Tuesday, July 3rd 2018
Core i7-8700K Overclocked to 7.34 GHz (3c/3t) on Z270 Chipset, Bags SuperPi Record
German professional overclocker Dancop got the Intel Core i7-8700K processor to work on an ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex (Z270) motherboard, something that's not supposed to work. CPU-Z screenshots seem to confirm this unholy union between the 6-core "Coffee Lake" processor and a 200-series chipset motherboard, using a custom "0084" BIOS dated 11th June, 2018. Dancop then proceeded to overclock the chip to 7344 MHz using extreme cooling, and 2x 8 GB (dual-channel) DDR4-4000 memory. This bench-stable build was then used to bag a SuperPi 32M world-record.
There's a rather big catch, though. Half the cores on the i7-8700K were disabled, and so was HyperThreading (not that it's relevant to SuperPi). The 3-core/3-thread chip was still bench-stable at 7344 MHz, crunching SuperPi 32M in a world-record 7.609 seconds. The clock speed was achieved by dialing up the multiplier to 73.0x, with the base-clock probably untouched, at 100.61 MHz (with the +0.61 MHz probably being variance). Supporting this clock was a blistering core voltage of 1.984 V. A liquid-nitrogen evaporator was used to tame the CPU and motherboard VRM. Find the validation in the source link below.
Source:
Dancop (HWBot)
There's a rather big catch, though. Half the cores on the i7-8700K were disabled, and so was HyperThreading (not that it's relevant to SuperPi). The 3-core/3-thread chip was still bench-stable at 7344 MHz, crunching SuperPi 32M in a world-record 7.609 seconds. The clock speed was achieved by dialing up the multiplier to 73.0x, with the base-clock probably untouched, at 100.61 MHz (with the +0.61 MHz probably being variance). Supporting this clock was a blistering core voltage of 1.984 V. A liquid-nitrogen evaporator was used to tame the CPU and motherboard VRM. Find the validation in the source link below.
75 Comments on Core i7-8700K Overclocked to 7.34 GHz (3c/3t) on Z270 Chipset, Bags SuperPi Record
People on this news thread doesn't seem to get the idea of extreme overclocking.
mber: 158752"]Yeah, that's pretty much how it is at any general tech forum whenever something like this get's posted. Nothing new.[/QUOTE]
I'm used to it :D
@Dancop nice job man. RESPECT!
Dancop doesn't have to worry about the cost - He's one of the sponsored guys.
As for why it's the thing it is, well, why is any sport what it is?
Competition - As it's always been before with sports in general.
I know that it wasn't a case of someone just came up to you and started letting you get stuff, that had to be something you showed yourself worthy of and you did just that with results.
Everyone started on the same level with the same expenses getting there, it's just that very few get as far as you have - You earned it and nothing wrong with that.
It's THE NEED FOR SPEED my friend! And it's always going to be without any boring purpose. ;)