Benchmark Thread V. 3

Oh I see it now, thanks for updating the score :p

Why not hijack posts higher up for it?

@horgen: I tried no.2 but for some reason it wont let me undelete it. I'll swap it to no.7

The message that was buggy when I made this thread. First posted the FireStrike, and it wouldn't show. Made post 3 and then suddenly post 2 shows up later on. So I just deleted it. I can't undelete it either. :(

@insane_metalist : You've got better OCing knowledge than me. So I want to post something that maybe you might know more about dunno. Seems weird to me and I'm still learning things.

With K Boost on
I can get to 1260, which is +95 on the core clock and the boost shows 1449mhz. (Confirmed by both precision and gpu-z)

If i try to reach that same 1449mhz with K Boost off, its +132 on the core clock and that puts the core clock at 1290. Here's where I run into the problem. It crashes.

@kitty said:

@insane_metalist : You've got better OCing knowledge than me. So I want to post something that maybe you might know more about dunno. Seems weird to me and I'm still learning things.

With K Boost on

I can get to 1260, which is +95 on the core clock and the boost shows 1449mhz. (Confirmed by both precision and gpu-z)

If i try to reach that same 1449mhz with K Boost off, its +132 on the core clock and that puts the core clock at 1290. Here's where I run into the problem. It crashes.

Just leave boost on. I've always left my boost on with Nvidia cards. You might need a different BIOS to OC without boost.

Voltage is @1.38v, temps idle at 20c and max out at 61c. I'm using a corsair h100 kit. Room temps are around 25c.

Wow, high voltage. That cooler is one hell of a job.

Well I am neither super rich nor trendy, but no one is denying me to run this bench.

3611 - Horgen - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6546681 - 3570K(4.5) - GTX 680(1254/3348) - 1600 RAM.

I will do better next time.

Now with slightly better score.

3766 - Horgen - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6546821 - 3570K(4.5) - GTX 680(1306/3456) - 1600 RAM

It's a great cooler, I need to reapply thermal paste though it's been a while. Initially my temps wouldn't even go above 55c. It's great considering the ambient temperature of my room :)

Which revision of the H100? The first one? I got the first one, and it did a good job, but not that good. Or the simple fact that Ivy runs a bit hotter than Sandy is the cause for mine having higher temperatures... I've benched my 3570K at 4.7. Wish I remembered the settings. Now I can't be bothered to find them again by testing.

How do I check what revision it is? I would have thought Ivy runs cooler than Sandy because their stock voltages are lower, they draw less power and they are a 22nm die instead of a 32nm one.

Okay just wondering. I was hoping that I could get higher :P thought I might have been doing something wrong. I was expecting a bit more from my core clock.
I mean I can get +600 from my memory, I wonder why I can't get more out of the core.

Bad job from Intel. They increased the max temperature for the CPU by 5 degrees or so compared to Sandy Bridge. I can delidd it to get lower temperatures, but I don't want to spend money on CPU again now if something goes wrong. Saving my money for a potential SLI/Crossfire setup.

Tons of people use a custom made BIOS for a GTX 780 / 780 Ti from a guy on OCN forums. They were getting pretty high clocks on their cards. He probably made one for a 970. If you're cool with flashing your card, you could do it.

I'm thinking about using a custom bios on my card... When I have come to the point that I don't care if I brick it or not...

Me too bud I'm considering another 680 but I don't know if my Corsair TX650W PSU would handle two cards. That and also the fact that microstutter still worries me. I haven't had SLI since 8800gt's though so things might have changed by now.

Probably not. I'd recommend a psu with more watts. I've got a overkill one atm for a single card, so I definitely need to get another card in the future.
i was running a pair of 7870's so I have a 750watt psu, now just a single a 970.

As for stutter. I didn't notice that much with crossfire. Only problems I ever had was actually on skyrim, it didn't like the enb I used. I'm betting Sli is the same. It should have improved by now to where it's not much of a issue in games.

Thanks for the info. I think I'll wait a while and see if its cheaper to either sli my 680 and buy a new PSU or buy the upcoming 980ti and sell the 680.

Off-topic but your post count is ridiculous! lol :)

I'd do it if my cards were outdated but by that time I'll have something new.

I want something new... But at the same time I sorta stuck with older games that this card can max or play on high settings and still get 60fps most of the time... Even at 3440/2560 * 1440. Once I'm finished with DS2: SotFS, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell and Alice: Madness Returns, I'm pretty much out of games I know this GPU can run at max or close to max at those resolutions. Plus I want GTA V, which I am sure require more power than I got atm.

@horgen: Do it. I had custom Bios on my 680's which I made myself (sorta) and I use Skyn3t's on my 780's, much better power usage.

I'm not sure.. But if it is H100 and not H100i, you got the first model at least.

How much did you gain from doing so?

Oh yeah it's the H100, from memory I got it within a few months of its release date so I think I may have the first revision.

Btw, does anyone know where I can buy drive bay covers (in mesh preferably)? I lost some from my case so it is currently exposed and I can't seem to find them on any UK websites.

@horgen: Cards are much more stable at higher MHz and go higher too. Can't tell you how many extra MHz I got as I flashed them on day 1.

Damn. Well I have to look it up. If it gives me enough boost (mind you mine only got 2*6pins power), I can maybe wait for Pascal cards to arrive... With 16nm process hopefully.

