Yes, CPU-Z, HWMonitor and Bios may display varying voltage readings.
Yes, CPU-Z, HWMonitor and Bios may display varying voltage readings.
Hey everyone, I was pushing my 6700k to 4.4ghz with a 212 evo and managed to get it stable at 1.34v on the Vcore. However, CPU-Z shows a voltage of 1.236 while HWmonitor reads it around the same under load. I understand these differences aren't perfect, but I just want your thoughts on this. My VID fluctuates between 1.353 and 1.389v too. I attached some pictures to illustrate. Also, just checking if your temperatures are within normal ranges during full load. The temperatures in the photos seemed a bit high, but they usually stayed around 64-75°C.
Have to know what you are reading. For example:
CPU Temp
CPU Package Temp
CPU Core Temp
then there's numerous voltages.... there's the voltage you "set" in the BIOS and the real voltage after all the BIOS functionality adds / adjust automatically. I set my voltage at 1.38 ... when AVX instructions are present it hovers around 1.44 to 1.48 and can jump to 1.50 for a few milliseconds.
HWiNFO lists them all, the one to be concerned about is Core temps ...look at 1st set of data with lightning bolts:
Suggest selecting 'sensors only" when HWiNFO loads
Never run 2 monitoring utilities at a time, it can cause errors.
BIOS temps / voltages will be wrong because none of Windows power saving features are enabled till you are **in** Windows.
The Evo should be OK for 4.4 ... you'll need something better for 4/7 / 4.8
1.34v is perty high for 4.4 Ghz .. with AVX you prolly seeing 1.45+
I don't like seeing 80C
JackNaylorPE :
Have to know what you are reading. For example:
CPU Temp
CPU Package Temp
CPU Core Temp
then there's numerous voltages.... there's the voltage you "set" in the BIOS and the real voltage after all the BIOS functionality adds / adjust automatically. I set my voltage at 1.38 ... when AVX instructions are present it hovers around 1.44 to 1.48 and can jump to 1.50 for a few milliseconds.
HWiNFO lists them all, the one to be concerned about is Core temps ...look at 1st set of data with lightning bolts:
Suggest selecting 'sensors only" when HWiNFO loads
Never run 2 monitoring utilities at a time, it can cause errors.
BIOS temps / voltages will be wrong because none of Windows power saving features are enabled till you are **in** Windows.
The Evo should be OK for 4.4 ... you'll need something better for 4/7 / 4.8
1.34v is perty high for 4.4 Ghz .. with AVX you prolly seeing 1.45+
I don't like seeing 80C
Well that was when I was on Prime95 after a couple hours. Now I'm running the stability test on aida64 and my temps aren't going over 75, averaging in the 60s. Also in Aida it says that my CPU core is 1.272 and it's max was 1.332. Does that mean I can lower my voltage?