Does a new cpu get "faster" over the first week?

[shevanel]

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?

 

[Assassin48]

Maybe the cpu had a burn in period due to the benching

http://www.xoxideforums.com/cpu-s/51649-guide-how-burn-your.html

 

[choppy]

have you been changing settings in windows? removing background processes etc?

 

[Mussels]

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.

 

[francis511]

Thermal paste maybe dropping temps a bit in the first week ?

 

[kyle2020]

Theres no 'mood swings' with electrical components, its just background processes that will affect scores.

 

[shevanel]

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.