I guess any of popular CPU benches , Cinebench , PCmark ,Super-Pi etc .
I don't think gaming ones would show it but i guess that depends on which one and res run , along with how good your vid is .
on mem can you run 1600 on 1:1 and 1333 for 1.25x strap, that would be close (1600 vs 1666) .I'll see what I can do. 4.5ghz is doable with both straps and already have profiles saved. Not sure where memory will align? Maybe 1600 or 2000 I'll see.
Day off tomorrow so should be able to get some results.
Seems like when I use the 1.0x strap the uncore is locked at 3800mhz for some reason. If I use the 1.25x strap I have no issue upping the uncore to whatever I set in uEFI. Maybe my motherboard needs a uEFI update or I'm missing some setting?
But Linpack 11 has AVX2. LinX will run one rep, then you get an error message. But if you disable HT and run Linpack 11 from its batch file, you will get a wild Gflops score, and a very hot cpu.
There was a newer one on Gigabytes website already. Tried the beta but it was xtra wonky on my rig for some reason.
on mem can you run 1600 on 1:1 and 1333 for 1.25x strap, that would be close (1600 vs 1666) .
Just keep timings the same .
Freezes while booting? Keyboard and mouse not working? That's what I got with the Beta BIOS at anyway. There are new USB drivers available, and I see Gigabyte have added a note saying you must update those before flashing. Also try loading BIOS defaults and booting once after flashing.
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How do you know if this is too little for the OP? All we know so far it's a gaming machine.
8GB is perfectly fine for any Gaming Machine. In fact, its 100% perfect for 95% of PC Users on the market.
What good is 16GB of Ram if 12GB of it is going to sit unused the majority of the time?
Not pointing you out directly - 8GB is fine though if OP feels its all he needs.
(Responding to my comment on Linpack 11)
That benchmark is crazy for temps. The temps are so ridiculous that I don't think it matters what kind of cooling you have. I don't think the heat can leave the CPU quickly enough. The heat just builds up in the CPU/IHS. I find it *very* hard to believe that the stock Intel cooler is enough for this test at stock speeds - I mean the OP is getting ~100C at just 4.2 GHz, with a friggin' liquid cooler...
I quite agree with you. I discovered that you have to be very careful with Vcore to keep the CPU from cooking inside its IHS. I think the TIM Intel uses may be a good TIM, but when you can get an enormous heat rise in 20-30 seconds, you know that it is acting more like an insulator than a heat conductor. This is why I stopped at 4.3 GHz: any higher and my CPU throttled from the temperature.
Using other CPU testing software I could get my 4770k stable at 4.7 GHz. But using any of the various stress software, when my CPU was consistently, running core temps in the 80's and 90's, the air coming off my NH-D14 was lukewarm. On my i7 860, running a temp 70-80c, the D14 put out a prodigious amount of heat.
From this I conclude that Haswell puts out much less total heat than a Lynnfield; but the TIM bottles it up inside the IHS so the IHS acts like a thermos bottle.
I suppose we could set up our Haswells for a higher OC and accept that if we run software that uses AVX2 our gooses will be cooked. But I am setting mine up to max out in the low 90's.
I think the TIM Intel uses may be a good TIM, but when you can get an enormous heat rise in 20-30 seconds, you know that it is acting more like an insulator than a heat conductor..
From this I conclude that Haswell puts out much less total heat than a Lynnfield; but the TIM bottles it up inside the IHS so the IHS acts like a thermos bottle.
I suppose we could set up our Haswells for a higher OC and accept that if we run software that uses AVX2 our gooses will be cooked. But I am setting mine up to max out in the low 90's.
How do you know if this is too little for the OP? All we know so far it's a gaming machine.
8GB is perfectly fine for any Gaming Machine. In fact, its 100% perfect for 95% of PC Users on the market.
What good is 16GB of Ram if 12GB of it is going to sit unused the majority of the time?
Not pointing you out directly - 8GB is fine though if OP feels its all he needs.
When I first built my i7 860 system on Win 7 in Dec 2009, I bought 4 x 2GB of ram and tried running it with both 4GB & 8GB.
As a new fresh build, I was surprised and somewhat disappointed that there appeared to be literally no difference in performance at the time.
However after about a years worth of usage and filling up my two hard disks a reasonable amount, I sort of got the impression my system had slowed down a bit and when I ran benchmarks, that confirmed that it had.
When I then popped the other 4GB in(yes, I had 4GB just sitting out of my system for close to a year), I was pleasantly surprised by how much faster my system seemed and this was indeed reflected in the benchmarks.
So now that we are in 2013, I would be amazed if there wasn't good gains to be had by having 16GB of ram, instead of 8GB, especially after your system has had heaps of games and applications installed on it.
When I first built my i7 860 system on Win 7 in Dec 2009, I bought 4 x 2GB of ram and tried running it with both 4GB & 8GB.
As a new fresh build, I was surprised and somewhat disappointed that there appeared to be literally no difference in performance at the time.
However after about a years worth of usage and filling up my two hard disks a reasonable amount, I sort of got the impression my system had slowed down a bit and when I ran benchmarks, that confirmed that it had.
When I then popped the other 4GB in(yes, I had 4GB just sitting out of my system for close to a year), I was pleasantly surprised by how much faster my system seemed and this was indeed reflected in the benchmarks.
So now that we are in 2013, I would be amazed if there wasn't good gains to be had by having 16GB of ram, instead of 8GB, especially after your system has had heaps of games and applications installed on it.