I've been reading a lot on OCing and have learned a lot so far. EDIT: title of thread should have been adjusted, correct information below
🙂Stock 6700k was turbo boosted to 4.2GHz and I'd see it jump up to a 1.42V which wasn't needed, and caused higher temps. System Score on Realbench was 109,182. This is using all default settings in BIOS. Stress test LuxMark crashes, test keeps going. Did a DDU reinstall of video drivers, luxmark still crashes.
I put my first OC at 4.5GHz at 1.35v, kept LLC on Auto, and passed all RealBench tests/stress test, and had lower temps from stock, but for some reason my score dropped down to a 107,599.. Luxmark still crashes on this stress test too.
Then went and did 4.6GHz at 1.34v, LLC auto, tried 3, and during the benchmark multitasking stage, windows crashes.
Then I changed LLC to 5 and it passed the multitasking stage. System Score then was a 110,153. Passes stress test. LuxMark also crashes in this.
Max temps I saw for both 4.5 and 4.6 were around 62-70.
With the latest settings and the 4.5GHz settings, HWMonitor and CPUZ VCore shows 1.344V, and the VID bounces around above 1.344 and below. I tried windows performance power plan to see if it'd be more stable but wasn't. I changed back to balanced. How can I see the vid more stable? Is it necessary in my case? Why does the vcore show the 1.344 value at all times?
So from stock to 4.5 my score goes lower than stock, but 4.6 makes it only a little better than stock? Can someone explain? What am I missing?
What's the next step? Should I try 1.35v and put LLC back on Auto? End game is to find the sweet spot for 4.6GHz and switch to adaptive.
Z790 Asus Hero Maximus on 0816 BIOS (0914 and 1202 crashes for me on XMP I), Intel 13900k stock clock, Asus 4090 Strix OC edition, FF3D532G720 Teamgroup Ram running XMP I, 16gb x 2, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB x 2, Seasonic VERTEX GX 1200W, Win 11 Pro 64, Deepcool LS720 AIO, NZXT H7 Flow. Comfortably using Armoury Crate for updates/fan xpert.