Voltage significantly exceeds the manual setting.
Voltage significantly exceeds the manual setting.
I am receiving a Core VID of 1.42v while playing games, even though I set it to MANUAL 1.265v. Please assist me in resolving this issue.
My system includes these components:
Motherboard: Asus Z170i Pro Gaming (latest BIOS from Asus)
CPU: i7 6700k
Cooler: Corsair h80i v2 (push + pull fan configuration)
My configurations:
Clock multiplier: 44 (x 100 Mhz)
Core voltage: MANUAL 1.265v
All other settings are at default/auto.
CPU - Z (same as hwinfo64) shows Core VID:
Idle: 0.761v
Gaming: 1.420v
p95v289: 1.370v
Temperatures (Celsius):
Idle: 35
Browsing: 45
Gaming (Witcher 3 ultra): 75
p95v289 blend: 70
p95v289 smal ffts: 86
I tried several times reattaching the cooler with proper cleaning and different thermal pastes. The cooler is functioning correctly.
I also reset the BIOS settings and changed the LLC.
Hello, navigate to Bios and locate options such as CPU Offset Voltage or CPU Adaptive Offset Voltage, then adjust the auto setting to 0.000.
Angelion:
Hello, please look in Bios and find options like CPU Offset Voltage or CPU Adaptive Offset Voltage, then set the auto setting to 0.000. Changing the offset to 0 (which is actually accepted as 0.005) didn't alter the voltage. Adjusting the adaptive mode to the lowest values (accepted some minimum on turbo power boost and offset) reduced the voltage noticeably. The gaming max temperature dropped from 75 to 65, and the stress test from 86 to 83, same clock speed. However, my motherboard (only one of five sensors) shows a temperature rise to 80°C under load right after that adjustment. This seems linked to the voltage mode change. I still don't understand why manual mode isn't helping. I'm not using any auto overclock. Thank you for your help—it's much better now.
Bonythias :
angelion :
Hello, I looked in Bios and found entries like Cpu Offset Voltage or Cpu Adaptive Offset Voltage. I changed the auto setting to 0.000 but the voltage didn’t change. Adjusting the adaptive mode to the lowest values reduced the voltage a lot. The gaming max temperature dropped from 75 to 65, and the stress test from 86 to 83, same as clock speed. However, my motherboard (only one of five sensors) showed a higher temperature of 80°C under load right after that adjustment. This seems linked to the voltage mode change. I still don’t understand why manual mode isn’t helping. I’m not using any auto overclock. Thanks for your help. It’s much better now. I had the same issue yesterday and changed it—set adaptive voltage to 1.205, offset to 0.000, kept max at 1.210, and disabled turbo boost. The results with the offset are what you said.
Configuring manual at 1.265v and then switching to adaptive mode with a 0.250 turbo boost and 0.001 offset works best. Adjusting the voltage to an acceptable level—lowering it from 1.420 to 1.265 in cpu-z—provides better results compared to just using manual settings.