Did I overclock my GPU correctly?

[Samzon_]

First of all sorry if this is the wrong section. Wasn't sure where else to post this.
I'll do my best to explain the steps I done in order.
Put 50% Fan Speed on MSI Afterburner to ensure I won't have any GPU temp problems.

Core Clock - Increased the core clock from 0 - +25% and opened Heaven Benchmark 4.0 and done a whole playthrough. After every successful benchmark playthrough I was increasing the core clock by +25 up until I hit a point where my PC/Driver would crash. My crashing point was +120 on the core clock so I immediately reduced the core clock back down to +110 then I done x2 benchmark playthroughs and everything seemed to be ok.

- I set the core clock back to 0% to start on the memory clock separately

Memory Clock - I started at +100 on the mem clock and after every successful playthrough on the benchmark I kept adding another +100. When I got to +600 I crashed, so I took away 50+ and crashed again. Took away +25s until I stopped crashing. Managed to get +500 on the memory clock with no crashes.

Core and Mem clock settings - https://gyazo.com/2ef27eaffb3f733ef1a3fc5128ebef9e

I then put my highest core and memory clock back into MSI Afterburner together and managed to do x3 benchmark playthroughs without any problems.
After benchmarking at default and overclocked these are the results, just wanted to check if this was normal and good?
Default - https://gyazo.com/dd77652368a6b5135b5a26d86d50c689
Overclock - https://gyazo.com/8fceacfe62257db5c8a3719e535c8ee4
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Core i7 @ 4.00GHz
16.0GB
MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (U3E1)
BenQ XL2411Z (1920x1080@144Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (EVGA)
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SATA (SSD))
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA )
EVGA Supernova 850w

My question now is should I take it to the next level and increase the core clock by +1 up until I crash to try and get the most out of my gpu or just leave it how it is?
Also how safe or reliable would it for me to run the benchmark with the stable clocks I got above and go AFK for a while (for example go and shower and leave benchmark running in a loop)

Sorry for the huge thread this is my first time actually putting in the time to overclock a GPU. Do you think I will notice a better performance if I keep the overclock?

 

[Johan45]

Sounds like you did everything right. Did you raise the power limit all the way?
As for the core/mem speeds, pushing it right to the limit isn't going to gain you much and opens up the door for instability. You may find still in some games it's not quite stable. I would just go ahead and start gaming and see how it goes. If it crashes drop the core clock down anoth 10 MHz and see how that works.

 

[Samzon_]

Thanks. I didn't put it all the way. I can add another 10% on the power limit until it's full, should I do that?
Also do you think overclocking is actually worth it? I mean it will only be like +5 fps increase right?

 

[Johan45]

That's up to you, a good balance between performance and noise is best IMO. If you can't hear it nd the temps are good then get what you paid for plus some

 

[EarthDog]

Thanks. I didn't put it all the way. I can add another 10% on the power limit until it's full, should I do that?
Also do you think overclocking is actually worth it? I mean it will only be like +5 fps increase right?

A few/several percent increase. 5 FPS more when starting with 30 FPS is a lot bigger than 5 FPS when having 100 FPS. So, it depends on where the FPS already are as to how much it could improve. But again, typically a few/several percent.