Successfully Overclocking my i5 4440

[rrps700]

So I can't afford a new CPU at all and started to notice a slight bottleneck in recent CPU intensive titles. There is also slight wear on my HDD so that doesn't help either. But determine to get that extra bit in games 

I set off as normal read all the articles on non-k overclocking and most of the articles just said something along the lines of either "it can't be done" or "the improvement can't be that much". And what I had read on forums seemed to confirm that. All of my tests are using the stock cooler too.

So I ran userbenchmark to get a base line reading (using the Asus optimal configuration) on April 3rd 2017 and the result was nothing to write home about not the worst reading to the i5 4440 but also not the best.

After playing around a little with the settings in the UEFI to see the limits of my hardware I managed to used the BCLK to overclock my CPU on the second run to be considerably faster but had to dial the BCLK back a little as it seemed to prevent any worth while ram overclocking as well as causing occasional crashes. So the same day I redid the overclock and on the 3^rd run got this result. And finally today I ran the last benchmark to make sure everything was stable and it is.

Below is the link to ark for the i5 4440 and a few images to show CPU speed.

below is ark for the 4440 and a few images showing core speed. including one uncropped with a timestamp for now so any doubt is cast aside.

http://ark.intel.com/products/75038/Intel-Core-i5-4440-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz

 

EDIT:Fixed wrong link

[Jumper118]

Good to see. Most people say there is no point, but 5-6% is the same shit Intel give them every year for £30 more than previous gen, so for free I don't see why you wouldn't more performance = better no matter how small

[rrps700]

I mean 3.5ghz that's a 0.2 over the boost as the Base frequency. I did get 3.6 by clocking the bclk to 107.6 but it was hot and unstable and I can't be arsed with change the voltage to stabilise it. Although if I get a better cooler and work out a good voltage I can push 3.7ghz I am sure

[NarendraIngle]

On 5/4/2017 at 3:13 AM, rrps700 said:

So I can't afford a new CPU at all and started to notice a slight bottleneck in recent CPU intensive titles. There is also slight wear on my HDD so that doesn't help either. But determine to get that extra bit in games 

I set off as normal read all the articles on non-k overclocking and most of the articles just said something along the lines of either "it can't be done" or "the improvement can't be that much". And what I had read on forums seemed to confirm that. All of my tests are using the stock cooler too.

So I ran userbenchmark to get a base line reading (using the Asus optimal configuration) on April 3rd 2017 and the result was nothing to write home about not the worst reading to the i5 4440 but also not the best.

After playing around a little with the settings in the UEFI to see the limits of my hardware I managed to used the BCLK to overclock my CPU on the second run to be considerably faster but had to dial the BCLK back a little as it seemed to prevent any worth while ram overclocking as well as causing occasional crashes. So the same day I redid the overclock and on the 3^rd run got this result. And finally today I ran the last benchmark to make sure everything was stable and it is.

Below is the link to ark for the i5 4440 and a few images to show CPU speed.

below is ark for the 4440 and a few images showing core speed. including one uncropped with a timestamp for now so any doubt is cast aside.

http://ark.intel.com/products/75038/Intel-Core-i5-4440-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz

 

EDIT:Fixed wrong link

Can u provide i5 4440 overclock bios setting details plz?or video?

[rrps700]

On 14/05/2018 at 2:36 PM, NarendraIngle said:

Can u provide i5 4440 overclock bios setting details plz?or video?

Just change the bclk in the bios. Any z97 board should have the option to do so. If you look at my userbench scores you can see my hardware in full detail. I'll put together a file to show what my settings are too I guess.

 

[jo0115]

I got this CPU for like 4 years and recently bought a 1660 Ti, getting some nasty bottleneck and I don't really have money to buy other one. Good to see it's possible to increase BCLK and I got a beefy cooler, I'll check if my motherboard chipset allows me to increase the frequency. 

[Whiro]

1 hour ago, jo0115 said:

I got this CPU for like 4 years and recently bought a 1660 Ti, getting some nasty bottleneck and I don't really have money to buy other one. Good to see it's possible to increase BCLK and I got a beefy cooler, I'll check if my motherboard chipset allows me to increase the frequency. 

Just one thing to remember, not every chip is equal. Only because he managed to oc it doesn’t mean you will manage to do it as well, but on the other hand you may get even higher score. Good luck and let us know how you get on