Maximus XI Hero & 9700k at 5 ghz is this ok?

Adrian1976 · 2 Jun 2019 at 17:12

Hi not been on here for a while, been trying to access the ROG forums for weeks no dice,

Recently upgraded my system comprising of

Asus maximus xi hero
9700k
H150i pro rgb
Seasonic 850w focus gold
Samsung 970 evo plus 500gb m.2

Been playing around for a few weeks and managed quite easily to get 5ghz on all cores just using the standard auto vcore bump with changing multipliers, light load is at 1.32 is this ok for long term, seems like it's fine to me but can't get a definitive answer, I've attached a link to some results with stress testing.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1vwrczSdSZSsNnlwYCrXwT2yekqXduvJ7

dazdem · 7 Jun 2019 at 18:56

1.32 is fine long term in my opinion but you mention light load-does it increase with a heavier load if so to what

Adrian1976 · 7 Jun 2019 at 19:12

It doesn't increase at high load it decreases to around 1.243 vcore under stress ie cinebench but still stable

dazdem · 8 Jun 2019 at 18:00

if youre happy to leave it as it is then do so,you could try to lower voltages but i suspect that will cause instability.the general rule seems to be keep under 1.4 for longevity and 1.32 is way under so enjoy

Adrian1976 · 8 Jun 2019 at 23:56

dazdem said:
if youre happy to leave it as it is then do so,you could try to lower voltages but i suspect that will cause instability.the general rule seems to be keep under 1.4 for longevity and 1.32 is way under so enjoy

I've already tried to lower but it's a pain in the ass now intel has programmed vid tables to clock ratio, I'm happy with it as it is thanks

ninezerofive · 9 Jun 2019 at 00:33

It drops too much voltage, what's your LLC ? I wouldn't recommend anything below 6. With that you should be able to squeeze out more than 5 at 1.32.

Nothing much has changed from "old" days. The limit is still around 1.45 just nowdays chips are impossible to cool at that vcore, but if your cooling is good enough push it some more. Mine started to do stable cinebench runs with 5.3 at 1.38v. But that's too big of a jump, I keep 5.2 @ 1.325 daily

Adrian1976 · 9 Jun 2019 at 06:00

ninezerofive said:
It drops too much voltage, what's your LLC ? I wouldn't recommend anything below 6. With that you should be able to squeeze out more than 5 at 1.32.

Nothing much has changed from "old" days. The limit is still around 1.45 just nowdays chips are impossible to cool at that vcore, but if your cooling is good enough push it some more. Mine started to do stable cinebench runs with 5.3 at 1.38v. But that's too big of a jump, I keep 5.2 @ 1.325 daily

I'm at LLC4 I've tried LLC 5 but didn't really make much difference apart from light loads vcore jumped up a notch but it's still rock stable at LLC4 the problem I have is i'd like to try higher clocks but increasing the clock ratio further just keeps bumping the vcore higher without me having any control, I've tried adaptive and offset with not much luck to be honest, ehat board are you on?

ninezerofive · 9 Jun 2019 at 08:09

Adrian1976 said:
I'm at LLC4 I've tried LLC 5 but didn't really make much difference apart from light loads vcore jumped up a notch but it's still rock stable at LLC4 the problem I have is i'd like to try higher clocks but increasing the clock ratio further just keeps bumping the vcore higher without me having any control, I've tried adaptive and offset with not much luck to be honest, ehat board are you on?

Apex XI, That's why I said about LLC 6, 1-5 is all about the same and drop too much of a voltage in my testing. But 6 is a gradual step up but also increases the temps by the same margin, so make sure you keep your eye on a temps.

Adrian1976 · 9 Jun 2019 at 09:17

ninezerofive said:
Apex XI, That's why I said about LLC 6, 1-5 is all about the same and drop too much of a voltage in my testing. But 6 is a gradual step up but also increases the temps by the same margin, so make sure you keep your eye on a temps.

Thanks for the help, how did you manage to keep vcore at that voltage on that multiplier? I'll try again at 5.1-5.2 but don't know how to reduce light load voltage ie when windows starts and go straight to cpuZ before it clocks down that voltage, cooling is good, on h150i pro currently idling around 24-26c load temps around 60c i'm quite happy with these temps.

Adrian1976 · 9 Jun 2019 at 09:20

This should work that was the wrong link.