So I have been overclocking my i5 4670K for a few months and I have nearly finilized my tweaks and settings for 4.6 GHz and 4.7 GHz OCs. There is an issue however with the core voltage and which aftermarket program represents it accurately. CPUz lists my core voltage exactly as I enter it in BIOS (Manual or Adaptive), although it does fluctuate as it should with Adaptive. For my 4.7 OC I am using 1.285V. The issue is with HWMonitor and HWInfo64 as they report my Vcore (or core voltage) as slightly higher 1.296V while stressing. The other issue is that this value fluctuates while in Manual mode, and I understood that the voltage should remain static. It also occasionally displays 0.000V for Vcore while idling. So I instead have been focusing on the VID values because they seem to behave like the core voltage should, and they match the CPUz Core Voltage values.
Is this a result of the software reading my Gryphon z87 board incorrectly? I have read that HWMonitor has had many compatibility issues with certain boards and processors. They are still offering updates for Ivy and Sandy compatibility to this date. So is the Vcore value accurate, or is it displaying the wrong values? Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated...
