*Official* NBR Desktop Overclocker's Lounge [laptop owners welcome, too]

As my friends and followers know, I just moved back to desktop performance after about a 12-year Sabbatical venture into high performance notebooks. It did not take long to notice the absence of a place where desktop owners can discuss their overclocking escapades and post benchmark scores. So, here we go...

Laptop owners should feel free to participate in discussions, ask questions about overclocking and post benchmark scores to compare with what they see from desktop owners. This is a brand-agnostic thread for those that want to rub elbows with those outside of their brand-specific threads and fanboy cliques.

As usual, I expect Brother @Johnksss@iBUYPOWER will be the king in this overclocker's thread as well. He is a great sensei and mentor to me. As I stayed within a budget, I suspect there will be others that have beasts that will stomp my humble (but potent) new beast.

Also feel free to post photos or videos showcasing your monster PC in this thread. I will include my new system review as an example.

Let the fun begin!

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Anyone that is serious about benching that would like to become a contributing member of the @Prema HWBOT benching team, let me know (or @Johnksss) and we will provide you with a special password to join Team PremaMod. I have PM turned off here, but you can message me or add a message to my profile wall at HWBOT or John at HWBOT and mention your forum name here.

http://hwbot.org/team/premamod/

 

Mr. Fox's Benchmarks

Punisher | Rampage VI Apex | i9-7960X @ 5.2GHz | 32GB Corsair LPX 4000 @ 4200 | EVGA 1080 Ti SC2 HydroCopper
EVGA SuperNOVA 1600W P2 | 2x 512GB 960 Pro / 2x 1TB Enterprise NVMe / 2TB HDD / 4TB HDD | W10 / W7 (Dual Boot)
Dual XSPC 360MM Radiators | PrimoChill Praxis WetBench | Hailea HC-500A (1/2HP~790W) Water Chiller

Spoiler: CLICK TO VIEW BENCHMARKS - ASUS RAMPAGE VI APEX

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12914214 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3933148_


https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16316866 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3933241_


https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16316966 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3933256_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3937039_ | http://hwbot.org/submission/3937041_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3937044_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3937045_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3937447_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3938409_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3938410_


https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5712394 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3938422_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3939630_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3939631_

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http://hwbot.org/submission/3940735_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3940736_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3941528_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3941529_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3941546_


https://www.3dmark.com/spy/4471027# | http://hwbot.org/submission/3942052_



https://valid.x86.fr/lz1a4t | http://hwbot.org/submission/3946214_



http://hwbot.org/submission/3958963_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3958961_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960297_ | https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5279082


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960430_ | https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5279219


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960432_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5718883


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960433_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12969133


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960435_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12969137


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960457_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16750031


http://hwbot.org/submission/3960464_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16750084


http://hwbot.org/submission/3962051_ | https://www.3dmark.com/spy/4780719


http://hwbot.org/submission/3962043_ | https://www.3dmark.com/spy/4780624#


http://hwbot.org/submission/3962053_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16773322


http://hwbot.org/submission/3962083_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16773518


http://hwbot.org/submission/3962086_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/29594964


HWBOT x265 1080P - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963105_


HWBOT x265 4K - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963106_


Geekbench 3: Single Core - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963111_ | Multi Core - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963110_ | http://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench3/8693990


Geekbench 4: Single Core - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963114_ | Multi Core - http://hwbot.org/submission/3963116_ | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10420600


http://hwbot.org/submission/3965628_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3965655_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12977537


http://hwbot.org/submission/3965654_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12977530


http://hwbot.org/submission/3967148_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5720473

