That processor has what I like to call "The Cold Touch".
What I mean by that is, once a cpu experiences cold or chilled, it likes it and wants to stay that way.
Try some trickery. Turn off 2 of 6 cores and see if the OC climbs a bit. You say worker 5 fails..... turn it off then. Get into questions like, what Can this puppy do with Lower TDP output and how can I get some cooler temps temporarily just to have some benching fun.
Then there's the FX-9590..... why even overclock this one? It's already running fast as heck, hates heat, hates low v-core, hates 25x multi at anything under 1.5250v, big demand on the VRM section......
The FX-6 series act very much like their bigger brother 8 cores. Not sure why.... but the heat output is almost the same. In example, If I shut down only two cores on the sig rig, temps aren't really any better unless I shut down 4 of 8 cores. The it runs cooler, 5ghz stable is much much easier to come by and it's stable as need be. Game all night, Prime95 no issues, all while running pretty much stock NB and HT speeds while bumping Ram up to 2400.
However there's such little difference between 4.7ghz and 5ghz for a daily rig, 4.5ghz from 4.6ghz too hot will yield the same effects for daily use even gaming.
Never the less I'm having a great time following this thread. I would manage to say your 6 core looks to clock average, with a little tad higher than need be v-core. This could be from being spoiled with cold temps and big clocks. 5.4ghz and 1.664v, I'd guesstimate Austin's Room temps to be very low considering he mentioned the window was open in the dead of winter.
One suggestion for fun and games is to find an old AC unit at a garage sale for cheap. Take the front panel off and gently pull the evaporator out and put some fans on it blowing at you system. That will mimic winter like air and ultimately cool the room as well. You just need to vent the condenser heat outside.
But if this IS a daily rig, I wouldn't go pushing overclock and voltage more than required to just sit back and enjoy. Partly the reason you don't see me brag about running 5.1ghz on my main rig. I can. It gets hot. Requires more power draw than I need to use. I sit back we'll say 75% of the time at stock. And boy 4.7ghz with 5ghz turbo is nothing to sneeze at. I just don't have the desire to beat on expensive parts like that. Very much the reason why you'll see my super cold runs hitting (my max so far) of 7800mhz. I didn't get the validation, but man she was there! FX-8300 + M5A78L mobo FTW. The board dies, oh no... lost 50 bucks. No big deal.
