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Is my 5700x3D performing as expected?

exhashdotdot

exhashdotdot

exhashdotdot

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Just received my 5700X3D today to replace my 3700X and just wanted to check my system is running as expected. The reason I ask is after having done the 3dMark CPU profile, it seems to perform quite a bit below the median, which I'm not sure I would've expected.

High level specs are:
- 5700x3D
- MSI B450 ITX motherboard
- 2x8GB 3200 RAM

Here are my results:
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Here's some system information:
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What leaps out at me are that my scores are (like I said) below the median, I'm only getting 3500 MHz on the processor, and my RAM is running at 2400 MHz when it's definitely supposed to be 3200 MHz.

Could this mean that I've actually been running my BIOS setup incorrectly this whole time? I've reset the BIOS to default settings so perhaps there's an issue there.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[edit] Just to say, I haven't reinstalled Windows - reckon this is something to do?
 
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mickyflinn said:
Just double check memory speed.
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so it turns out that I had something called XMP set to Auto (which defaulted to 2400 MHz). I've just set it to profile 1 as it's called in the MSI BIOS and that's brought it up to 3200 MHz.

Not sure what the performance impact of that will be, but would never in a million years have noticed this if I wasn't benchmarking today.
 
exhashdotdot said:
so it turns out that I had something called XMP set to Auto (which defaulted to 2400 MHz). I've just set it to profile 1 as it's called in the MSI BIOS and that's brought it up to 3200 MHz.

Not sure what the performance impact of that will be, but would never in a million years have noticed this if I wasn't benchmarking today.
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Re run the test see if it improves scores but there will be some improvement in gaming, etc.


Mite be worth looking to get 32gb in the future but you can monitor usage , if you do then get 2x16gb and sell your old stuff as 2 sticks is easier to run than 4.

Enjoy.
 
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exhashdotdot said:
Okay, I'm going to answer my own question here. I was stupid and didn't realise how out of date my BIOS was. I just updated and we're at perfect, median values.



so yeah, moral to the story is, always make sure your BIOS is up to date when upgrading.
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I'm bit surprised it even booted :o
 
Rob_B said:
Get in that BIOS again and get your CO set, -25 is usually easily achievable :)
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I just took you up on that. I've always undervolted my GPU but I've never undervolted the CPU so took this as a good opportunity. I'm assuming you mean -25 mV here (i.e 0.025 V) which is what I've just applied. Reckon I could try -37.5 mV?
 
exhashdotdot said:
I just took you up on that. I've always undervolted my GPU but I've never undervolted the CPU so took this as a good opportunity. I'm assuming you mean -25 mV here (i.e 0.025 V) which is what I've just applied. Reckon I could try -37.5 mV?
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He means Curve Optimiser negative all core offset, will be in the PBO menu of the BIOS, if it is present.
 
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exhashdotdot said:
I think I've done it correctly. In the BIOS I set CPU Core Voltage to Offset Mode, set the Offset Mode Mark to - (i.e negative) and then set the Offset Voltage to 0.025 V. Is that what we're after?
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Should be!, if it was in the PBO section.
 
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exhashdotdot said:
Okay, I'll have a look. If that's the case, what am I using then?
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I might be wrong but I think the core voltage offset is kind of just a static decrease/increase in voltage, whereas the curve optimiser is more nuanced based on core loading etc? Someone might be able to do a better job.

I could be wrong but curve optimiser does the same sort of negative voltage offset, but it’s more intelligent or more nuanced with the voltages.
 
VaderDSL said:
I might be wrong but I think the core voltage offset is kind of just a static decrease/increase in voltage, whereas the curve optimiser is more nuanced based on core loading etc? Someone might be able to do a better job.

I could be wrong but curve optimiser does the same sort of negative voltage offset, but it’s more intelligent or more nuanced with the voltages.
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Thank you. I'll have a look and post back.
 
VaderDSL said:
I might be wrong but I think the core voltage offset is kind of just a static decrease/increase in voltage, whereas the curve optimiser is more nuanced based on core loading etc? Someone might be able to do a better job.

I could be wrong but curve optimiser does the same sort of negative voltage offset, but it’s more intelligent or more nuanced with the voltages.
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Okay, whatever I had configured was definitely not correct. Thanks to your post, I did find Curve Optimizer in the end and set it to -25. Temps in CineBench went from 85 C to ~77 C. Pretty amazing really.

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