Question about a clocked CPU producing reduced benchmark results.
Question about a clocked CPU producing reduced benchmark results.
Hello, I'm just starting out with overclocking and have some questions about my results. I used AMD overdrive to increase the CPU turbo clock from 3.8Ghz to 4.1Ghz. Everything seems stable so far, no heat issues, and everything looks fine. However, when I boosted it to 4.1Ghz, my benchmark score dropped from the stock 3.8Ghz turbo (which is 10104) to 9958. I reverted everything back to the original settings but wondered if this was normal or if something went wrong. I expected overclocking to improve the score, not lower it. I'm very new to this process and found it confusing that more power didn't result in a better score. My system details are: AMD FX 6300, Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (rev 1.2), AMD Radeon R7 250, Windows 10 Home, 450w EVGA Bronze PS, 8Gb DDR3 RAM.
Your GPU is the main issue, CPU upgrades won't make much difference.
I understand you're aware your GPU isn't performing well, and you're considering a new one soon. You're wondering if overclocking the CPU might be making the GPU bottleneck more, which could affect your benchmark scores. It seems reasonable to think that if the AMD overdrive test didn't show GPU issues or if graphics software didn't display problems, then the bottleneck might actually come from the CPU.