Spoiler: >>>>> 3DMark Hall of Fame (Vantage)

http://hwbot.org/submission/3967160_ | https://www.3dmark.com/spy/4843221#


http://hwbot.org/submission/3968806_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12983477
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http://hwbot.org/submission/3972163_ | https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5298175


http://hwbot.org/submission/3972164_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12989868


http://hwbot.org/submission/3972166_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12989876


http://hwbot.org/submission/3972130_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16911596


http://hwbot.org/submission/3972125_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16911528


http://hwbot.org/submission/3972120_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16911415


http://hwbot.org/submission/3973492_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3973488_


http://hwbot.org/submission/3973490_ |
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12992235


http://hwbot.org/submission/3973489_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12992232


http://hwbot.org/submission/3973507_ | https://www.3dmark.com/fs/16929134

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EVGA X299 Dark Motherboard

Spoiler: CLICK TO VIEW BENCHMARKS - EVGA X299 DARK

wPrime 1024M: http://hwbot.org/submission/3997536_

Cinebench R11.5: http://hwbot.org/submission/3997507_

http://hwbot.org/submission/4012996_

http://hwbot.org/submission/4012995_

 

Mr. Fox's Benchmarks

Trómos | ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (WIFI-AC) | i7-8700K Validated @ 5.5GHz

Spoiler: 'Trómos' System Specs

Base system as purchased from: iBUYPOWER

• Thermaltake View 31 TG Mid-Tower
• ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (WIFI-AC)
• Intel Core i7-8700K
• Thermaltake Riing RGB 360mm AIO
• 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws-V DDR4-3200
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 iCX
• EVGA Hybrid Liquid Cooler (B&H Photo)
• EVGA 1000GQ 1kW Power Supply
• 512GB Samsung 960 Pro - Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• 512GB Sandisk X400 M.2 - Windows 10 Enterprise N x64
• 2 x 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD (Game Drives)
• 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Data Drive)

Keeping this post updated in an ongoing chore. To see the most current results, be sure to visit my HWBOT Profile. http://hwbot.org/user/mr._fox/

Spoiler: CLICK TO VIEW BENCHMARKS

Spoiler: XTU

Intel XTU Benchmark: http://hwbot.org/submission/3714532_

Intel XTU Benchmark -
http://hwbot.org/submission/3823131_

Spoiler: AIDA64 Memory & Disk Speed Tests

AIDA64 DDR4-3200

AIDA64 DDR4-3400

AIDA64 DDR4-3400 1.500V
http://hwbot.org/submission/3709003_

AIDA64 DDR4-3466

AIDA64 DDR4-3483: http://hwbot.org/submission/3706193_

AIDA64 - DDR4-3500: http://hwbot.org/submission/3719025_

AIDA64 DDR4-3500 1T: http://hwbot.org/submission/3722930_

AIDA64 Read | MaxMEMM2:
http://hwbot.org/submission/3745814_| http://hwbot.org/submission/3745818_ | http://hwbot.org/submission/3745812_

AIDA64 Drive Speed Test

Spoiler: wPrime 32M and 1024M

wPrime

wPrime 32M - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3702492_

wPrime 1024M - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3702493_

wPrime 32M - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3704360_

wPrime 32M: http://hwbot.org/submission/3709017_
wPrime 1024M: http://hwbot.org/submission/3709018_

wPrime 32m: http://hwbot.org/submission/3718972_
wPrime 1024m: http://hwbot.org/submission/3718973_

wPrime 32m: http://hwbot.org/submission/3809213_

wPrime 32M @ 5.4GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3820011_

wPrime 32M @ 5.5GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3823629_

wPrime 1024M @ 5.4GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3826964_

Spoiler: Cinebench R11.5 and R15

Cinebench R11.5

Cinebench R15

Cinebench R11.5: http://hwbot.org/submission/3700771_

Cinebench R15: http://hwbot.org/submission/3700773_

Cinebench R15 - 5.1GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3700964_

Cinebench R11.5 - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3702494_

Cinebench R15 - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3702501_

Cinebench R11.5 - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3709027_

Cinebench R11.5 - 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3719061_

Cinebench R11.5: http://hwbot.org/submission/3756315_

Cinebench R11.5: http://hwbot.org/submission/3757262_

Cinebench R11.5 - 5.3GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3810525_

