choose broken bios of 5.8GHz!

xD:P

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, done12many2 said:

 

Definitely check when you get a chance.  I've had a lot of Haswell-E and Broadwell-E chips on my x99 Deluxe / U3.1 and have never had a problem manipulating the multiplier and getting it to stick.  With and without XMP.

 

Oh and for informational purposes, that "SLI/CFX" switch doesn't actually do anything but change which LED lights illuminate next to the PCIe slots.  I originally thought it handled lane distribution as well, but that is completely handled by the board itself.  O.o

 

The X99 Deluxe II has no TPU or EPU switches on-board.

I have also confirmed the jumpers are on their default locations...

  • EZ XMP switch -- disabled (default)
  • CPU_OV jumper -- off (default)

 

7 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Disable Asus boot logo so you can see what you have exactly.

I have the X99 Deluxe and the new Broadwell-E bios messes up my ram which is G.Skill Trident Z 3000.

With the old Haswell-e bios, when I enable XMP, ram detects at 3000 and CPU Z or AIDA sees it at 1500MHz

1500MHz x 2 = 3000MHz, so that is correct.

On this new Broadwell-E bios, doing the same thing, POST screen shows it running at 3000MHz, but CPU Z or AIDA see it's at 1066MHz, 1066 x 2 = 2132 (2133MHz). Not only that, my cpu can now fake OC to 5.8GHz before it bsod. :D

 

I've tried every single new BD-E bios that came out, hoping to fix it, but no it does not do anything.

 

 

Double checked to make sure FastBoot was disabled.

I just went ahead a disabled ASUS boot logo, and set to show POST screen for the full 10 seconds.

It shows the CPU running at 4000 MHz, and says DDR4-3000.

:ph34r:

 

 

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3 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

The X99 Deluxe II has no TPU or EPU switches on-board.

I have also confirmed the jumpers are on their default locations...

  • EZ XMP switch -- disabled (default)
  • CPU_OV jumper -- off (default)

 

They must have figured out that those options were junk somewhere between my version and your newer one.  xD

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11 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

They must have figured out that those options were junk somewhere between my version and your newer one.  xD

The X99 Deluxe USB3.1 did have TPU and EPU switches...dafuq...

I don't why ASUS implements them on some boards, and not others.

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11 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

The X99 Deluxe USB3.1 did have TPU and EPU switches...dafuq...

I don't why ASUS implements them on some boards, and not others.

 

I know. Really useful! 

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Well...I did a little bit of playing around (~30 minutes), and messing around in the UEFI BIOS.

Still unable to get the CPU ratio to apply when setting 'Ai Overclock Tuner' to anything other than [XMP].

 

I am beginning to think it may be the DRAM kit that I am using....

DDR4-3000 MHz already bumps the BCLK to 125 MHz.

Then you bring in the 14-14-14-34(?)-2T timings....

 

Anybody on LTT have anymore suggestions or ideas on this...anomaly?

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Hi guys, same problem here!

 

I set XMP profile and BCLK goes to 125...

If i turn it to 100 or auto, and set multiplier to 40 (i want 4ghz), CPUZ sais max multiplier is 36.. so i have only 3,6ghz.

I have to set BCLK to 125 and multiplier 32 to have 4ghz.

 

Is it normal?

 

Thanks!

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23 hours ago, AmphySuperTramp said:

Hi guys, same problem here!

 

I set XMP profile and BCLK goes to 125...

If i turn it to 100 or auto, and set multiplier to 40 (i want 4ghz), CPUZ sais max multiplier is 36.. so i have only 3,6ghz.

I have to set BCLK to 125 and multiplier 32 to have 4ghz.

 

Is it normal?

 

Thanks!

 

I did not update the post (sorry!), but yes, confirmed this is normal.

Never figured out the reason, but assuming it had something to do with the Broadwell architecture it is based off of, and handling high frequency DRAM.

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