Adjusting the performance of a Ryzen 1600 to reach a minimum of 4.0Ghz
Adjusting the performance of a Ryzen 1600 to reach a minimum of 4.0Ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970
CPU: Ryzen 1600
Mobo: MSI x370 Gaming Plus
RAM: 2x8 Corsair Vengeance @2400mhz
Storage: x1 Samsung SSD 250GB, x1 Standard HDD
Cooler: Hyper 612 V.2
I checked the specs and AMD mentions Ryzen can handle up to 1.42 Vcore and 70°C, but it throttles above 95°C. I rarely exceed 85°C, except during handbrake use. Right now, I cap the speed at 3.75Ghz on the motherboard, though Windows reports 3.98Ghz. I’m hoping for a stable 4.0Ghz. My concern is whether I’ve missed something important.
Barty1884:
A 4.0GHz OC on a 1600 is almost the upper limit you’d reach without overloading voltage.
3.98Hz is essentially 4GHz in practice.
I’d say you actually got lucky if you land on an effective 4.0 with relative comfort.
I know, but I set it to 3.75 and it still shows 3.98. I checked the mobo settings too—it says 3.98. Do you think there’s a reason for that?
Plus, my cinebench scores dropped from 1330 to 1171, even though I used 2400mhz previously. I OC’d it to 2800 but still see lower scores on cinebench. No clear explanation.
Hope this makes sense.
Barty1884:
Specifically how are you increasing the clock speed?
375 with 100BCLK reaches 3.75GHz
375 with 106 BCLK hits around 3.98GHz (actually about 3.975GHz)
RAM speeds will significantly impact Ryzen performance. If your lower Cinebench score appears while running at 2400MHz, that makes sense.
100BCLK at 3.75 is a jump—I turned off auto boost for this.
My RAM is listed here:
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance...rsair&th=1
I upgraded it today to 2800Mhz with these settings: 14-16-16-16-36
EDIT: I forgot to mention the RAM voltage was set to 1.370
EDIT 2: At 2800Mhz and 3.75Ghz, my Cinebench score is 1191. I kept previous scores and achieved higher results with slower RAM. Still puzzled.