8700K Stuttering in Games - One Solution

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

So I got an 8700K and a Z370 Gaming 5 mobo and all of a sudden my games started to stutter, even without any overclocking. 

 

Long story short, after a LOT of testing, I found out that the mobo was not supplying enough voltage to the chip when running factory settings. By default, the board varies the voltage a lot based on usage, and for some reason that affects games.

 

SOLUTION: Disable every possible setting in the BIOS that involves CPU enhancement, like enery efficient turbo, voltage optimization, Intel Speed Shift, etc. 

 

An even better solution is to disable the settings above AND set a fixed voltage. 

Regardless of clock speed, having steady and consistent power delivery is crucial to avoid stuttering in games. This worked for me even without any overclocking. After doing this, gaming is back to normal.

 

I hope this other people having the same issues.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

That's a weird issue, and an even weirder solution.

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

1 minute ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

That's a weird issue, and an even weirder solution.

Yes! 

I thought either the chip was a dud or the motherboard was faulty, and I almost RMA'd both. Turns out that there is a lot of voltage and power options in the new Gigabyte motherboards, and the factory settings are not optimal.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, HotDiggityDaffodil said:

Yes! 

I thought either the chip was a dud or the motherboard was faulty, and I almost RMA'd both. Turns out that there is a lot of voltage and power options in the new Gigabyte motherboards, and the factory settings are not optimal.

Aaaaand this is why I always get ASUS boards.

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

1 minute ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Aaaaand this is why I always get ASUS boards.

Believe me, I deeply regret getting this Gigabyte board. I had a Strix Z270E before this, but I figure I'd give Gigabyte a try. Big mistake. Oh well.

[mortino]

1 hour ago, HotDiggityDaffodil said:

So I got an 8700K and a Z370 Gaming 5 mobo and all of a sudden my games started to stutter, even without any overclocking. 

 

Long story short, after a LOT of testing, I found out that the mobo was not supplying enough voltage to the chip when running factory settings. By default, the board varies the voltage a lot based on usage, and for some reason that affects games.

 

SOLUTION: Disable every possible setting in the BIOS that involves CPU enhancement, like enery efficient turbo, voltage optimization, Intel Speed Shift, etc. 

 

An even better solution is to disable the settings above AND set a fixed voltage. 

Regardless of clock speed, having steady and consistent power delivery is crucial to avoid stuttering in games. This worked for me even without any overclocking. After doing this, gaming is back to normal.

 

I hope this other people having the same issues.

Fixed voltage is generally the way to go if you want a stable overclock, even at stock it helps especially with the auto OC aka turbo boost cpu's use these days. I find it especially noticeable on laptops, my 7300hq was bad for it.

[MaorHaimovitz]

I have a Asus  z370-e and I do not experience this

A bios update might fix it ??

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

5 hours ago, MaorHaimovitz said:

I have a Asus  z370-e and I do not experience this

A bios update might fix it ??

I have the lastest bios. Asus boards are just better overall, and have better power delivery.

[spat55]

20 hours ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Aaaaand this is why I always get ASUS boards.

Asus boards may be great but not always! Had my GA-Z77-D3H for 6 years now and it's still great, just because some models suck doesn't mean they all do.

 

 

[MaorHaimovitz]

On 4/16/2018 at 5:09 PM, HotDiggityDaffodil said:

I have the lastest bios. Asus boards are just better overall, and have better power delivery.

Not always it depends on what Gigabyte motherboard you choose. I have used  Gigabyte board so much times and they were all great. I even remember having usually a better experience with gigabyte boards over Asus. But it all depends on what specific board you choose, Gigabyte has some really good boards and some not so good boards and so does asus and all of the other brands.  

 

 

I  dont  much about how the power delivery of a motherboard works but a z370 Gigabyte LN2 board  has really good power delivery based on what Buildzoid thinks