The Ryzen 5 1600 is running at a low clock speed.
The Ryzen 5 1600 is running at a low clock speed.
I'm struggling to push this Ryzen 5 1600 overclock. I've adjusted the core voltage to 1,350 and set the frequency to 3,5 GHz. Disabled c-state and core boost, and installed the latest BIOS. On HWmonitor it reports 1547 MHz across all cores, while Windows claims 3,49 GHz. AIDA64 also shows 1547 MHz with temperatures staying under 30°C. My system specs are: Mobo - Asus PRIME-B350, CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 1600, RAM - 2x8Gb G-Skill Fortis, GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, PSU - AeroCool GT-700SG.
FinnChap:
Roland Of Gilead should reset the BIOS defaults first, then check the pictures when I return from work later, and I’ll get my rig running again. Probably missed something small like the Asus presets in the BIOS. I did a reset twice—once trying to overclock, which didn’t help, and once just resetting without touching anything, which fixed everything. Now I can use Ryzen Master for overclocking. But would it be better to stick with BIOS settings instead of software?
Wihoo!
Changed the Windows power profile to 'high performance' and confirmed the update.
I have the same motherboard, so I recommend setting the BIOS to default or optimized defaults. Try it out. It’s possible you accidentally chose an option that affected CPU speed. I’ll check when I get home and see if I can send you some screenshots. If you want to review the tab in the BIOS for Tweak/OC settings, take a few pictures and share them so I can check what settings are active.
Roland Of Gilead :
okay, i've the same mobo, so i'd suggest setting bios to default, or optimized defaults. See if that does the trick. You may have iindvertantly selected an option that has impacted the CPU speed.
I will check when I get home and see if I can get some screenies to you. If you want to look at the tab in the bios that has the Tweak/OC settings, then take a pic or two and post them up so i an see what settings your running.
Alright, I took some pics of my BIOS (I don't have an USB stick right now, so you'll have to live with the phone pics.)
Ok, so those images didn't work, so here's the gallery:
https://imgur.com/a/lk6P4
Roland Of Gilead should first reset the BIOS defaults, then check the pictures when I return from work later, and finally turn on my rig. It seems there might have been a small oversight with the Asus presets in the BIOS; I did the reset twice—once trying to overclock and once just resetting without changes—which resolved everything. Now I can use Ryzen Master for overclocking. Would it be more effective to stick with BIOS overclocking instead of using software?
FinnChap :
Roland Of Gilead :
try reset the bios defaults first, and Ill try and get a look at the pics when i get back from work later, and can fire up my rig
Right, there must've been some tiny thing I was missing like the Asus presets in the BIOS, because I did the reset twice, first doing the same thing I did last time to overclock (that obviously didn't work), second just resetting without touching anything and that fixed the whole lot. Now I can actually use Ryzen Master to overclock. But would it be better still to just do the OC from BIOS rather than software?
Wihoo!
Result. Ryzen Master is okay if you want to trick around with it. But, for a stable OC with low voltages you should really use the Bios. Ryzen Master overvolts the CPU, so generates extra heat. It's like the auto setting in the Bios.
The B350 is a sinch to OC. Just set your vcore at where you wanna start, I started at 1.325v (1.375 with a - 0.05 offset)
Set the CPU multi to 35 (just to start with, stress test and establish a base to work your OC from). Save and exit.
Hopefully you'll boot straight away. That's a moderate OC for that chip. Stress it with Prime 95, small FFT's for about an hour. Watch your temps, you can use Ryzen Master for that, but I use HWmon, and Coretemp too. Typical stress temps at that OC speed should be about 65-75. You don't want to go over 80c although it won't do any damage, 80c is the recommended max 24/7 usage. So I like to keep it under, and as low as possible.
Once you establish where you are temp wise you can do a couple of things.
1. Lower voltages to see how low you can get your vcore at the same moderate OC level and reduce your temps,
2. Just keep raising the CPU multi untill you hit a wall and Prime fails. Then you notch the vcore up again, and try stress again and do so until the CPU is stable at maybe 3.7 or where ever you want to push it. It's a trial an error process, but if you do it in small increments, and keep an eye on the few variables you need to, you get to push extra performance out of your CPU, and then can rest easy knowing it's stable, with good temps