40th Anniversary Intel - Core i7-8086K - 5.0GHz+

[Locky]

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I bought some 8pack 4000mhz ram I can't get it to go above 3200mhz on an asus strix z370-h

 

[BTVA]

I bought some 8pack 4000mhz ram I can't get it to go above 3200mhz on an asus strix z370-h

not the dram fault

 

[Gibbo]

I bought some 8pack 4000mhz ram I can't get it to go above 3200mhz on an asus strix z370-h

Not the RAM, that is the mainboard, over 3200MHz really takes the very best mainboards, which would be Asus ROG and Asrock Taichi are the best bets for high DRAM frequencies, very hit and miss on the cheaper boards. Though saying that I am sure with some customised sub timings more is possible on the Strix, just takes experimenting.

 

[Frank_Rizzo]

Any chance someone with an 8086K can run a SuperPI and state the time for 1M?

Please also state what Ghz it hits when running at stock and / or OC.

TIA.

 

[chaparral]

Any chance someone with an 8086K can run a SuperPI and state the time for 1M?

Please also state what Ghz it hits when running at stock and / or OC.

TIA.

This was done on my 8700k at 5ghz (DDR4 at 3200mhz C14)

 

[Aretak]

The gpu being pegged at 100% isn't an indicator that you wouldn't gain fps from a more powerful CPU. By that logic I'd gain nothing upgrading my CPU, which isn't true. Fps isn't solely limited by gpu power unless you game at 4k, at which point it mostly is currently.

But that's just wrong. If your GPU is working at 100%, you cannot gain any FPS from adding more CPU power. What a bizarre thing to claim. You could potentially gain better minimum FPS and better average FPS over a set period of time if there are points in a game where your GPU drops below 100% usage due to being held back by your CPU and is thus working at less than 100%, but you're entirely mistaken about your GPU not entirely determining framerate in situations where that's not the case. It has nothing to do with resolution either. There are tons of games where a 1080 Ti won't get you where you want to be at 1440p if you have a 144Hz/165Hz monitor and want to run things maxed out. It doesn't even come close to being close in something like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided or Final Fantasy XV for example, where a 1080 Ti will only just keep itself above 60fps at times (and not even that if you turn on MSAA in Deus Ex).

 

[Locky]

Not the RAM, that is the mainboard, over 3200MHz really takes the very best mainboards, which would be Asus ROG and Asrock Taichi are the best bets for high DRAM frequencies, very hit and miss on the cheaper boards. Though saying that I am sure with some customised sub timings more is possible on the Strix, just takes experimenting.

I thought it was the board mate, Ive gone for 3200 with super tight timings for now.

 

[Journey]

I thought it was the board mate, Ive gone for 3200 with super tight timings for now.

Low end Asus boards are almost a waste of PCB, if you want a good board at a cheaper price go with ASRock, generally much better at that end of the price range and no Asus tax, so what you are paying for is all components/design not marketing BS like Strix

 

[Meaker]

https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15711636

5.1Ghz firestrike run in my laptop

 

[Rroff]

This was done on my 8700k at 5ghz (DDR4 at 3200mhz C14)

So twice as fast as my E6600 then *snigger*

Spoiler

 

[Hotwired]

Super Pi is a terrible measure.

7700K at 5GHz isn't going to look any different to a 8700K or a 8086K at 5GHz.

 

[Rroff]

Super Pi is a terrible measure.

Still interesting from an "academic" perspective but yeah totally doesn't tell you much about real world CPU performance these days.

Unfortunately I don't seem to have the screenshots any more but I got down to around 8 seconds on suicide runs back in the day before I gave up caring about overclocking on CPUs that aren't even remotely close to a 8086K performance.

 

[Tephnos]

Got my 8086k in today, but now I need to order a mobo was this was a bit of an impulse upgrade!

Hope Gibbo is right about the first batches of chips and I got a stonking sample of a chip.

 

[Locky]

Got my 8086k in today, but now I need to order a mobo was this was a bit of an impulse upgrade!

Hope Gibbo is right about the first batches of chips and I got a stonking sample of a chip.

Mine is good 1.28v for 5ghz AVX stable and 1.35v for 5.2 ghz AVX stable, push to to 5.4 but didn't like putting more than 1.4 into it.

From looks of things they all seem to be doing similar results with the batch ocuk has.

