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ASUS AI Suite 3 Rocks: i7 7700K Overclocked to 5.2 GHz with 5-way optomization useing one click!

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#1 ·
So I recently updated my bios and used AI Suite 3 to overclock my system with a single click and i love the results!



According to AI Suite 3 this is the result from the 5-way optimization report:
Max Watts: 92.7
Max Voltage: 1.263
Max Temp: 74.0 C


CPUz^

and here are some pics of my battle-station that i finished building about 3 weeks ago:







Comments are welcome!

<3 ASUS!
 
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#2 ·
Let us know if it's stable longterm by just using software to OC.
 
#3 ·
Will do, I ran Passmark for fun and my system is in the 99th percentile and i also let CPUz stress my CPU for 4 hours without an error.

What other benchmarks would you suggest that i run?
 
#5 ·
I'll run those benchmarks and also I created a rig under my username but I'm unfamiliar with how to link it in my signature, my case is a Corsair 780T graphite edition and it seems to be a fairly popular choice with liquid cooling enthusiasts! I <3 corsair and it is very roomy, enough room for two radiators with three 120mm fans on each, I think there are a total of 10 fan mounting points on the case.

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Handbrake, Asus Realbench ,

You should add your system specs to sig.
What case is that ?
will do, I ran Passmark for fun and its in the 99th percentile and i also let CPUz stress my CPU for 4 hours without an error.

What benchmarks would you suggest that i run?
 
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Originally Posted by KyleAPowers View Post

I'll run those benchmarks and also I created a rig under my username but I'm unfamiliar with how to link it in my signature, my case is a Corsair 780T graphite edition and it seems to be a fairly popular choice with liquid cooling enthusiasts! I <3 corsair and it is very roomy, enough room for two radiators with three 120mm fans on each, I think there are a total of 10 fan mounting points on the case.
will do, I ran Passmark for fun and its in the 99th percentile and i also let CPUz stress my CPU for 4 hours without an error.

What benchmarks would you suggest that i run?
Yes, i knew it looked familiar but couldn't remember version, I run a graphite 500R
Anyway I don't really put to much in stress tests,meaning if you pass X your system is 100% stable.

I never used passmark or CPU-Z for stress tests. I normally run older prime95 (28.7) and sometimes OCCT, if all pass there for while (few hrs on prime95) , I move to Asus realbench for its handbrake tests.
Then I will just run some intense CPU games, like BF1 for example.

I am probably wrong guy to ask as I don't build systems to often (ever few yrs of span at least).
 
#7 ·
Thanks for all the info Ed! I'll download prime and start stressing it and then get the asus software and run some tests, so far it's been 100% stable in the past 48 hours and I play BF1 on ultra as well as Player Unknown Battlegrounds quite often. I really need to overclock my ram next, right now it's slightly overclocked from 4,000 MHz up to 4,200 MHz, but I didn't mess with the timings.
 
#8 ·
Here a good test, since you have BF1 , test it with V-sync off and no fps limit set. lower res/settings so your doing over 100fps, this will stress CPU and not GPU, if you can play for 1+ hrs your in good shape.

Asus realbench simulates real app, instead of something like prime95 , the handbrake test can be hard on some later Intel CPU's 4xxx and up, that is why i mentioned it.

Anywa good luck, just keep an eye on temps if your up around 1.35+ on v-core.

I only OC my 3570k to 4.5ghz but at low 1.185-1.200v depending on test app. in get around mid-low 60c in BF1 with 212evo.
 
#9 ·
Bad ass!
I'm downloading the real-bench now and ill run the stress tests tonight when my girlfriend gets off of work!

any suggestions for software to monitor temps,voltages and such?

You've been very helpful, thank you!
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#11 ·
Good evening everyone, so i finished my first realbench benchmark and I discovered some interesting discrepencies on the speed of my processor; CPUz's and Realbench's display the speed of my processor at the stock speed of 4.2 GHz, yet ASUS's AI Suite 3 shows that it is overclocked to 5.2 GHz... any ideas?

Anyways here how the first benchmark scored, i wasn't able to save and upload my results to get a comparison to other machines so ill have to rely on others to interpret this scoring temporarily until i can discover why it wont allow me to save and upload the results.





