I always appreciate feedback/pro tips/advice. I just installed a brand new Windows Pro 10 on a brand new SSD and went thru all the updates before I used group policy to set it to, "let me control my own stuff that I paid for, thank you very much..." (paraphrasing lol) $200 after tax at Fred Meyers for Windows 10 Pro is kind of ridiculous if you ask me but that is where we are today. I don't trust those $15 for a win10 license deals on sites like WCCFtech.
I do not want to update to 2004 with all its bugs I have been reading about. I might try it on my downstairs 3900x - MSI Unify X570 - EVGA 2080 super XC Ultra - Gskill 32Gb 3200 Cl14 because of the supposed enhancements for AMD but not until the bugs are worked out.
Latest working flawlessly settings:
XMP profile worked with no hiccups: Gskill 2X16Gb 3600 cl16 19 19 19 36
cpu set to: 52
cache ratio set to: 46
avx offset set to: 0
Everything else set to: auto including the fans
Intel Speed step: left enabled even though I want to disable it...its working fine so I will leave it enabled for now
After hours of tweaking and messing around, turns out I must have won the silicon lottery....I stopped pushing it at 5.3ghz with all settings on auto in bios. It didnt have any issues at all.
I downloaded Intels Extreme Tuning Utility and adjusted stuff just to see if I could reach a breaking point. I gave up at 5.3ghz and 4.7 cache ratio. As I pushed my cpu/cache upwards my score went downwards but it never crashed or froze. I tried messing with the turbo boost duration settings and stuff in the Intel Utility, but its worded in such a bizarre way, I cannot tell if more time is better or worse. Doesn't really matter to me, I am not trying to win any contests or beat anyone.
My best benchmark score was 3316 I think it was but after that run every score was in the 3200s after that. No idea why. I didn't actually care that much about the score, as much as having stability and reliability. When I checked online to compare it just to see if I was running hot garbage or if it was performing as expected, it said better than most.
Default voltage using auto is 1.28Volts according to CPU-Z & CPUID HWMonitor. There are offsets showing in CPUID HWMonitor so maybe the core is getting a bit more than it looks? Intel's Utility shows a .16 offset, which I assume is EVGAs default Load Line Calibration using auto.
Under stress test using Intels Extreme Utility or CPU-Z it drops to 1.24Volts. I find this hard to believe but so far its stable with no issues. Intels utility is showing that I am "current throttling". Not sure if I should care about that or not.
So far the only benchmarks I have tried:
-Heavenly 1080p medium, which runs perfect at over 200fps
-Superposition free version which crashes immediately no matter which resolution I try. That might be the Radeon VII (driver 20.11.2 installed thru Device Manager) or MSI afterburner Version 4.6.2, no idea. I had issues running superposition originally when I bought the Radeon VII so it's not related to this build.
-Played SMITE from Steam...runs flawlessly except for being annoyingly locked to 60 fps despite vsync being off. Monitors: LG 32" 32UK50T-W 4k 60hz set to 2k (2560X1440) Costco model + Benq 27" XL2720 1080p 144hz set to 60hz.
Normally you can change a setting under properties for the games desktop icon to stop it "optimizing for full screen"...the SMITE icon is a dam web link though. Still gotta figure that one out.
-CPU-Z stress test: CPU 5.2ghz, pulls 76 watts, reaches 65C temp, shows 1.256 Volts in CPU-Z
-Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test: CPU 5.2ghz, pulls 65.8 watts, reaches 53C temp, shows 1.264 Volts in CPU-Z
-Intel Extreme Tuning Utilty stress test with AVX1: cpu 5.1ghz (I set avx offset in bios to 0), pulls 71.48 watts, reaches 65C temp, shows 1.19 to 1.288 Volts goes back and forth in CPU-Z
I am confused about why its pulling so much less power then my other 9900k. My other 9900k on MSI AC Gaming Edge Z390 using Win 10 Pro 1903 pulls 111 Watts in CPU-Z stress test and drops down from 5ghz to 4.7ghz. That BIOS is all set to auto including AVX offset. I assume there is some setting in EVGAs bios limiting current that is different then the MSI AC Gaming Edge Z390 downstairs.
Regardless, the Z370 Micro appears to be awesome after all the hiccups! Fingers crossed it lasts!
post edited by Lion99999 - 2020/12/05 16:51:55