I haven't overclocked a computer since 2013 so I'm rusty so nice silicone helps

 

[Tephnos]

Mine is good 1.28v for 5ghz AVX stable and 1.35v for 5.2 ghz AVX stable, push to to 5.4 but didn't like putting more than 1.4 into it.

From looks of things they all seem to be doing similar results with the batch ocuk has.

I haven't overclocked a computer since 2013 so I'm rusty so nice silicone helps

Nice, my 6700k wasn't such a great clockers (I prefer low voltages so I'll be aiming for 5GHz <1.3 as I'll be putting this in an NCASE).

 

[Drollic]

But that's just wrong. If your GPU is working at 100%, you cannot gain any FPS from adding more CPU power. What a bizarre thing to claim. You could potentially gain better minimum FPS and better average FPS over a set period of time if there are points in a game where your GPU drops below 100% usage due to being held back by your CPU and is thus working at less than 100%, but you're entirely mistaken about your GPU not entirely determining framerate in situations where that's not the case. It has nothing to do with resolution either. There are tons of games where a 1080 Ti won't get you where you want to be at 1440p if you have a 144Hz/165Hz monitor and want to run things maxed out. It doesn't even come close to being close in something like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided or Final Fantasy XV for example, where a 1080 Ti will only just keep itself above 60fps at times (and not even that if you turn on MSAA in Deus Ex).

Ah, you mean a constant 100% at all times. That's hardly ever the case though unless you're at 4k. Deus ex is a bad example as it runs terribly on virtually everything. Didn't have any issue with ffxv maxed at 1440p 60fps capped myself and that's on a 1080.

 

[Aretak]

Ah, you mean a constant 100% at all times. That's hardly ever the case though unless you're at 4k. Deus ex is a bad example as it runs terribly on virtually everything. Didn't have any issue with ffxv maxed at 1440p 60fps capped myself and that's on a 1080.

No, it's pretty much always the case at 1440p with a high framerate monitor, which is my setup. As for FFXV, you definetly didn't run it at a locked 60fps maxed at 1440p on a 1080 unless you disabled Gameworks. Not even close.

There's a 1080 Ti (paired with an 8700K at 5GHz to avoid accusations of CPU bottlenecking) and you'll see it dropping into the high 30s at times during combat at 1440p with everything maxed. Maybe you just picked the highest in-game preset, which still leaves some stuff turned off. The high resolution texture pack is also required to enable the 'Assets' option that also increases foliage density (can also be done via the config files without downloading it).

 

[Drollic]

Wasn't locked, one game works option off (grass and hair was on so the other one) no high res texture pack as the size was ridiculous. The rest was maxed I'm pretty sure. It easily managed 60fps most of the time on the game ready drivers. I wouldn't class the texture pack as maxing though as it's not part of the default game. I don't recall drops in heavy combat being anything like 30-40 fps although like with so many issues I see reported with games, I seem to hardly ever encounter problems with frame rate. Perhaps as I know my system is properly setup - Clocks 100% solid, temps good, clean system, virtually nothing running in background, correct bios settings etc.

I have 1440p gsync Dell 144hz and can safely say I'd see noticeable benefits going to an 8700k at 4.8. The gains in some games like AC origins are sizeable.

 

[Aretak]

Ah, so when you said "maxed" and "60fps capped" you actually meant "not maxed" and that you "don't recall" any drops (but also that it "wasn't locked"). Gotcha. Always good to clear these things up, or people might think you have a magic 1080 that somehow performs better than a 1080 Ti. Though perhaps all us 1080 Ti owners are just big dummies who don't have our BIOS set up properly.

Can't agree about the texture pack though, as it doesn't just add better textures - it enables the top end detail setting, which is otherwise greyed out in the menu (though can be enabled via the config files as I said). The landscape looks rather sparse without it.

Certainly explains why you had it running so well I guess - you weren't rendering half the world. Always good to check you have your games set up properly too, or it rather wastes all that effort tinkering with your BIOS settings.

And I have no doubt that you would benefit from moving from an old quad core to something with more in some games, but that's a completely different discussion that I have no real interest in having. Though I'd suggest you perhaps try using an OSD to check what your hardware is doing like I do, rather than trying to "recall" and guess at what your framerate is and what component is limiting you to it. Might save you some money, or at least inform your puchasing decision a little better.

Anyway, none of this is related to this thread, so I'll stop derailing it now.