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Were most 4930k cpus poor clockers?

Sandy Bridge were the last Intel chips that scaled well with voltage, once Intel moved to 3D transistors with Ivy Bridge their CPU's started hitting a wall at 4.2-4.4ghz no matter how much voltage you throw at them.
 
mmj_uk said:
Sandy Bridge were the last Intel chips that scaled well with voltage, once Intel moved to 3D transistors with Ivy Bridge their CPU's started hitting a wall at 4.2-4.4ghz no matter how much voltage you throw at them.
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Seems like you are right, I did expect a bit more though, must have just got a crap chip!
 
Mine does 4.3Ghz at 1.2v on a Gigabyte X79-UD3. Have tested at 4.4Ghz but it wasn't stable and required significant step up in volts. My motherboard is bottom of the range so power delivery may be holding it back a little or just that 4.3 is the sweet spot on my particular chip.
 
Actually very good overclockers I had one doing 6.3 cinebench. Which is way higher frequency than any other E chip since or Sandybridge E.
 
My 4960x did 4.6, although I can't remember the volts. Similarly, I had an delidded 3770k that did 4.9.

Both were under water. Cooling matters a lot with IB, not just voltage.
 
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