Evga X99 FTW K overclocking

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2016/11/21 08:12:59 (permalink)
I had problems  (see other post) with my X99 FTW K board.   I have had my replacement from advanced RMA since Friday (Nov 18th).   I thought I would make sure everything was running well before I attempted to overclock.  
 
The board before had bios v 2.01 and I got a 95 post code error when I set XMP profile without any other overclock (cpu).  Then I flashed and killed the board twice (both bios's).   The new board still has v 2.01 but it is supposed to support DDR4 3200mhz which is what I have.  Here is a list of what I am running.
 
CPU - 5820k (previously oc'ed to 4.4ghz - 4.6ghz on Asrock board) @ 1.31-1.35 volts
RAM - 8 - 8gb sticks of Corsair 3200mhz LED Vengeance (CMU32GX4M4C3200C16R) 16-18-18-36 @3200mhz 1.35v
GPU - 2 Evga 1070 GTX FTW Hybrid non oc'ed at the moment
HDD - 2 WD 2TB Green
SSD - Corsair 256gb Cache drive
SSD - Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME
PSU - Corsair RM1000i
Cooling - Corsair H115i
USB 2 Keyboard 1 Mouse 1 UPS 1 webcam 2
Ethernet 2
 
So far when I do anything to RAM (ie set XMP profile) or adjust the CPU multiplier even 100mhz from stock the pc reboots then gives me an error 95.
 
I tried 37,38,39,40,44 ghz so far with adaptive voltage trying to get 1.3v and all resulted in the same thing.  I read the overclocking guide and none of the suggested settings seemed to help.
 
I am beginning to think its a ram issue but unsure.  The ram is dual/quad channel.  
 
 
Voltage prior to overclocking all seem ok.
 
Any guidance would greatly be appreciated.   I have to reset the bios with the error 95 and turn on the m.2 slot and set the boot order again every time I try and overclock.  Just annoying but I am sure I will eventually get it and see what I am doing wrong.
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    SuperConker
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 08:59:58 (permalink)
    Make sure the BCLK is set to 100 Mhz when you are overclocking, as the RAM XMP profiles are likely to change it to something like 127.34 Mhz
    (which can cause instabilities on Haswell-E CPUs).
    post edited by SuperConker - 2016/11/21 09:02:39


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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 09:08:55 (permalink)
    you messed with your "system agent voltage" in the bios yet? 
     
    you want to increase it to around 0.350-0.450 that should sort it out
     
    when i first got my X99e-ws i got so frustrated i kicked a hole in the side panel of my case, but it was a simple fix increasing the voltage on the RAM, 
     
     
    post edited by baconinabun - 2016/11/21 09:12:22

    Intel i7 5960x @ 3000Mhz @ 125strap x37 4625Mhz(OC) @ 1.30Vcore
    uncore 125strap x32 @ 1.30
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 09:10:11 (permalink)
    Gotcha .  I just watched a review from paul's hardware on the initial x99 classified and he set xmp and it went to 125 strap. 
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 09:11:32 (permalink)
    baconinabun
    you messed with your "system agent voltage" in the bios yet? 
     
    you want to increase it to around 0.350-0.450 that should sort it out
     
     




     
    Thank you going back in to set it.  I had previously never touched it.
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 09:16:01 (permalink)
     
    you also want to set your memory timings and voltage in the Bios manually, i don't know how your Bios looks but when you find where to set the timings scroll down that's where you put your mem voltage not anywhere else,
     
    tbh, i found better results in keeping to the 100 strap because of the "adaptive" voltage till i had figured out the board and it's various voltages now it happily trundles along on the 125strap with the XMP enabled and all my memory showing correctly nae bother at all..
     
    also what people seem to forget with gfx cards or motherboards they need time to bed in, stick with 100strap, get your volts a sorted then strap the mofo to 125 with the XMP on 
     
    it's a asus x99 i have but all x99 boards are really the same.
     
     
    post edited by baconinabun - 2016/11/21 09:51:43

    Intel i7 5960x @ 3000Mhz @ 125strap x37 4625Mhz(OC) @ 1.30Vcore
    uncore 125strap x32 @ 1.30
    Asus X99e-WS
    Custom water loop CPU only(atm) 1x420mm 1x120 mm Rads
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0(08G-P4-6286-KR) @ 2038Mhz(stableOC)
    Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000Mhz @ 3878Mhz(OC)  15-17-17-35 (64GB)8x8GB sticks
    1x Samsung 950PRO vNand series 250GB attached to ASUS converter directly to PCI-e Complex
    3x Corsair Force3  SSD 128GB each(335GB) RAID0
    1x WD Mechanical SATA6 1Tb
    1x WD Mechanical USB3.0 1Tb 
    Corsair AXi1200
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 09:56:10 (permalink)
    I ran at bclk of 100 right now.  I was able to set the xmp profile and get 3200mhz out of my ram without any overclock on the cpu.  But every time I touch anything cpu related I get a code 95 error.   will eventually sort it out.
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 10:11:00 (permalink)
    Could be the CPU doesn't like any OCing when you've OC'd the RAM.  You could have one of those CPUs.   Have you tried OCing the CPU without OCing the RAM?  Try that and see how far you get.  It will take some time so take your time on this.

