3770K 4.4ghz vcore fluctuation abnormal?

hey so i've been overclocking my 3770K to 4.4ghz using offset. Stock voltage is about 1.60 so i have a offset of +30 which gives me 1.90. Everything seems to be OK with temps around 60c after one hour of prime95. The one thing that concerns me though is that on load the vcore is anywhere from 1.23 - 1.31.
Idle vcore is about 1.0 - 1.2. So i'm just wondering if it's that's an abnormal fluctuation. I know that's it's suppose to move around some.

Let me know if I left any important info. I'm a beginner at overclocking

What board are you using?

I'm using an Asus P8Z77-V

my other specs are:

Corsair tx850 power supply
Corsair vengeance 8gb
Asus GTX 660

Try a manual Vcore of 1.28-1.30v (no offset), or w/ a negative offset of -.01 and LLC set to ultra high (75%). Check out this thread also...

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=714727

Thanks for the help

I set it at manual 1.28 and it held steady but when using manual mode it doesn't scale back the voltage when at idle which to me doesn't seem in the best interest of cpu lifespan. Is it bad at all for the vcore to move up and down a lot other than it may be less stable?

TDSZ77 said:

Thanks for the help

I set it at manual 1.28 and it held steady but when using manual mode it doesn't scale back the voltage when at idle which to me doesn't seem in the best interest of cpu lifespan. Is it bad at all for the vcore to move up and down a lot other than it may be less stable?

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Well if you want to save power, go to cpu advanced tab and turn on all the green stuff. Thermal throttling will lower cpu mhz when the temps reach their limits. This may or may not lower cpu voltage however. This depends if C1E is on or off.

That's a great board. I wouldn't worry about it but set CPU voltage manually. You can go as high as 1.375v. You have a lot of overclocking headroom left. Go for 4.7GHz.