5960x help stabalizing 1 core

[Wyndoor]

Im running a 5960x on a x99 deluxe with a corsair h110 and i thoroughly tested all the cores with per core overclocks. All of them but 1 are stable at 4.5(100x45)ghz with 1.35v. Most of them are even stable at 4.6 at the same voltage but this one core refuses to go higher then 4.4 i even tried 1.4v. I tried increasing cache voltage to same as cpu voltage, cpu input voltage to 1.9, system agent to 1.2, set all the power phases to exteme, tried lvl 7 LLC, lowered my ram to 2133 and nothing seems to work. Is there any other settings i could try to help solve this problem? Also im having 2 other slight problems. I can't seem to increase of the cache ratio at all without the computer refusing to work properly. Most guides ive looked at suggest 4ghz to start with and this thing wont even boot with anything over 3500 and its not even stable at 3500. The other problem is im forced to run my ram at 2400 instead of 2666(actual speed of the ram) for it to be stable. If i try to use full speed on the ram the computer will just randomly turn off. I've never gotten into overclocking RAM i assume its a voltage issue just not sure what i should set it at.

This is the RAM im using.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231797

[Korth]

Disable the "bad" core or operate the whole set at the speed of the slowest subcomponent. My mobo UEFI/BIOS allows some finer (per-core) tweaking, not sure what options your mobo offers.

Try adjusting your BCLK:RAM ratio? You may have to find a balance between processor vs memory frequencies where neither operates at "maximum" speed but overall system speed is optimal.

[Wyndoor]

Would adjusting the bclk:ram ratio matter considering im using a 100mhz bclk? I am obviously not going to disable an entire core just to gain 100mhz on a single core so that isn't really an option for me. I hope i can find a way to stabalize it.

[Chino]

List your complete system specifications as detailed as possible.

Also, it's normal that certain cores are stronger than others. There's nothing you can do about that. When it comes to the uncore, it is CPU dependant.

[Wyndoor]

5960x
Asus x99 Deluxe
Corsair 850watt psu
Corsair h110 with 4 fans push/pull
16gb quad channel 2666 ram
Samsung m.2 256gb SSD
Asus strix gtx 980

I did get the ram stable at 2666 with the overclock by increasing voltage to 1.3, now i just need to see about stabilizing this core and possible OCing the cache as well. Yeah i know some cores are weaker its just extremely annoying having 1 core hold me back 100-200mhz 😞

[Korth]

lol, like me, you've basically paid twice the price to have what functionally overclocks as well as a 5930K.

[Chino]

Yes, the silicon lottery can be cruel sometimes.

[Wyndoor]

Eh im not exactly pleased considering what some people ended up with but id say the 8 cores are still worth it. I take it pretty seriously trying to get everything out of it as im sure most people here do but if you look at actual benchmarks not having that 100mhz on 1 core isn't that big of a deal. Most of my games apparently aren't hitting that core since its showing the processor at 4500 when im playing. When i do something like handbrake its obviously throttling them all down to 4400 since its using all 8 cores but id still say its definitely worth it over the 6 core alternatives. I think the major problem is you see all these sites putting out reviews when its very obvious intel hand picked them top notch ones so everyone is under the assumption that you can just go pick one of these up and run it at 4.7 on 1.3v which is obviously a very rare case. We truly are spoiled these days this is still a 1400mhz OC and here i am being annoyed because 1 of the cores wont run at a 1500mhz overclock haha. Also from what ive seen on other sites/forums alot of people somehow ended up with much worse and hell most people are even pleased with a 4ghz OC on it.

Still looking to stabilize that core if anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated 🙂

[Korth]

Most games won't make much use of 2-4 cores. Some titles (notoriously Battlefield 4) can perform surprisingly better with HyperThreading disabled. For gaming it's really just all about raw speed and GPU frames per second. And how well the game was coded, which is beyond our control.

I wonder if your cooling block perhaps provides less efficient coverage over the physical die location of that one core?

Look at the bright side: if your part didn't have that one "bad" core, it would've probably been binned as a Xeon, lol.

[Wyndoor]

I'm not sure about the cooling thing. Its the 5th core that is giving me trouble though. It just annoys me knowing that core is lower than the others even though im really not seeing a performance hit with gaming.