hello everyone i have
mobo asus z690 hero bios 2802
i9 14900k sp98 p106 e84 mc80
cooler nh-d15
i see a lot of people with sp like mine overclock the cpu to 5.7 with 1.16-1.8v
mine need 1.21-1.22 llc6 and bios prediction show 1.19 and still the cpu not stable
does i have bad cpu? does it motherbord problem? or mybe the cooler?
thanks for the help
NH-D15 is a great cooler, don't misunderstand, but it's not going to get you too far with a 14900k. The main issue with your CPU is the thermal density, you'll hit thermal limitations long before voltage.. unless, you disable hyperthreading - which is what I do (you can check my specs).
If all you do is game, you can really benefit from three things when it comes to CPU-related overclocking.
1. Core frequency - of course, pushing it higher is often better. Most games only care about single threaded performance on modern CPU's. Once you have enough multithreaded performance, single is often what holds you back the most. For the games I personally play, frequency is all that matters - hyperthreading does absolutely nothing whatsoever to boost my framerate. My testing in Cyberpunk 2077 showed an 8% boost with HT enabled, and is one of the few titles that actually scale with HT. Other games show little to no difference.
2. RAM tuning. I recognize your screen name because I helped you previously tune your memory in another thread. It's an easy +8% if you do it correctly.
3. Process lasso. I don't see very many people discuss this, but it's a wonderful application that I recommend using. It lets you bind applications, permanently, to your selected cores. I leave all of my necessary bloatware pinned onto the efficiency cores. While the boost in framerate is pretty miniscule (2% at most) - the frametimes, in my experience, are better in CPU bound scenarios.
Overclocking is a lot different than what it once was. You can't really set a big OC without utilizing a power limit these days, unless you're direct-die & custom looping. I've tested and tuned my system extensively and can tell you the following:
In the harshest CPU bound environment I tested (Cyberpunk 2077, 720p, no frame rate cap) - the CPU draws 150 watts with spikes up to 165 watts when set to 1.44V (1.41 under load) - Hyperthreading disabled. Because the game utilizes efficiency cores, I would expect around 180 watts of power draw at similar voltages, since you have 8 more e-cores.
My power limit is set to 175W.
I would recommend using 200 to 220 watts for yourself.
You have to change short duration and long duration to the same amount (that's what PL1=PL2 means) - it caps your CPU at the set wattage. So 200 or 220 for both.
The best way to overclock currently, assuming you don't play things such as simulators that commonly push hyperthreading fairly hard, is to disable hyperthreading altogether. It lowers the thermal density greatly. As a disclaimer, if you're doing video editing or number crunching or any other type of work that actually loads the CPU fairly heavily, just leave HT enabled. Otherwise, you'll benefit greatly from disabling it from a thermal and voltage standpoint.
I recommend skimming through
this video by Buildzoid.
Addressing your voltage of 1.22 @ LLC6 - this is normal. If you're on an ASUS BIOS, in my experience, you often need around 0.0200 mV higher than what's stated for the prediction - with that amount increasing the nearer you get to the frequency wall. I'm running LLC6 as well on my ASUS board, the stated vdroop is fairly minimal - but it's likely much lower, since there's a voltage drop across the CPU socket (which is why I'm fine with running 1.45v daily)
So my recommendations for core tuning are the following:
Leave the cache alone, and if you do tune it, don't go above 48x / 1.300v (it's called CPU L2 in hwinfo64) - realistically you should need only 1.200v for 46x. Don't test your luck with pushing cache voltages. It will break your chip and gives minimal gains.
Disable hyperthreading and try 1.35v LLC6 at 5600 MHz (realistically you should be able to push 5700+ on a nicely binned CPU).
Once you've finished stability testing, set a short duration & long duration power limit of 200 or 220 watts.
Don't go above 1.38v / 100 C because I don't want to be responsible for your CPU degrading. I don't know if this is your first time overclocking, but if it is, the 14900k is one hell of a chip to tame and not beginner friendly whatsoever.