I've got my fingers crossed!

Also thanks Scientist for the helpful suggestion, ill download that program now and monitor my temps, voltage, etc while running my other benchmarks!
 
#12 ·
Also here are my Passmark scores and a detailed scoring of my ram, 100th percentile on the ram and 99th percentile on the build!
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#14 ·
Thank you I just downloaded it and these are the results:
 
#15 ·
well your doing 5200 under load.
what does HWinfo64 say for V-core under load and temp, need to load it for while.

PS: V-core is down about 7 sections for me in HWinfo64.

I see VID is over 1.5v

Edit
If that is right in Asus suite3 V-core at 1.488, even if your temps are good, that is high for 24/7 , it might be fine for running some benches but i would not leave it there 24/7

I would try something in , around 1.35-1.40 max , don't want to see your CPU degrade over time if 1.488 is right.
 
#16 ·
Thanks Ed, I had Player Unknown running in the background when i launched it, ill stress the cpu with CPUz and check and see what it says after 5 mins.

Whats the maximum suggested voltage for the I7 7700K without a notable amount of risk of damaging the processor?

Also whats the reasoning or relation to the amount of voltage to risk to damaging the processor?
Is it a fixed equation or is it dependent on each individual processor?
 
#17 ·
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Originally Posted by KyleAPowers View Post

Thanks Ed, I had Player Unknown running in the background when i launched it, ill stress the cpu with CPUz and check and see what it says after 5 mins.

Whats the maximum suggested voltage for the I7 7700K without a notable amount of risk of damaging the processor?

Also whats the reasoning or relation to the amount of voltage to risk to damaging the processor?
Is it a fixed equation or is it dependent on each individual processor?
I believe there is a formula for general electronic components , but I don't know it off hand, generally heat goes way up a long with wattage cause V gets * (squared).
It not so much that CPU will burst and drop dead (though 1.5v is probably getting close, its just over time what happens is the chip needs more voltage to maintain stability.
In another words you get increased leakage and to compensate you need to add voltage over time. There no set number or anything it just the higher the more chance it happening.
If you look at voltages (stock) from Intel, the 7700k is allready on high side, I see many are in 1.2xx range, compared to early maybe in 1.11x.
 
#18 ·
Wow, thanks again for the information, you have been very helpful, + REP!

Also, I just checked my news feed on facebook this morning and discovered a link by PC Gamer that Intel® Optane™ Memory Series 32GB M.2 80mm was released today and i excitedly checked amazon, only to discover that they are already sold out! What do you think about the optane memory drives?

Here are some links to articles on the Intel® Optane™ Memory Series 32GB M.2 80mm.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/optane-memory.html?dtb=1
^ INTEL

https://ark.intel.com/products/99742
^INTEL SPECS

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-optane-memory-arrives-starting-at-44/
^PC Gamer REVIEW

http://www.storagereview.com/intel_optane_memory_review
^STORAGE REVIEW

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8157/intel-optane-memory-32gb-2-nvme-ssd-review/index.html
^TWEAKTOWN REVIEW

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-optane-3d-xpoint-memory,5032.html
^TOMSHARDWARE REVIEW

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Optane-Memory-Module-MEMPEK1W032GAXT/dp/B06XSXX3NS
^AMAZON

Does anyone think that this is worth it and can you find any other sellers for the Intel Optane Memory?

My system specs are included in my signature and im debating on going with a 1TB m.2 storage drive, or to pick up Intel Optane memory to boost my overall system speed.

I mainly use my computer for gaming fyi.
 
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Originally Posted by KyleAPowers View Post

Wow, thanks again for the information, you have been very helpful, + REP!

Also, I just checked my news feed on facebook this morning and discovered a link by PC Gamer that Intel® Optane™ Memory Series 32GB M.2 80mm was released today and i excitedly checked amazon, only to discover that they are already sold out! What do you think about the optane memory drives?

