Your i7-10700 is running at 65 watts, which is quite efficient for its performance level.
Your i7-10700 is running at 65 watts, which is quite efficient for its performance level.
Greetings, short question. My Motherboard's VRM isn't great and I avoided getting an i9 for this exact reason, however, I ended up getting an i7-10700 with an aftermarket cooler. I've run some benchmarks and I don't know if it's underperforming or not, I would guess that it is considering it's behind the i7-7700k in single-core. These tests were done with XMP enabled, I'll also test some games with HWInfo open and see where and if it throttles I'm mostly comparing results with 65w, I don't think my Motherboard could handle power limits off at 125w. All and all my CPU works great, I bought it because I dabble with Video Editing and Photoshop and so far it's working better than my i5-10400F I'll try blowing a fan directly to the VRM and see if it does anything at all, Thank you for your time. My RIG: I7-10700 MSI-B460PRO 32GB (3000mhz, dual channel) RX6700XT
It appears performance isn't exceeding the standard clock rate, as indicated by the "@2.91GHz" label. Expect it to reach around 4.7/4.8GHz. You may need to turn on Intel Boost in the BIOS settings.
The 10700 and 7700K display very similar IPC values (6000 to 10000 series CPUs use the 14nm Skylake design with small adjustments). This indicates the main difference in single-core performance comes from clock speed. Your 10700 doesn't hit its full boost frequency of 4.8GHz throughout the test—likely averaging around 4GHz according to the results. On HWInfo64 during testing, the CPU reports power consumption details.
The CPU is drawing up to 65W, indicating a power constraint. This seems to be a snapshot taken during the multicore benchmark—meaning you’ll likely hit power limits when trying to run all 8 or more 10th generation cores on just 65W. What does it appear like in a single-core scenario?
I thought keeping it at 65W would be best because my graphics card's power supply isn't very strong.
Your 10700F is performing as anticipated—4.6GHz is a touch below the potential 4.8GHz it might achieve in optimal settings, which is typical due to background processes. I’m curious if the 7700K in the CB database was actually overclocked. If it ran at 4.8–5GHz, that could account for the slightly lower single-core score you’re seeing.
You can find small bundles of about 20 heat sinks, each roughly 1cm x 1cm, which work well as VRM cooling solutions to boost your power usage.