Check if the benefits outweigh the risks before boosting the 5900X's performance.
Check if the benefits outweigh the risks before boosting the 5900X's performance.
With the performance you get right out of the box, then I wouldn't bother unless you upgrade your GPU that is more demanding years from now and need to OC to squeeze more performance out of the 5900X before a system upgrade.
My 5600X is capable of 4.7 all-core (100MHz higher than single core boost). It's not a 5900X but maybe this is is giving you some context. In games i do not get a noticeable performance improvement (running a 3080, so basically most likely to have a CPU bottleneck), but a noticeable temp increase. So imo it's not worth it. In some cases i even get stuttering in games when it's OCed, but not without the OC, even when avg. FPS might be a little higher. I've also had Cyberpunk crash on me multiple times, but only when my OC was applied. Other games had no issues with my OC so far. But i went back to run stock again.
zen3 stands apart from earlier versions. I understand synthetic benchmarks aren't perfect, but... cinebench R20 results for my 5600x were this way... stock - 4,000 PBO enabled - 4,300 4.825 GHz all-core OC - 4,800 For tasks where every core and thread gets used, OC works well as long as you manage heat properly. For gaming and everyday use, it's usually better to keep PBO on and leave it that way.
With the 5900X, the top choice is to turn on PBO, then set a voltage a bit low—around 75% to 100% less than full—and continue working.