4690k OC Help

[thunderfire123]

I am trying to overclock my 4690k i changed the voltage and CPU multiplier but it is still running at 3.5ghz

[Blackhole890]

try changing from bios, and have you restarted?

[thunderfire123]

1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

try changing from bios, and have you restarted?

I did change from BIOS and restarted

[Blackhole890]

(I dont know about oc but i will try to help)

 

well, i see from the top right that the default is 100mhz and what you changed is the same... 

[DildorTheDecent]

6 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

I did change from BIOS and restarted

run XTU. Clocks should boost. 

[thunderfire123]

1 minute ago, DildorTheDecent said:

run XTU. Clocks should boost. 

What and how do i do that?

[WelshDdraig]

If you just want it to boost to the new overclock when doing work, then do what @DildorTheDecentsaid.

If you want it to stay at that speed 24/7, even when at idle, going into the bios and turn off any power saving features, such as intel Speedstep, and if there is a specific option for a static clock speed, see if it is enabled (some boards won't have this option.) 

[DildorTheDecent]

32 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

What and how do i do that?

click benchmark tab and run XTU. 

[thunderfire123]

Is XTU Intel Extreme Tuning Utility? if so, just run a benchmark and it will change the clock speed?

[thunderfire123]

Just now, thunderfire123 said:

Is XTU Intel Extreme Tuning Utility? if so, just run a benchmark and it will change the clock speed?

 

3 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

click benchmark tab and run XTU. 

 

[DildorTheDecent]

3 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

Is XTU Intel Extreme Tuning Utility? if so, just run a benchmark and it will change the clock speed?

Yes. If you run a benchmark or game the CPU should turbo to 4.5 or whatever. 

[thunderfire123]

34 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Yes. If you run a benchmark or game the CPU should turbo to 4.5 or whatever. 

I tried running it and it failed.

[thunderfire123]

1 hour ago, Alexp10v2 said:

If you just want it to boost to the new overclock when doing work, then do what @DildorTheDecentsaid.

If you want it to stay at that speed 24/7, even when at idle, going into the bios and turn off any power saving features, such as intel Speedstep, and if there is a specific option for a static clock speed, see if it is enabled (some boards won't have this option.) 

I already have Speedstep disabled, also turbo disabled

[thunderfire123]

5 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

I tried running it and it failed.

Fixed the benchmark issue but only runs at 3.5ghz

[WelshDdraig]

2 hours ago, thunderfire123 said:

Fixed the benchmark issue but only runs at 3.5ghz

 

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Since your motherboard, the z97 Aniversary is similar to my Extreme4 - as in same generation and same manufacturer, if you give me a few minutes, I'll have a look in my bios and see what I've got done and see if that will be of any help to you.

[WelshDdraig]

These are the options I have on my CPU to give me a stable 24/7 overclock on my i5 4690K on the ASRock Z97 Extreme 4. 

Bare in mind, there may be features that are unavailable on your board or vice versa. So take these as a guideline only, for example:

I do not know how good the voltage delivery is on the Z97 Aniversary, so depending on that, adjust your voltage to what is needed/safe.

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Under the Advanced Tab for the CPU Configuration

 

From the OC Tweaker screen. Note: What I found out in my case as the settings used for the pre-set 4.5GHz overclock was good enough for a 4.7GHz overclock, even with a slight voltage decrease - ASRock compensative for weaker chips or an average of the chips they tested with, so experiment till what you find is too little or too much for a stable overclock.

 

 

 

 

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[thunderfire123]

19 minutes ago, Alexp10v2 said:

These are the options I have on my CPU to give me a stable 24/7 overclock on my i5 4690K on the ASRock Z97 Extreme 4. 

Bare in mind, there may be features that are unavailable on your board or vice versa. So take these as a guideline only, for example:

I do not know how good the voltage delivery is on the Z97 Aniversary, so depending on that, adjust your voltage to what is needed/safe.

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Under the Advanced Tab for the CPU Configuration

 

From the OC Tweaker screen. Note: What I found out in my case as the settings used for the pre-set 4.5GHz overclock was good enough for a 4.7GHz overclock, even with a slight voltage decrease - ASRock compensative for weaker chips or an average of the chips they tested with, so experiment till what you find is too little or too much for a stable overclock.

 

 

 

 

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Thank you so much, tried all the settings and i can see the higher cpu frequency now. Just need to change the voltage and stuff for my overclock. Not sure what the issue was.

[thunderfire123]

22 minutes ago, Alexp10v2 said:

These are the options I have on my CPU to give me a stable 24/7 overclock on my i5 4690K on the ASRock Z97 Extreme 4. 

Bare in mind, there may be features that are unavailable on your board or vice versa. So take these as a guideline only, for example:

I do not know how good the voltage delivery is on the Z97 Aniversary, so depending on that, adjust your voltage to what is needed/safe.

  Reveal hidden contents

Under the Advanced Tab for the CPU Configuration

 

From the OC Tweaker screen. Note: What I found out in my case as the settings used for the pre-set 4.5GHz overclock was good enough for a 4.7GHz overclock, even with a slight voltage decrease - ASRock compensative for weaker chips or an average of the chips they tested with, so experiment till what you find is too little or too much for a stable overclock.

 

 

 

 

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What do i set the CPU Cache ratio and CPU cache voltage relative to CPU ratio? Also is Vcore voltage the voltage to change when overclocking?

 

[ApolloX75]

3 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

What do i set the CPU Cache ratio and CPU cache voltage relative to CPU ratio? Also is Vcore voltage the voltage to change when overclocking?

CPU Cache works best if you can maintain it 1:1 to your core speed. So if you're at x47 for core you should have cache at x47. However a lot of CPUs can't handle this so a good sweet spot is usually around x40 or x41 . 

 

And yes, Vcore is what you adjust for overclocking. Make sure you're using the offset mode and not adaptive as it will overvolt like crazy under heavy load.

[thunderfire123]

1 hour ago, ApolloX75 said:

CPU Cache works best if you can maintain it 1:1 to your core speed. So if you're at x47 for core you should have cache at x47. However a lot of CPUs can't handle this so a good sweet spot is usually around x40 or x41 . 

 

And yes, Vcore is what you adjust for overclocking. Make sure you're using the offset mode and not adaptive as it will overvolt like crazy under heavy load.

Thanks does CPU Cache voltage matter?

[ApolloX75]

26 minutes ago, thunderfire123 said:

Thanks does CPU Cache voltage matter?

In my experiments with both a 4670k and 4790k, no it didn't seem to make a difference so for my boards (Asus Z87-A and Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H) it's always set to a base of 0.8v and Adaptive mode on, it never exceeds Vcore levels. That's not to say it won't make a difference for you however, every motherboard overclocks differently and every CPU is built different so you will have to experiment and test. And retest. And test some more. It takes a while to dial things in nice and tight but it's worth the time. My 4790k for instance can maintain stock clocks (4.4 Turbo) at 1.15v which helped provide the base for my 24/7 4.7GHz overclock at 1.24v (VCore Offset +.044).

 

CPU VRIN on the other hand can make a difference and it's a good idea to set it to about 1.8V-1.9V, it will help keep things stable if you go for a high overclock. Mine for example is set to 1.85V.