Cinebench R15 - 5.3GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3810530_

Cinebench R15 @ 5.4GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3820035_

Cinebench R11.5 @ 5.4GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3826962_

Cinebench R15 @ 5.4GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3826961_

Spoiler: PCMark Benches

PCMark 7: https://www.3dmark.com/pcm7/1132052 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3720745_

PCMark 10 Express: http://hwbot.org/submission/3720052_

Spoiler: Unigine Benchmarks

Unigine Superposition

HWBot Unigine Heaven Basic: http://hwbot.org/submission/3720768_

Unigine Superposition 1080P Extreme: http://hwbot.org/submission/3893625_

Unigine Superposition 8K Optimized: http://hwbot.org/submission/3893626_

HWBot Unigine Heaven Extreme: http://hwbot.org/submission/3720763_

Spoiler: Geekbench

Geekbench 4: http://hwbot.org/submission/3774602_

Geekbench 3: http://hwbot.org/submission/3774601_

Spoiler: Legacy 3DMark (2001, 2005, 2006) Benches

3DMark 2001SE: http://hwbot.org/submission/3707458_

3DMark 05: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/5545650 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3707452_

3DMark 06: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/18005647 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3707455_

3DMark06: http://hwbot.org/submission/3774605_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/18020333

3DMark05: http://hwbot.org/submission/3774604_ | https://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/5546890

Spoiler: 3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage: https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5653230

3DMark Vantage: https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5655486 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3707474_

3DMark Vantage: https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5668861 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3759964_

3DMark Vantage: https://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/5686690 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3829902_

Spoiler: 3DMark 11 (Performance and Extreme)

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12468267

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12476437

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12488872 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3708400_

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12506167 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3716231_

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12572289 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3745833_

3DMark 11 - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12595237 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3757209_

3DMark 11 Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12488892| http://hwbot.org/submission/3708407_

3DMark 11 Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12506179 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3716233_

3DMark 11 Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12572330 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3745849_

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12706371 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3813462_

3DMark 11 Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12706378 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3813464_

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12735674 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3829784_

3DMark 11: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12735721 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3829819_

3DMark 11 Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12735815 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3829851_

Spoiler: 3DMark Cloud Gate and Ice Storm

Cloud Gate: https://www.3dmark.com/cg/4166101

Ice Storm Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/is/4278892

Ice Storm: https://www.3dmark.com/is/4278898

Ice Storm: https://www.3dmark.com/is/4279997 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3727225_

Ice Storm Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/is/4280002 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3727227_

Ice Storm Unlimited: https://www.3dmark.com/is/4280008 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3727242_

Spoiler: 3DMark Sky Diver

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/4868630

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/4878535

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/4894464 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3716230_

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/4912852 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3727273_

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5039712

3DMark Sky Diver: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5065543 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830030_

Spoiler: 3DMark Fire Strike

3DMark Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14019145

3DMark Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14085027

3DMark Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14181112 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3712688_

3DMark Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14338069 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3726717_

3DMark Fire Strike: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14679857 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3760019_

3DMark Fire Strike - https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15212225 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3820023_

Spoiler: 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme

3DMark Fire Strike Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14085202

3DMark Fire Strike Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14181164 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3712698_

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15239356 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3823485_

Spoiler: 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra

3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14085267

3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14181228 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3712697_

3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15291397 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830017_

Spoiler: 3DMark Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme

3DMark Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/2677035

3DMark Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/2760357 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3712705_

Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/23658285 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3722356_

3DMark Time Spy Extreme: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/2760381 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3712709_

Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/24520450# | http://hwbot.org/submission/3757694_

Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/3363657# | http://hwbot.org/submission/3795780_

3DMark Time Spy: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/26035847 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830010_

Spoiler: VR Mark

VR Mark Orange Room: https://www.3dmark.com/vrpor/216060 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830107_