         
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 10:15:51 (permalink)
    what's your uncore set to?
     
    reducing your uncore should help a lot with clocking up your CPU
     
    you should have minimum and maximum setting, minimum being "auto" then play with the maximum setting and remember it's all about finding the right volts to go with the clocks, start @1.30 for uncore and work down, 1.25 for the CPU and work up, one thing to remember is to avoid going above the hallowed 1.4v :D 
     
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    post edited by baconinabun - 2016/11/21 11:16:26

    Intel i7 5960x @ 3000Mhz @ 125strap x37 4625Mhz(OC) @ 1.30Vcore
    uncore 125strap x32 @ 1.30
    Asus X99e-WS
    Custom water loop CPU only(atm) 1x420mm 1x120 mm Rads
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0(08G-P4-6286-KR) @ 2038Mhz(stableOC)
    Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000Mhz @ 3878Mhz(OC)  15-17-17-35 (64GB)8x8GB sticks
    1x Samsung 950PRO vNand series 250GB attached to ASUS converter directly to PCI-e Complex
    3x Corsair Force3  SSD 128GB each(335GB) RAID0
    1x WD Mechanical SATA6 1Tb
    1x WD Mechanical USB3.0 1Tb 
    Corsair AXi1200
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 13:51:58 (permalink)
    I have had the cpu to 4.4-4.6ghz on 32gb of 2666mhz and 64gb 2400mhz on another board.
     
    So far I am really lacking on what needs changing.
     
    I can get the memory to 3200mhz by changing the bclk to 100 (literally typing 100.00) and xmp in memory tab to profile 1.
     
    Any cpu adjustment just seems to give me error code 95 and fails to boot.
     



     
    These are the steps I am taking.  
    Disable EIST
    Disable Turbo
     
    Set multi from auto to manual
     
    Bclk to 100.00
     
    CPU voltage to Adaptive (tried override as well)
     
    CPU target to 1.3v
     
    Cpu offset to 250mv+
     
     
    Left everything else on auto and tried various other things like ring voltage to the same as cpu voltage.  
     
     
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 14:02:23 (permalink)
    enable EIST
    enable Turbo
     
    what you might be looking for is
      
    CPU overclocking "per core" and set them all to the same number
    leave CPU and RING to auto
    system agent to 0.450
    VTTDDR voltage(chc,chd) 0.69375
    VTTDDR voltage(cha,chb) 0.69375
    VCCIO CPU 1.25(might be high for your CPU) maybe best set to auto up to you
    CPU input voltage 1.95(IMPORTANT the main thing) by the looks of your screenshot it's called CPU VIN 
    turn OFF DRAM SVID support
    turn OFF CPU SVID support
     
    everything is based on what settings i have used in past but like i say yours might vary as you have EVGA x99 just everything will have different labels till they update the bios :)
     
     
    Try not using XMP profiles at this stage
     
    you don't want to set you memory timing to 15-15blah blah, you want to use what it says on the side of the RAM 16-18-18-36 @1.35
    can you see in screenshot ending 839 that the memory is @1.211v that should read 1.35v, change it manually to 1.35v or 1.40v 
     
     
    have a look at this it's about the best explanation i have seen, fair enough it aimed at "broadwell-e" but it is still very relevant to what your trying to achieve with the X99 and your Haswell-e
     
    https://edgeup.asus.com/2016/06/17/broadwell-e-overclocking-guide/5/ )
      
    Edited more than a rabbit on heat soz
     
    post edited by baconinabun - 2016/11/21 15:20:12

    Intel i7 5960x @ 3000Mhz @ 125strap x37 4625Mhz(OC) @ 1.30Vcore
    uncore 125strap x32 @ 1.30
    Asus X99e-WS
    Custom water loop CPU only(atm) 1x420mm 1x120 mm Rads
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0(08G-P4-6286-KR) @ 2038Mhz(stableOC)
    Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000Mhz @ 3878Mhz(OC)  15-17-17-35 (64GB)8x8GB sticks
    1x Samsung 950PRO vNand series 250GB attached to ASUS converter directly to PCI-e Complex
    3x Corsair Force3  SSD 128GB each(335GB) RAID0
    1x WD Mechanical SATA6 1Tb
    1x WD Mechanical USB3.0 1Tb 
    Corsair AXi1200
    Corsair Obisiden 750D
    2x iiYama Prolight 27" 1ms 144hz
    Corsair K70 
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 21:24:22 (permalink)
    Finally figured out what I was doing wrong. I have the ring ratio set to auto. I set it to 3200 for a 4400mhz over clock. Now I just have to dial everything in to make it stable. Thank you everyone.
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    Re: Evga X99 FTW K overclocking 2016/11/21 21:28:07 (permalink)
    well done you, Enjoy your x99 it's a class mobo

    Intel i7 5960x @ 3000Mhz @ 125strap x37 4625Mhz(OC) @ 1.30Vcore
    uncore 125strap x32 @ 1.30
    Asus X99e-WS
    Custom water loop CPU only(atm) 1x420mm 1x120 mm Rads
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0(08G-P4-6286-KR) @ 2038Mhz(stableOC)
    Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 @ 3000Mhz @ 3878Mhz(OC)  15-17-17-35 (64GB)8x8GB sticks
    1x Samsung 950PRO vNand series 250GB attached to ASUS converter directly to PCI-e Complex
    3x Corsair Force3  SSD 128GB each(335GB) RAID0
    1x WD Mechanical SATA6 1Tb
    1x WD Mechanical USB3.0 1Tb 
    Corsair AXi1200
    Corsair Obisiden 750D
    2x iiYama Prolight 27" 1ms 144hz
    Corsair K70 
    R.A.T.9
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