I'm running a classified k z370
i7 8086k
16gb gskill 2666 ram
evga 2080 rtx xc
2x samsung 970 evos
1x samsung 850 evo sata
 
I have tried looking at guides etc. I set my avx offset to 0, cpu voltage manual @ 1.2 volts, set ring ratio to auto, core frequency to manual x41 or any number at it literally does nothing.
I see no jump in frequency. Updated bios. Same thing. I'm wondering if I'm just an idiot overlooking something or my cpu is just stupid? My i5-4690k was overclocked to 4.8ghz for the longest time on my z97 and I delidded it. So I'm familiar with overclocking. I've overclocked quite a few cpus. Probably every system I've ever had. From athlon's to durons to pentium 2's to anything in between.
My clock frequency is stuck at 4.0ghz and will not move. Even with everything set to auto it will not boost past 4.0ghz. I am genuinely confused as to why it will just sit there at 4.0 ghz and do nothing. I delidded this cpu as soon as I got it so no warranty there. So do I have a 400 dollar ornamental piece of silicon or am I doing something wrong?

Previously I ran turbo settings off on my 4690k and c states disabled and oc'd it manually that way. This won't let me do that. Even with turbo on etc it won't turbo. It just sits as base frequency.

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Previously I ran turbo settings off on my 4690k and c states disabled and oc'd it manually that way. This won't let me do that. Even with turbo on etc it won't turbo. It just sits as base frequency.

Okay so if you think its not the BIOS it must be something in windows. Have you installed EVGAs overclocking software? It uses Intel integrated clock controller proxy service and that can get wonky if you have XTU installed, even after you uninstall it. EVGAs OC software doesnt remove itself properly, in my experience and will continue to conflict with XTU after uninstall- in this case go to the services and fully disable ICCProxy. XTU uses XTUservice to adjust clocks and they dont play nice together.
 
Also make sure any power saving options are set how you want them in windows.

Doesn't like either of my usb sticks so phone pictures.

Top is pre oc attempted. Middle is post after save setting and restart. Below is booted into windows.

Also check your windows power settings and select maximum performance.
 
Settings > Power & sleep > Related settings > Additional  power settings > Show additional plans > High Performance

He’s not saying to enable speed step from what I can gather, though it may be needed. You need to have EIST and turbo on in order for an overclock to happen. This is nothing new... it has been that way since Sandybridge and possibly earlier than that as well.

Enable those two, and your frequency should go up. Set the power mode in Windows to performance, and the speeds won’t drop.

EIST isnt for overclocking, thats right. However, you do need Turbo in order to access the multipliers above the base multiplier, x40 in the case of the 8086k.
 
EVGAs BIOS is weird and it requires you to enable EIST to have access to Turbo. If you disable EIST the option for turbo will vanish. This is poor implementation of these options in my opinion, but its how it is.
 
If you want it to run steady at your overclock, you can use windows power management.