Need assistance? My 4.8GHz boost is now reaching 8GHz.
Need assistance? My 4.8GHz boost is now reaching 8GHz.
I used the ez overclock on my AZROCK 390 gamming phantom sli to reach a steady 4.8GHZ (4.5AVX) on a 9600KF processor, which performed well under Cinnebench R23 stress tests. After upgrading to a 9700kF, performance dropped significantly and the system became unstable. At high temperatures (86°C), it throttled down to 1.9GHZ, then briefly increased back to 8.4GHZ before settling at 4.5GHZ again to restart the process. The cooling fan from Cooler Master Hyper 212 helped, but the spikes remain a concern.
It doesn't reach 8Ghz. There might be an issue—either the BIOS needs updating because it isn't reporting correctly (it could be strange but possible), or the software requires an update. I’d go ahead and update everything. Temperatures seem fine, but we need to figure out the real speeds for a clearer picture.
These are generally useless. Either you need to overclock manually or skip it entirely. The system rarely stays stable when those temperatures rise and voltage spikes are excessive, because they demand too much power. As mentioned before, something seems off. It’s unlikely the device would work at 8GHz+ with normal cooling. The highest frequency achieved on that chip is around 7.5GHz, but only under LN2 conditions. You’d need the top 9700K chip or a faulty sensor to reach such speeds.
HWMonitor is recognized for inaccurate readings. Consider using HWInfo instead.
I performed a reset of the bios and it appears to lock the core clocks while preventing them from drifting toward the moon. The VRM is intermittently dropping to 1.0V and spiking up to 1.42V consistently, with each 1.0V shift reducing the tower CPU performance by a GHz.
Is the BIOS current to the latest release? Have you experimented with hwinfo64 for tracking?