3770K 4.5GHz

[Casterina]

Upgraded my 3570K to 3770K as my mate offered me it for cheap since he's upgrading to Skylake so first thing was to overclock the CPU to 4.5GHz which I got it stable at 1.236V where I have played few games and its fine however what's the best software to stress test the CPU?

Here's the BIOS settings,

Also, I'm not sure what's the best setting for PWM Phase Control, VCore Voltage Response and VCore Loadline Calibration,

 

[8 Pack]

Use your programmes to test stability. This is what u need it to be stable to run. Real bench is also a good stability test as it replicates many real world tasks.

As for pwm phase control. Extreme perf is most stable setting and auto llc is fine.

 

[setter]

As 8 Pack says, use your normal tasks to test your oc. After all you oc for the programs/games you use on a daily basis.

 

[Disco_P]

It's not often I disagree with Setter but I recommend against testing overclocks in day to day usage. Unless crashing games, lost progress and corrupted files is your thing I'd run OCCT in AVX mode overnight. Will bring your system to it's knees but that is exactly what you want when stress testing.

 

[setter]

The op is running a 3770k, a non soldered ihs chip. You have to very careful with stress tests. Particularly prime95. You can hit thermal limit at stock let alone oc'd. But, asus real bench is a good test for ivybridge, haswell. devils canyon. Ive owned all of theese chips, and yes they can get toasty. But, in normal use theyre grand. My 5820k in sig is quite surprisingly cool running. Even at 4.5ghz on 1.300ghz it maxes on one core at 64c in bf4. My old 4.7ghz 4790k on the same volts at 4.7ghz hit 75c. I just need a smaller cooler now as the k2 looks to big in my case.

 

[Casterina]

Edited few videos, pictures and ran RealBench for 20 minutes,

The CPU seems to be good as it's stable at 4.5GHz using 1.236V whereas my 3570K did 4.2GHz using 1.224V