IMHO ThrottleStop is the more stable, although it takes more setting up and a little harder to autostart. XTU can and does reset with no warning and it has interaction with BIOS that I don't want.
-0.95mV may be the limit of the CPU or ASUS may have just reduced the baseline voltages, given this is their second Gen Hex core notebooks. You can always try reducing the Turbo Ratios Limit on one of the ThrottleStop profiles (Gaming). Reducing all by a factor of 2 or more will have an impact. The higher the Turbo frequency the higher the power draw and associated temperatures, nor linear.
Although an older game Metro Last Light Redux's benchmark still works out GPU's. I ran it with Turbo enabled & disabled getting basically the same results as not all titles need the full performance the 8750H can deliver.
GPU you can always try MSI Afterburner, personally I've never bothered as the GPU temps are good and the GL703GS has 3 fans which helps.
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-0.95mV may be the limit of the CPU or ASUS may have just reduced the baseline voltages, given this is their second Gen Hex core notebooks. You can always try reducing the Turbo Ratios Limit on one of the ThrottleStop profiles (Gaming). Reducing all by a factor of 2 or more will have an impact. The higher the Turbo frequency the higher the power draw and associated temperatures, nor linear.
Although an older game Metro Last Light Redux's benchmark still works out GPU's. I ran it with Turbo enabled & disabled getting basically the same results as not all titles need the full performance the 8750H can deliver.
GPU you can always try MSI Afterburner, personally I've never bothered as the GPU temps are good and the GL703GS has 3 fans which helps.
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Leave Speed Shift unchecked as Windows manages Speed Shift now. If you check it ThrottleStop (TS) and W10 will clash for control. Want more performance i.e. lower Speed Shift EPP setting, change the Windows power slider to Best Performance. You can see the change in TS FIVR window (righthand corner)
"0" is max performance
If getting errors in TS Bench you need to increase the voltage, as it's sign of instability. I don't touch the iGPU as GL703Gs only uses the Nvidia dGPU, nor do I undervolt the dGPU as temps are good, even pulling max power at 125W. Should be plenty of guides on MSI Afterburner, just take it step at a time. 125mV, 250mV, 1000mV is us the voltage range for the VID voltage offset, as my notebook is set to -140mV I need to select the 250mV range. Do not increase the first slider Voltage, only reduce the second slider Offset Voltage for Core & Cache to a negative value.
One thing you need to be certain the system is stable on stock settings, if not you will run around circles and get nowhere fast, which will just be frustrating. If Intel XTU has been used to reduce CPU voltage you need to be certain all values have been set back to default as XTU writes to BIOS and can be persistent which presents a problem with ThrottleStop.
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"0" is max performance
If getting errors in TS Bench you need to increase the voltage, as it's sign of instability. I don't touch the iGPU as GL703Gs only uses the Nvidia dGPU, nor do I undervolt the dGPU as temps are good, even pulling max power at 125W. Should be plenty of guides on MSI Afterburner, just take it step at a time. 125mV, 250mV, 1000mV is us the voltage range for the VID voltage offset, as my notebook is set to -140mV I need to select the 250mV range. Do not increase the first slider Voltage, only reduce the second slider Offset Voltage for Core & Cache to a negative value.
One thing you need to be certain the system is stable on stock settings, if not you will run around circles and get nowhere fast, which will just be frustrating. If Intel XTU has been used to reduce CPU voltage you need to be certain all values have been set back to default as XTU writes to BIOS and can be persistent which presents a problem with ThrottleStop.
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This is my results from AIDA after applying liquid metal + new thermal pads.
Before and after, from this thread.
WITHOUT undervolting.
Before and after, from this thread.
WITHOUT undervolting.
