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Sep 13, 2009, 10:37 AM
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Does a new cpu get "faster" over the first week?
I installed a Q9550 last week and have been benching the hell out of my system lately. One thing Ive noticed is that my bench #'s have gone up, my temps have gone down and my settings are still as they were when I found an optimal limit.
For instance, I like to use winrar to get a quick bench of the cpu to compare to previous cpus Ive tested.. This one was getting 1680-1700, now it's getting closer to 1890 after a few days since last test.. 3dmark 06 scores were around mid 17K.. 2 hours ago it scored 18433.. same settings as before.. super pi is down to 11 seconds vs 13 seconds on wednesday... wprime is still the same though.. mayb a tenth here or there... So, does a cpu have a "break in" period? I know AS5 has a cure time and thats probbaly contributing to lower temps. Currently 3612 mhz @ 1.280 vcore 1700fsb. idle 42-44 load 65/68 (watercooling loop is enroute from tpu member so I'm hoping to get temps lower) If the CPU doesn't have "break in" time what could contribute to these bench gains?
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Sep 13, 2009, 10:44 AM
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Maybe the cpu had a burn in period due to the benching
http://www.xoxideforums.com/cpu-s/51...burn-your.html
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Sep 13, 2009, 11:02 AM
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have you been changing settings in windows? removing background processes etc?
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Sep 13, 2009, 11:05 AM
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nope, they dont get faster.
"burn in" doesnt affect speed at all either. You mention win7 - its possible something was caching in the background into superfetch the first time, and that lowered your original scores. hell, maybe you ran windows update and got new drivers.
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Sep 13, 2009, 11:30 AM
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Thermal paste maybe dropping temps a bit in the first week ?
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Sep 13, 2009, 12:39 PM
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Theres no 'mood swings' with electrical components, its just background processes that will affect scores.
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Sep 13, 2009, 08:27 PM
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Ahh I see, background services. I did run AIM with those previous benches and the last time I didn't.. and AIM is the only program installed to run on startup. I'm going to test with AIM running and AIM not.
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