Here are some links to articles on the Intel® Optane™ Memory Series 32GB M.2 80mm.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/optane-memory.html?dtb=1
^ INTEL

https://ark.intel.com/products/99742
^INTEL SPECS

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-optane-memory-arrives-starting-at-44/
^PC Gamer REVIEW

http://www.storagereview.com/intel_optane_memory_review
^STORAGE REVIEW

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8157/intel-optane-memory-32gb-2-nvme-ssd-review/index.html
^TWEAKTOWN REVIEW

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-optane-3d-xpoint-memory,5032.html
^TOMSHARDWARE REVIEW

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Optane-Memory-Module-MEMPEK1W032GAXT/dp/B06XSXX3NS
^AMAZON

Does anyone think that this is worth it and can you find any other sellers for the Intel Optane Memory?

My system specs are included in my signature and im debating on going with a 1TB m.2 storage drive, or to pick up Intel Optane memory to boost my overall system speed.

I mainly use my computer for gaming fyi.
Before I forget, on your voltages and speed. you can see from the 7700 OC guide what other are using for voltages
http://www.overclock.net/t/1621347/kaby-lake-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

You could probably run "around" 5.0 at like 1.35v if you try or close. If your not familar with manual OC, I think Asus suite3 has area when it auto OC that it asks for max OC speed along with cooling solution used, at least that is what I remember seeing in you-tube vid. I never used it.

On the Intel Optane memory that is available now for end users, you have to remember its a caching system, it is not ram or SSD storage.
So were it is very helpful is if you have slow HDD this will help when reopening app, it will be much faster. In other words it trys to store what it thinks you use most and then use it to speed up read/load times.

If you already have fast SSD or M2 I don't think it worth it so much, it will still have low latency, but does it really mater for gamer ?
I don't think so.

Edit: I see you have 850evo like me, I would wait for comparisons with faster SSD to see if its worth it.
 
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Optane results when caching a HDD are impressive.

I'm wondering how it will be pair with my older SATA SSDs which aren't exactly screamers. It will certainly offer an improvement for low queue depth workloads, but enough to be noticeable outside benchmarks? The price is low enough I may buy to experiment with....
 
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Originally Posted by briank View Post

Optane results when caching a HDD are impressive.

I'm wondering how it will be pair with my older SATA SSDs which aren't exactly screamers. It will certainly offer an improvement for low queue depth workloads, but enough to be noticeable outside benchmarks? The price is low enough I may buy to experiment with....
Thanks for the input Briank, I'm hoping that it will increase performance even with fast SSD's as far as I understand it is like a bridge between RAM and your SSD, and I'm probably going to pick up the 32 GB version and see if it has any effect on load times and performance in games.

+REP!
 
#22 ·
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Originally Posted by Edkiefer View Post

Before I forget, on your voltages and speed. you can see from the 7700 OC guide what other are using for voltages
http://www.overclock.net/t/1621347/kaby-lake-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

You could probably run "around" 5.0 at like 1.35v if you try or close. If your not familar with manual OC, I think Asus suite3 has area when it auto OC that it asks for max OC speed along with cooling solution used, at least that is what I remember seeing in you-tube vid. I never used it.

On the Intel Optane memory that is available now for end users, you have to remember its a caching system, it is not ram or SSD storage.
So were it is very helpful is if you have slow HDD this will help when reopening app, it will be much faster. In other words it trys to store what it thinks you use most and then use it to speed up read/load times.

If you already have fast SSD or M2 I don't think it worth it so much, it will still have low latency, but does it really mater for gamer ?
I don't think so.

Edit: I see you have 850evo like me, I would wait for comparisons with faster SSD to see if its worth it.
Thank you again, I'm going to looking to the 7700 OC thread and start playing with the voltage and see how low i can drop it and still maintain 5.2 GHz and if I have to then I might drop it to 5.0 as I want to maintain the longevity of my components. Also thank you for your insight into the Intel Optane Memory, I'm looking into picking up a 1 TB intel M.2 drive versus the Intel Optane memory and since i already have a 1 TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD, I think it will be the better investment!
 
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Yeah you'd be better off just putting the money into a bigger/better SSD rather than Optane. Results I've seen only really show an improvement when accelerating mechanical drives, not SSDs
yeah though it would be interesting to see the exact performace boost on a decent rig with a quality SSD like the Samsung 850 Evo!
 
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