Z370 and Load Line Calibration / LLC

Dicehunter · 6 May 2018 at 12:15

Just curious but am I right in thinking that the higher the LLC number the less the CPU volts will fluctuate ?

I only ask as I've never actually touched LLC before but noticed with my 8700K the volts wildly fluctuate above what I actually set.

ViRuS2k · 6 May 2018 at 14:46

Correct but dont go pushing the LLC load line calibration to the max or it will overshoot your voltage set
keep it on turbo, it will still over shoot but only by a little that way it wont droop at all.
you also get AC/DC load line calibration, same applys above.

Dicehunter · 6 May 2018 at 14:59

Awesome thanks for the info

orbitalwalsh · 6 May 2018 at 15:06

Dicehunter said:
Awesome thanks for the info

Asus, found LLC level 3 the best personally

Dicehunter · 6 May 2018 at 15:06

orbitalwalsh said:
Asus, found LLC level 3 the best personally

I'll give it a try thank you

prjwebb · 7 May 2018 at 14:27

Dicehunter said:
Just curious but am I right in thinking that the higher the LLC number the less the CPU volts will fluctuate ?

I only ask as I've never actually touched LLC before but noticed with my 8700K the volts wildly fluctuate above what I actually set.

Not always higher. Asrock for instance, LLC 1 is the highest level.

orbitalwalsh · 7 May 2018 at 14:54

asus ones , least on x370- higher you pushed it the higher it pushed the vcore so there was a stable voltage and less fluctuating

chrcoluk · 7 May 2018 at 15:06

on my asrock I either had too much overshoot or vdroop.

But when I flashed the 1.00 bios which apparently has broken LLC it was perfect.

prjwebb · 7 May 2018 at 15:18

chrcoluk said:
on my asrock I either had too much overshoot or vdroop.

But when I flashed the 1.00 bios which apparently has broken LLC it was perfect.

I have the Asrock Extreme4, running the latest 1.80 bios. My vcore is absolutely rock solid with LLC1. Doesn't fluctuate a single bit even under full stress load. Pretty impressed with it.

orbitalwalsh · 7 May 2018 at 15:52

prjwebb said:
I have the Asrock Extreme4, running the latest 1.80 bios. My vcore is absolutely rock solid with LLC1. Doesn't fluctuate a single bit even under full stress load. Pretty impressed with it.

measured with multimeter ?

must admit i go by bios and software monitoring and take with a pinch of salt , least to see if its not going to melt anything haha

prjwebb · 7 May 2018 at 18:29

orbitalwalsh said:
measured with multimeter ?

must admit i go by bios and software monitoring and take with a pinch of salt , least to see if its not going to melt anything haha

Even if the software monitoring isn't spot on accurate, i'd hope the numbers would still change if the voltage was fluctuating!!!