VR Mark Cyan Room: https://www.3dmark.com/vrpcr/11728 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830095_

VR Mark Blue Room: https://www.3dmark.com/vrpbr/38449 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3830086_

Spoiler: CPU-Z Validations

CPU-Z Validation - 5.0GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3700777_

CPU-Z Validation: 5.2GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3700787_

8700K 5.3GHz Validation: https://valid.x86.fr/fq4umn | http://hwbot.org/user/mr._fox/

CPU-Z Validation - 5.4GHz - https://valid.x86.fr/9idgid | http://hwbot.org/submission/3819994_

CPU-Z 5.5GHz Validation - https://valid.x86.fr/um06xh | http://hwbot.org/submission/3820387_

Spoiler: Passmark Performance Test

PassMark: https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=91781836333

Spoiler: Catzilla Benchmarks

Catzilla 720p: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=938382|*|Result Details | http://hwbot.org/submission/3848754_

Catzilla 1080p: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=938390|*|Result Details | http://hwbot.org/submission/3848774_

Catzilla 1440p: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=938396|*|Result Details | http://hwbot.org/submission/3848785_

Catzilla 4K: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=938397|*|Result Details | http://hwbot.org/submission/3848792_

1080p: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=940462 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3856176_

1440p: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=940468 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3856178_

4K: http://www.catzilla.com/showresult?lp=940471 | http://hwbot.org/submission/3856185_

Spoiler: HWBot Benchmarks

AquaMark3 @ 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3705000_

HWBot Aquamark3 @ 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3720777_

HWBot Aquamark3 @ 5.2GHz: http://hwbot.org/submission/3758857_

MaxxMem2 DDR4-3400 1T: http://hwbot.org/submission/3722883_ | http://hwbot.org/submission/3722882_

MAXXMEM DDR4-3500 1T: http://hwbot.org/submission/3722902_ | http://hwbot.org/submission/3722901_

MAXXMEM DDR4-3467: http://hwbot.org/submission/3760543_

HWBOT Prime: http://hwbot.org/submission/3725893_

Spoiler: Game Benchmarks

Gears of War 4

 

Here's some numbers for you:

 

Awesome stuff! Thanks, bro!

 

Great system, congrats on the purchase. Must be a nice change having proper overclocking tools in the BIOS and not worrying too much about temps, although maybe you will miss the challenge

 

And some more:

 

@Mr. Fox, nearly forgot my AIDA memory scores:

I'll take a newer one soon. Today I went through and setup 4.05GHz (most of the above benches) and redid the ram kind of quick. I'm considering trying 3466, but shooting for CL12 on it. I think that would improve latency even more. But that is future plans, as well as needing to reseat the waterblock (wish I knew that before I assembled, talk about a pain in the hindside).

 

Damn @ajc9988 makes me wanna actually go through with that 16-core desktop build I was thinking about.

 

Here's the thing, don't get it unless you have a use for it. If you are doing it for just benching, cool. If you plan on taking up a hobby, like video cpu encoding or transcoding, doing multiple streams while gaming, building a home server, etc., then do it. I will mention, Intel wins on performance (except on very specific tasks), but has the Intel price premium. If you can wait until Zen 2 vs. Ice Lake, you will get much more bang for the buck (Q4 2018-1H 2019, AMD 7nm versus Intel 10nm+ processes, DDR5 potentially as that is supposed to be published summer of 2018, PCIe 4.0 (PCIe 5.0 is supposed to be published in Q1 or Q2 2019), etc.).

Also, remember that HWBot separates CPUs like mine from the mainstream chips. So it is a different, much smaller, class, which means more competition, but good ranks and numbers. If you mainly game or do regular compute, save the money and wait for the new Titan card or for Volta or Navi. Just saying, for the chip alone (AMD), you could get a nice 1080 Ti and the change nearly buys the Intel CPU, with ram and MB being equivalent. For Intel's 16-core, you can get two 1080 Tis, but have to deal with lack of SLI support (and DX12 makes it up to the game manufacturers, not hardware drivers, so unless the coders pick it up)....

