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Overclock Settings for i7 7700k

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System Name Core p90
Processor I7 9700k
Motherboard ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4
Cooling Ek supremacy evo cpu block/nexxxos ut60 rad 480mm/D5 vario pump 310mm reservoir combo.
Memory Trident gskill 16gb 3000mhz
Video Card(s) Nvidia Founders edition rtx 3080 10gb
Storage M.2 Intel 660p 1024gb, 4tb 7200 rpm black Western Digital hdd
Display(s) Acer x34 predator 3440x1440p 120hz g-sync ultrawide 21:9 monitor
Case Thermaltake Core P90 tempered glass edition
Audio Device(s) On board
Power Supply Thermaltake smart m1200w
Mouse Logitech G600
Keyboard Logitech G910
Software Windows 10 64bit
I'm about to start trying to see how far I can get with the i7 7700k and my build. I'd like your opinion as to which bios settings might be important to think about.

I'll be using the Asus Maximus IX z270 motherboard
My only Drive is an SSD 1tb (no m.2 for now)
Running windows 10
My graphics card is a GTX 1080 (asus gaming strix)
My ram is Avexir 3000mhz 16gb (2x8gb)

I'm running a custom waterloop, which is quite overkill atm because it's only cooling the cpu in the loop (not the gpu which is air cooled only). So as of now, I've only run a "lazy man's overclock" using the software that came with the mobo, and I tested 4.8ghz and under 1hr load prime 95 small FFTS (max temp) I get 54 celsius degrees max from my cpu cores. So plenty of headroom apparantly
 
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