Some assistance with boosting the ASRock Z370 - 8700K's performance
Some assistance with boosting the ASRock Z370 - 8700K's performance
The goal is to locate a suitable overclock for my 8700K on the ASRock Z370 Extreme board. I’ve discovered stability at 5GHZ with around 1.28 vcore on fixed voltage LLC1, which seems to be the highest setting available. The main challenge is achieving lower vcore during idle and with any offset settings, where the maximum vcore tends to rise to 1.372–1.392—clearly too high given the board’s performance at lower voltages. I’m wondering if there’s something missing with these new boards. It’s been my first upgrade since Sandy Bridge, using offset voltage, and it worked fine then; now I’m puzzled about why fixed voltage is necessary for lowering voltage and why offset keeps pushing it up.
Hi Mattmagoo44,
Check your BIOS for Intel SpeedStep Technologie (EIST) and turn on C-State. Together they allow frequency and voltage to change based on the workload. Instead of using Offset Voltage, consider Adaptive voltage, which lets idle voltage be slightly lower than with offset. Rodolphe.
Hi Mattmagoo44,
Check your BIOS for Intel SpeedStep Technologie (EIST) and turn on C-State. Together they allow frequency and voltage to change based on the workload. Instead of relying on Offset Voltage, consider Adaptive voltage, which can lower idle voltage compared to offset. Rodolphe.
rodolphe.viard:
Hey Mattmagoo44,
Check your BIOS for Intel SpeedStep Technologie (EIST) and turn on C-State. Together they allow frequency and voltage to change based on load.
Instead of relying on Offset Voltage, consider Adaptive voltage, which lets your idle voltage be a bit lower than with offset.
Rodolphe.