 

I'm waiting with popcorn to see if a mod will show up and go "we have desktopreview forums" xD

Also ajc get back on plebcord for convos

Sent from my OnePlus 1 using a coconut

 

Welcome to the desktop side brother!

At least here we shouldn't need to worry about bga!

Same 1080 Ti as me too, good choice

 

I've been meaning to. Had a work project that just finished and now just got back to my build. Temps should be lower, and considering my 980 Ti doesn't ever go over 34C, I'm guessing the block is seated wrong on the CPU. The posts were so tight I thought I might break the board with the flex to get it pushed down. Going to use a hammer and lightly adjust the posts for a smooth slide into position when I take it apart. Was going to wait until that fix to post numbers over there. But, now, watching the DVR'd walking dead episode from tonight...

 

Congratulations @Mr. Fox , nice setup, we will see big numbers in benching will ignite competition in the desktop segment, you are still the king in the laptop segment and I'm sure that you will be the king in the desktop as well. I will expect you to do some liquid nitrogen cooling experiments someday to "plead the 5th" of this machine
I hope that we can find an effective way supporting you getting the best hardware to satisfy your ambitious, so we can see all unbeatable numbers with your name for all time.
I'm really glad having your DM3 ALIENKILLER II laptop, Thank you for everything. Enjoy your new RIG

 

HERE WE GO!!! I will be posting scores from mine very soon! Congrats bro on your new rig.

 

Nope, they even made it a sticky post for us. (Thanks to the mod that did.)

There is also an Alienware desktop sub-forum, in case you had not noticed.

 

Have you read the whole OP and as well the thread's name?
*Official* NBR Desktop Overclocker's Lounge [laptop owners welcome, too]..... and post benchmark scores

 

http://hwbot.org/submission/3700777_

http://hwbot.org/submission/3700773_

http://hwbot.org/submission/3700771_

 

5.2GHz - http://hwbot.org/submission/3700787_

 

https://imgur.com/a/35Djd

1665CB 5.1Ghz at 1.328v.

5.2Ghz on all cores crashes CB about 3/4 through even at 1.400v in BIOS. I could up the LLC to max level but damn thats a lot of juice going through my chip. I figure a delid could help as temps were in the 80s on that run and maybe I can shave off 15-20C and get it stable.

 

Please, post the pict from Imgur. Not only the link

 

5.1GHz CBR15 - http://hwbot.org/submission/3700964_

 

AIDA64 DDR4-3466

 

I'm still on X99 with a badly binned 5820K, 2400MHz CL12.

Wonder if I should upgrade? Ryzen and new X299 don't seem to offer much performance upgrade in terms of games. And X299 don't have full raid capability like X99 + more expensive to get cpu lanes...

 

Just sold my 5820K (was running 4.4Ghz 1.25v stable for a couple years) this morning for $200. Going to miss the old girl, we've had our ups and downs. I just got distracted by the new hott brunette in town. I'm hanging onto my AsRock X99X Fatality though for the future cheapo 8 or 10 core build when those chips are dirt cheap. Motherboards always seem to be the expensive component to grab years down the line and its a great motherboard.

Also this.

Updated CB score incoming when this damn internet starts working. Seems to be a nationwide slowdown.

 

I have the X99 Deluxe Gen 1 (with usb 3.1 card)

 

How high can you go on your 5820k?

If I remember correctly I was able to bench 4.7Ghz and validate 4.8Ghz.

4.5Ghz for 24/7

I can only find 4.5GHz 3DFS

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/6573961

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/6220490

I have 4.6Ghz as well, I think I didn't do FS with 4.7Ghz, only cinebench, might have results in the Area-51 AW desktop forum

 

4.3 at 1.295v

max it would go, thermals already pushing it with the NH D15

 

New CB Score

@Papusan Is this better?

