i7 8700K fails Realbench at stock (MCE disabled)

[Awahwah]

As per the title, my 8700K fails with a BSOD after a couple of minutes of Realbench.

I've been trying to find a stable OC since receiving the Chip and Maximus X but have not.

As a last resort, cleared the bios (on the latest) stuck every at default and thought well lets see if its stable at stock - its not.

Do you guys think its duff or is it possible that I have forgotten how to build a machine?

Any help or suggestion will be gratefully received.

 

[Awahwah]

Memory where running in my old Ryzen build. They are currently set to default 2166 to rule them out. Did not catch the blue screen error message as the machine bsod'd a rebooted right away.

Also noticed that the CPU is asking for and getting 1.38v stock all cores at 4.3Ghz. That does not sound right either.

 

[Awahwah]

Thanks @String

Just doing further tests. I have a feeling it is\was Afterburner. Just stopped the process and it appears to be ok. No OC on th GPU, just a custom fan curve.

Watch this space.

 

[Awahwah]

Well it has just passed an hour with Afterburner uninstalled. Greer.

At least the CPU is good. Next I may blow Windows away and reinstall and this time forgo the Afterburner installation.

Cheers guys!

 

[Awahwah]

Machine has been fine since removing Afterburner. So, I just leave AB uninstalled.

 

[Awahwah]

Dunno....