NEW Super PI 1m scores

[cadaveca]

Interesting to see the different combos we used to get there.

nice job, guys. Guess I gotta break out the 3960X......nice score with the 3820!!!

[Aquinus]

I can't hit 5ghz on my CPU. It really seems to hate it. I find that my 3820 has to work pretty hard for an overclock over 4.6ghz. It already wants a lot of voltage at speeds this high. I never keep it that high even if the cooler appears to be handling it okay.

[Laurijan]

first post updated

[big_buka]

Here is my results...)

[ZenEffect.]

can i play too?

http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2324606_

[EarthDog]

I cant read the clocks in that image... lol.. I know its quick as hell though and under LN2.

[drdeathx]

Originally Posted by ZenEffect.

can i play too?
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2..._id_858729.jpg
http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2324606_

Awesome

[DOM]

Originally Posted by EarthDog

I cant read the clocks in that image... lol.. I know its quick as hell though and under LN2.

[FireKillerGR]

Hello everyone

Here is mine using dry ice

[Laurijan]

Been some time since an update of scores - first thread is now updated.

[Laurijan]

bump for more scores

[agent00skid]

My normal clock:

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As high as I can push it:

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[ElNiko]

Here's mine, 50% OC from 2 to 3 ghz, think it's a nice score for a dual...



MB is an Asrock G41M-VS3 R2.0

[zabusnorran]

This is almost maxed for me. I can get 4.7Ghz but have intermittent instability problems. Any suggestions on voltages? I'm at 1.32 right now

[Random Murderer]

Originally Posted by zabusnorran

This is almost maxed for me. I can get 4.7Ghz but have intermittent instability problems. Any suggestions on voltages? I'm at 1.32 right now

Considering it's an Ivy Bridge, you should try pushing the RAM a bit higher. Not quite sure what that kit will run, but I know most Ivy chips will run at least 2400 provided the RAM itself can run that speed.

[zabusnorran]

Originally Posted by Random Murderer

Considering it's an Ivy Bridge, you should try pushing the RAM a bit higher. Not quite sure what that kit will run, but I know most Ivy chips will run at least 2400 provided the RAM itself can run that speed.

This is the kit right here:

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DD...

I got it because of the combination of speed, latency, and size (I run a lot of VM's)

I typically don't push my RAM too far because it usually doesn't seem to make a huge difference, I prefer to get something with XMP, high speed and good timings and let the mfg. settings do the work.

On a side note, the heatsinks on these things are built like a friggin tank and i'm sure I could push it pretty far, if I take my FSB up to 107-108 do you think they would handle ~2000mhz? I've already got them at 1.55v for some OC headroom.

Thanks for your input by the way.

[Random Murderer]

Originally Posted by zabusnorran

This is the kit right here:

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DD...

I got it because of the combination of speed, latency, and size (I run a lot of VM's)

I typically don't push my RAM too far because it usually doesn't seem to make a huge difference, I prefer to get something with XMP, high speed and good timings and let the mfg. settings do the work.

On a side note, the heatsinks on these things are built like a friggin tank and i'm sure I could push it pretty far, if I take my FSB up to 107-108 do you think they would handle ~2000mhz? I've already got them at 1.55v for some OC headroom.

Thanks for your input by the way.

While higher RAM speed won't show much performance gain in real-world applications, SuperPI does see a bit of an improvement.
As far as adjusting you BClk that high, I wouldn't recommend it. Your SATA and PCIe might get a bit wonky. Can't you raise the RAM divider to 2133?

[zabusnorran]

Originally Posted by Random Murderer

While higher RAM speed won't show much performance gain in real-world applications, SuperPI does see a bit of an improvement.
As far as adjusting you BClk that high, I wouldn't recommend it. Your SATA and PCIe might get a bit wonky. Can't you raise the RAM divider to 2133?

I could indeed, what timings would you recommend at that point? 10-10-10-30?

Also I typically lock my sata and PCI lanes when I adjust the BClk, although i'm at 103 right now and haven't since it seems to be running fine.

[cadaveca]

Originally Posted by zabusnorran

I could indeed, what timings would you recommend at that point? 10-10-10-30?

Also I typically lock my sata and PCI lanes when I adjust the BClk, although i'm at 103 right now and haven't since it seems to be running fine.

103 is fine, 104 will start to get flakey. many board run 103 through auto-OC, but few go beyond that.

[zabusnorran]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

103 is fine, 104 will start to get flakey. many board run 103 through auto-OC, but few go beyond that.

Whatever happened to the motherboards that were SUPPOSED to run at very high clocks? Did that go by the wayside as unlocked processors became more mainstream?

[cadaveca]

Originally Posted by zabusnorran

Whatever happened to the motherboards that were SUPPOSED to run at very high clocks? Did that go by the wayside as unlocked processors became more mainstream?

NO, it's the architecture's design. Everything runs off of the same base clock, 100 MHz, since most of northbridge functions are now on CPU silicon(PCIe, IMC, iGPU, etc). So when you clock one up, the others move as well.


Rumour has it that Haswell will remedy this for Intel.


SB-E chips clock BCLK fairly well, but not much more than 133 or so avg, while on AMD, things are still just as they used to be, since they still use AM3 socket.


I'll be covering many AMD boards soon. MANY.

"unlocked" chips are out to offset this functionality that is missing, actually, not that the prevalence of unlocked chips caused them to do it this way. Other way around from what you said.

[zabusnorran]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

NO, it's the architecture's design. Everything runs off of the same base clock, 100 MHz, since most of northbridge functions are now on CPU silicon(PCIe, IMC, iGPU, etc). So when you clock one up, the others move as well.


Rumour has it that Haswell will remedy this for Intel.


SB-E chips clock BCLK fairly well, but not much more than 133 or so avg, while on AMD, things are still just as they used to be, since they still use AM3 socket.


I'll be covering many AMD boards soon. MANY.

"unlocked" chips are out to offset this functionality that is missing, actually, not that the prevalence of unlocked chips caused them to do it this way. Other way around from what you said.

Ah that makes sense, this is only my second intel rig, i'm used to working with the Crosshair's that can hit 300mhz sometimes.

[Random Murderer]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

...SB-E chips clock BCLK fairly well, but not much more than 133 or so avg...

Even though technically the BCLK is still within the same ranges as SB, as the straps work like a memory divider does. I.E. 125 BCLK is still 100 but on a x1.25 divider. 133 BCLK is 106.4 on a x1.25 divider. SB-E gets x1.00, x1.25, x1.66, and x2.50 dividers so that the clock speed of the processor cores can be adjusted independently of the SATA/PCIe controllers while still using the same clock generators.

Of course you know all of this Dave, but this was really info for zabusnorran so he can understand a little better.

Originally Posted by zabusnorran

I could indeed, what timings would you recommend at that point? 10-10-10-30?

zabusnorran, as far as timings go, it really depends on the memory chips you have, though loosening the timings a little bit will usually help when pushing for higher speeds. I would also bump the VDimm up to 1.65v for benching/clocking RAM. You can always lower it later and 1.65v is still considered "safe range" by Intel.

[johnspack]

Current stable oc... all I could get out of it:

[cadaveca]

Ol' i7 950 showing it's still got some life left in it! Nice score, John! Pretty decent voltage, too.