@Mr. Fox

 

I have my 5820K running at 4.3GHz all the time on all cores but I in hwinfo I see the speed bouncing around fairly frequently when I am sitting on my desktop. With a 980 and a 5820k I have a score of about 12.4k in Firestrike. Don't know if that is normal or "good" or not but I know my laptop gets 18k but it looks like it's the GPU making all the difference as my CPU score on my desktop is about 2k points higher, but my 1080 laptop gpu score is significantly higher than my 980 on my desktop. Have not been super concerned with tweaking my desktop because I had a good feeling I would be replacing it soon-ish when I started testing and OCing my laptop and tweaking my desktop a little.

Plans for my desktop are to sell it to a friend of mine looking for a desktop for about $600, I feel like that's a pretty good deal for him. Not that I get much use out of it or even have all the slots filled, but I will miss having 8 memory slots and quad channel memory but I think I will see a performance increase out of the new build. All in all though, upgrading my GPU to a 1080TI and not replacing the CPU would have probably been just as noticeable of an upgrade vs the entire machine.

 

Skip it and wait for Zen 2 or ice lake. You've got the performance to wait and are underwhelmed with this gen. If anything, find a cheap upgrade on the cpu while waiting. It is 12-19 months, but AMD and Intel die shrinks will put the logic density the same. AMD will have speed increases and ipc improvements. Intel will have improved efficiency due to 10nm+ (think Kaby process refinement). You'll also have pcie 4 and ddr5 (potentially), making the platform longer lived and potentially a better upgrade path. Ice lake likely won't work on x299. So...

 

Yeah, I'll wait.

 

Probably what I should have done too but I needed a new case for my PC which would have required disassembling everything and rebuilding it and I felt like if I were going to do that I might as well upgrade and replace everything. Probably should have just gone with a GPU upgrade and saved a ton of money I didn't need to spend but I have the motherboard and CPU most people can't get their hands on so I have to commit now.

 

Nice! Good job, bro!

 

Passed memory diagnostic testing...

AIDA64 DDR4-3400

AIDA64 DDR4-3466

 

Much better +rep

 

I can't afford to break my new x99 mthrbrd cpu or memory, but just to break it in I did a fast run of PassMark the other day

Turned the heat up some to grab what I could for the Cine-test, it worked out to like 4.6 on three cores / 4.7 on the other three, 3466 memory, VCore set to 1.355volts with a stock Asus GTX 560 (my 290x won't output to my monitor for some reason). 1450's easily in reach, should hit a wall at or before 1500 @4.7JigaHurtz, typical for this chip > test runs let me know about where we're at in the pecking order


SiliconLottery.com Historical Binning Statstics suggest I got a golden chip, ability to hit 4.6GHz is in top 6%

Must study up on Mr. Fox's Overclock University 1st before pulling any wrong levers in the Bios > satisfied with the results. Looking forward to CovfefeLake owners that dip into the 1700 Cine-Club this week

 

https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=91781836333

 

I wonder how many kids will buy this based on the first video? LOL. Same GPU under the hood. Why? LOLOL. At least they are not charging extra for nothing but a different shroud. Considering it needs water cooling to run at full boost clocks, this makes no sense. Since 1080 Ti was released, I don't know why anyone would buy one anyhow. $400 more to get less performance... yeah, that's the ticket.

 

Oh man are these boys ever reaching... and this is coming from a dude who likes Star Wars. What a POS idea. I'll eat my shorts if people buy this epic piece of lameness.

 

"... these aren't the droids you're looking for ..."

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Most of those settings I am already using, but there are a few tips in that video that I have not tried that might be very useful. Thanks for sharing it. I am very glad I chose this motherboard. After watching the video, even more glad. Detailed written documentation explaining the purpose and use of BIOS settings is, and has always been, extremely poor or non-existent. When the industry uses multiple names for exactly the same function or feature it makes it even more difficult, LOL.

