My road to 4ghz mini bench

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Finally took some time today to get my new rig to 4ghz, I did a couple of benchmarks along the way to see how much of a difference I would get at 3.1 , 3.8, and 4.0

wPrime Results:
3.1ghz = 24.149sec on 32M test
3.8ghz = 19.593sec on 32M test
4.0ghz = 18.547sec on 32M test

3DMark 06 Results:
3.1ghz & 690/1128 = 13428
3.8ghz & 690/1128 = 14102
4.0ghz & 690/1128 = 14280

Overall I'm pretty happy with a performance gained so far, but this just want's me to keep pushing this thing to see how far I can get it, and be stable of course.

 

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good job!! 4GHz is such a nice number..

 

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go on. push it to 5Ghz. you know you want to

 

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Try 445 x 9 w/ a 5:6 (333/800 NB Strap) = 4.0 GHz and DDR2-1068 MHz

 

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I tried the 445x9 and 333NB Strap, and ran wPrime 3 times, the best time I got was 18.688sec for 32M Test, just slightly slower then 421x9.5

 

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Ok, one question, in the 32M test,how do you get 18 seconds? Is that just the first iteration? Or are you really running the 1M test?

 

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I'm running the 32M test, not the 1024M test

 

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GOod luck on getting much past 4Ghz.

 

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JMapleton said:

GOod luck on getting much past 4Ghz.

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Should be a piece of cake since the OP is running an E8500 w/ E0 stepping.

 

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JMapleton said:

GOod luck on getting much past 4Ghz.

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Thanks for the support, I am not concered at all as far as getting it past 4ghz, especially since I am running my 4ghz with only a 1.28VCore. I still have ALOT of headroom to play with, loving this mobo the more I learn about it

 

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Some new & better numbers at 4.2ghz

wPrime Results:
3.1ghz = 24.149sec on 32M test
3.8ghz = 19.593sec on 32M test
4.0ghz = 18.547sec on 32M test
4.2ghz = 17.238sec on 32M test

3DMark 06 Results:
3.1ghz & 690/1128 = 13428
3.8ghz & 690/1128 = 14102
4.0ghz & 690/1128 = 14280
4.2ghz & 690/1128 = 14461

I'm pretty happy with my temps as well especially since it is all air-cooled for the time being,

Idle: 33*C
Load: 46*C