That's the custom BIOS I was talking about "Skyn3t". Tons of people use it on their 780 & 780 Ti and they're getting outrageous overclocks.
Too bad I never tried while I had my 780 Ti's.

I could do with some help. I am trying to use GPU-Z to save a copy of my bios, however I get the error that bios reading is not supported. Thus I can not make a backup copy of it :(

@horgen: Just tried mine and it's fine. What version of gpu-z you on?

I used 0.7.7.. Updated and it worked.

And it has been done. Still I hope I get no problems since I got 2 6pins contacts and not 8+6 pins.

I've done some testing now with the new bios. New OC record for me on the core. 1346MHz... Memory ran at 6.9GHz. I can run the memory slightly faster, perhaps another 50MHz, on stock bios. The core I've never pushed above 1320MHz and have it stable.

So I got my score up to 7573 points.

7573 - Horgen - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6609824 - 3570K(4.5) - GTX 680(1320/3448) - 1600 RAM.

My position on the list doesn't improve though. Need another 320 points to beat @The_Animator420. Who beats me because he got a 3770K running at 4.7. (Or 5.0 if you check the link). He has 680 clocked lower than mine... Stopping at 1290 on the core, though slightly higher on the VRAM, running it at 7.050 or so effective.

The new bios has new stock clocks for me. 1254 or so as stock. Put in +95 on the core, 135 as power limit. So hopefully I still have ways to go before I stop.

@horgen: That's an amazing core clock! Congrats. Highest I ever got my 680's was 1293

@klunt_bumskrint: I hope to break the 1400 barrier.

Now the power saving is thrown out the window though. It runs at full speed in DkS 2: SoFtS. 1254 on the core is 254-400 more than needed.

@horgen: if you get 1400 it's pure gold.

@klunt_bumskrint: One can hope, right?

Sadly 1400 on the core is out of reach. During a failed test it went up to 1385. Putting in +130 instead of +135 in MSI Afterburner gives me 1372 as highest boost. And it was stable at that. I didn't give it more than +450 on the memory. I have had it higher before.

Anyhow my new score is 7709.

7709 - Horgen - http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6618519 - 3570K(4.5) - GTX 680(1372/3456) - 1600 RAM.

So a reference PCB designed GTX 680, which originally had MSI Twin Frozr III (Or IV) cooler on it and a factory OC of 1058/1124(core/turbo) instead of the normal 1008/1058, I've managed to push up 1372, 248 above stated turbo clock from MSI, 314 above what nVidia originally gave it as boost clock. That I am quite happy with :D

All this because of a modified bios and watercooling. :P

Perhaps the next thing I should do is get peltier elements to cool liquid with instead of a radiator.

@horgen: I totally forgot you're under water. That'll help.

Yeah. Max temp was 37C, although if I push it for 40min or so at max power draw, it will go up to 44... Well higher now with the increased limit, but still under 50C I believe.

http://valid.x86.fr/2namls

Hello I need some answer from you guys. Hope I'm in the right place. As you can see my PC specs from the link above and pics on the left. Should I upgrade my CPU to at least i5 or i7? Also is it wise to buy this ram?

http://www.newegg.com/global/sg/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239603&cm_re=ram_ddr3-_-20-239-603-_-Product

That's all thanks...

@4Sir said:

http://valid.x86.fr/2namls

Hello I need some answer from you guys. Hope I'm in the right place. As you can see my PC specs from the link above and pics on the left. Should I upgrade my CPU to at least i5 or i7? Also is it wise to buy this ram?

http://www.newegg.com/global/sg/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239603&cm_re=ram_ddr3-_-20-239-603-_-Product

That's all thanks...

An i5 or i7 would be beyond an upgrade for you but your GPU would bottleneck i5 or i7.
G.Skill has the best price/performance ratio on RAM. If you're gonna be playing games then you'd need at least 8GB (2X4GB).
RAM: something along these - G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600

@insane_metalist Figured out why I can't do certain things without Kboost. I hit a voltage limit. I believe.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6783369?

That was run with +50 core / +200 on mem without Kboost. Kind of a random test to see if she would go, as I had no luck previously. I'm gonna say that I tried too much.

The voltage hit 1175mv, which should be 1.175 right? Thats the max it would reach without Kboost. With Kboost on, it reaches 1212mv or 1.212.

okay skipping the demo intro on firestrike allows me to get passed where I was stuck at when OC'ing but causes the time error....

13K in graphics

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6783511?

Higher OC as well.
+120 on the core (as opposed to being stuck at +95)
+550 on mem (same memory clock)

I think I could go higher on my card if I could give it more power... Wonder if I can easily solder on an 8 contact on it.

I hope you can :o I wanna see what your 680 can do :P
I think I just got a bad chip. I do plan to grab another, so maybe the next 970 will be better.

Easier said than done. And besides I have no idea if it will brick my card, so it's not happening this summer. Honestly though I have the option of adding a potential 150W to it's possible power draw.. 375, up from 225 as it has now.

@kitty: Still, you should be able to push it further. I wouldn't leave it on with that voltage 24/7.

Trying to make a record with that card? :P

I know, might have a dud. I could try selling this and getting another.
Also I don't, I only do that for when I'm testing. When isn't very long usually.