I've overclocked several 4790k's on different motherboards so I'm familiar with how that works. However, this EVGA z97 Classified has got me completely stumped. Begining to think I have a faulty board.
The problem:
I manually set the cpu multiplyer to 46 and yet on every reboot cpu stays stuck at 4.0 ghz , which is the non-turbo override setting.
The bios shows it's accepted the overclock "Taget CPU Frequency" says 4600 mhz..but re-boot and its 4.0ghz.
I can get my overclock to 4.7ghz only when EIST/TURBO is enabled with settings like this :
Bios set to Manual Overclock
EIST - Enabled
Turbo -Enabled
Manual
47 core 1
47 core2
47 core 3
47 core 4
40 core ratio
Whats strange is that sometimes when I first use this setting on reboot, my clocks stay at 4.7 ghz without speedstep working. I reboot... the cpu clocks down to 3.6ghz for no reason. I have to re-save the same settings in bios to get this clock working with EIST/TURBO in windows.
So basically ;
When I turn off EIST /TURBO/C1 and bios says correct target cpu frequency (4.7 but boots at 4.0ghz into windows.
-My power options in windows set to balanced.
-Updated bios to latest.
-Tried older version bios # 2 - same results.
I'm stumped. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks !
-Glenn
Here are some screenshots of the settings and my current specs:
Manual overclock settings will not stick. Reboot windows says 4.0ghz
Only way overclock to stick is to enable EIST/TURBO
With EIST/TURBO enabled I can see all 4 CLOCKS
4790K @ 4.6Ghz
EVGA z97 Classified
EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2
16gb Kingston @ 2400mhz
AMD Radeon R9 295x2 @ 1018/1250
Phillips 242G5 1MS 144Hz
2x Samsung 850 Evo 512gb SSD 3x 2TB Raptor Harddrives
Validation:
http://valid.x86.fr/uba96vFirestrike Benchmark - 17242
Validation:
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4719546
post edited by glenn37216 - 2015/05/01 12:39:48