Is the look, feel and layout of the menus on this one the same as your motherboard?

 

The look and feel is near identical to my motherboard UEFI setup with the exception of the Maximus seemingly having a couple additional features that I am missing but the core of the setup seems exactly the same from what I can see. I also found for me at least that LLC6 works the best as it keeps voltage droop at a minimum (after my BIOS update of course which fixed all issues) while LLC7 (max) causes overshoot on voltage. While it appears in this video for him LLC6 causes a tad bit of overshoot. I would attribute that to the differences in the Maximus having a much better VRM design. There are a ton of extreme controls in the BIOS as well for me, but I have found them completely unnecessary for me and make zero difference.

 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12476437

http://hwbot.org/submission/3702492_

http://hwbot.org/submission/3702493_

http://hwbot.org/submission/3702494_

http://hwbot.org/submission/3702501_

 

I am using LLC6 now also, based on his recommendation. I had it set to LLC7 before. For me to bench this CPU stable at 5.2GHz is taking like 1.440V. But, the benchmarks above maxed out around 78°C on wPrime 1024M and 72°C in Cinebench. I have the profile saved to use for benching, but I think I am going to run 5.0GHz for 24/7 because the voltage is so much lower.

I have to use the "Maximus Memory Tweak Mode 2" or whatever it is called in the BIOS to get my 3200 RAM stable at 3400 and above. It will not train correctly without using that setting, but it is 3200 RAM.

I am also using the TPU-II setting and maxed out the settings that he showed as maxed out in the video.

ThrottleStop is working great with 8700K. I have 4.8, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2GHz profiles, but with SVID disabled the voltage stays the same on all profiles. I also noticed that I get no Core Voltage or CPU Package Power (watts) readings in HWiNFO64 with SVID disabled. Makes sense since SVID disabled blocks communication with the voltage regulation, but I really like seeing those values, so I will use my 5.0GHz profile with SVID enabled so I can get those values to show. SVID does not need to be disabled for stability at only 5.0GHz.

 

I also tested ThrottleStop earlier for a test of clockspeed/fps comparison in a game and the hotkeys worked great. Makes for quick switching between clockspeeds without the need for reboot/split screens of clockspeed comparison.

5.0Ghz is my daily 24/7 driver as well at a super low voltage and its been rock solid stable. Above 5.0Ghz on all cores the voltage needed seems to go up pretty fast and just isn't worth the performance difference save a few benchmark runs here and there.

Great score on CB! I now have a new number to chase haha. Time to get back to tweaking.

 

I'm ashamed to admit that if the Titan xp was worth buying in general, I probably would have bought that special edition over a normal version for my new build, but seeing as one is not worth 4-500+ more over a 1080ti I couldn't justify getting one of those instead.

 

No need to be ashamed. Different strokes for different folks, right? The nice thing is NVIDIA is not charging extra for the exact same GPU with a different shroud.

 

Nice! I'm jealous in a way. Should be very wicked. Congrats, bro. That's awesome.

What I mean by "in a way" is that is $3100 more than what I spent. But, only because I didn't have it to spend... would have if I could have.

Interesting discussion over here about X299 motherboard issues. Choosing the right motherboard that isn't cobbled together is going to be important. I'm glad I chose wisely on the Z370 motherboard. Sometimes it can be hard to do that with so much sugar-coated marketing fluff floating around. Definitely should consult with someone like @Johnksss@iBUYPOWER or the hard-hitters at places like overclock.net or hwbot.org forum. Only way to get straight answers would be from the guys that are running heavily overclocked X299 systems.

@hmscott posted this...

When You Should Care About VRM Temperatures (Ft. Der8auer)

ASUS Rampage VI Extreme VRM Thermals with Intel i9-7980XE (Ft. Der8auer)
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3113-asus-rampage-vi-extreme-vrm-thermals