Z87-D3HP - QuickBoost

Kenai · 15 Aug 2013 at 19:52

So... i've recently set up a new machine with a 4670k and a Z87-D3HP. Right from the off it seems the board has elected to overclock the CPU to 3.8GHz via 'QuickBoost' in the BIOS being set on 'Auto' (Other options merely being degrees of extremeness, no 'off').

I've got a bit of a stability issue in that GRID2 seems incredibly crash prone, however I cannot for the life of me find a way to get the CPU to run at a standard 3.4GHz so I can eliminate this from my problem solving... so that's the question - how do I make it run stock without this 'Quick Boost' nonsense?

IntelBurnTest seems perfectly stable, temperatures are all good etc. etc.

wazza300 · 15 Aug 2013 at 20:10

3.8ghz is correct with turbo boost?

Kenai · 15 Aug 2013 at 20:17

For all four cores?

Why the hell is it called a 3.4GHz CPU if it actually runs at 3.8GHz all the time? :confused:

seanr28 · 15 Aug 2013 at 20:27

Grid 2 is unstable, I have had issues with just that game....

Darkpilgrim · 16 Aug 2013 at 00:16

I have also had trouble with Grid 2, so it might just be a buggy game and not your cpu.

Kenai · 16 Aug 2013 at 08:28

Had a couple of BSODs just in firefox now, and lock ups in other games.

Really quite frustrating if there is literally no way of making a 3.4GHz chip run at 3.4GHz??

Darkpilgrim · 16 Aug 2013 at 09:29

Surely there is a way of turning turbo boost of in bios ?

Ok go to your bios and go to "Advanced CPU Core Features"
and set turbo boost to disable.

That should sort it out.

Kenai · 16 Aug 2013 at 10:07

Darkpilgrim said:
Surely there is a way of turning turbo boost of in bios ?

Ok go to your bios and go to "Advanced CPU Core Features"
and set turbo boost to disable.

That should sort it out.

Cheers, I'll give that a shot in a while, running memtest86+ atm

Kenai · 16 Aug 2013 at 10:57

Nope, nice try but no cigar, QuickBoost isn't the same thing, with Turbo Boost off, the CPU still runs at 3.8GHz. It's essentially allowing a multiplier of up to 38x.

Kenai · 16 Aug 2013 at 16:59

Anyone else with any ideas? Still yet to manage to have this thing run at 3.4GHz.

Run several passes of memtest86+ with no errors so happy enough it's not the RAM.

I think i'll be reinstalling Windows tomorrow on the off chance that's causing the instability but would rather do this knowing the CPU is bone stock.

wazza300 · 16 Aug 2013 at 17:02

is all the power saving enabled? using balanced power profile in win7/8

no idea what quickboost is

but intel turbo boost will boost the cpu to above 3.4ghz if needed,its normal for it to do that and shouldn't affect stability

be sure to flash to the latest bios aswell as it will improve stability

EDIT: if you mean quickboost in easytune then uninstall easytune or delete the profile or click defaults in it

Kenai · 16 Aug 2013 at 17:34

QuickBoost is part of EasyTune but it's also within the UEFI/BIOS, and whether you have EasyTune installed or not, it's active from there. As far as I can tell changing one is reflected in the other but neither gives you the ability to disable it entirely.

I think tomorrow first thing on the agenda will be a BIOS flash then reinstall windows, then drivers one at a time with a few tests of something like GRID2 in between.

Kerazee · 16 Aug 2013 at 18:58

Definitely flash to the latest beta bios, I was having cold boot low performance issues with my 7950 and the D3HP, flashed to the latest beta and all is fine. Also remember to reset to optimised defaults after the flash.