Hello, I just did a complete overhaul on my PC this weekend. I have tried doing some minor overclocking to get the most out of my system. My mind is boggled with my results, as it seems the faster my system is, the slower my renders.
I have ASUS Rampage V Extreme and i7 5960x. I am in no way a great or even fair overclocker. First I tried the "EZ Tuning Wizard" just to get somewhere while I tried to educate myself on better overclocking. It simply asked what kind of system it was intended for - So I picked Gaming/Media Creation. Then it asked what kind of cooling - So i picked water (H100i). It gave me some quick results stating CPU performance would increase 32%, and DRAM performance up 14%. Alrighty, all looked good, I restarted my PC, and Windows loaded faster than I could complain.
HWiNFO64 showed I had CPU clock at 3.978Ghz, and RAM running around 2400. ASUS AI suite showed nearly identical results.
With this setup, I did a test render of a project in Vegas Pro 12. The clip was 15 seconds long with heavy noise reduction and other effects on it. Total render time was 03:41. Max Temp was 60C
Not bad for a quick start I thought, but I wanted to get my RAM up to the 3000 it is rated at and increase the CPU a bit. Here is a SS collage of what I felt was important to share from these settings:
I Semi followed the guide here: http://rog.asus.com/365052014/overclocking/rog-overclocking-guide-core-for-5960x-5930k-5820k/ to try and see where I could get. After some trial and error I was able to get my CPU to 4.375Ghz, and DRAM to 3000.
I was ecstatic when I finally saw windows load, and happy when I opened HWiNFO64, and AI Suite to check and make sure what I set was what was what was going on. All looked good I thought so I opened up the same project from Vegas and did a test render of the same 15 second clip. It looked quite a bit slower than what it was doing the previous time but I was hoping it was just my mind playing tricks. Nope!
When all was said and done, the render was 30 seconds longer than when my PC was showing slower settings (4:11 vs 3:41). Max temp was also 71C, 11C higher than the previous settings.
Here is a SS collage of the higher OC settings:
Does anyone know WHY I am getting worse results with higher OC, not to mention burning more watts and adding more heat?
I took some crappy cell phone pictures of what was going on during MY tweaking in the bios.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I am currently back in the "dummy OC mode" and things are as fast as they were the first time I used these settings.
I have ASUS Rampage V Extreme and i7 5960x. I am in no way a great or even fair overclocker. First I tried the "EZ Tuning Wizard" just to get somewhere while I tried to educate myself on better overclocking. It simply asked what kind of system it was intended for - So I picked Gaming/Media Creation. Then it asked what kind of cooling - So i picked water (H100i). It gave me some quick results stating CPU performance would increase 32%, and DRAM performance up 14%. Alrighty, all looked good, I restarted my PC, and Windows loaded faster than I could complain.
HWiNFO64 showed I had CPU clock at 3.978Ghz, and RAM running around 2400. ASUS AI suite showed nearly identical results.
With this setup, I did a test render of a project in Vegas Pro 12. The clip was 15 seconds long with heavy noise reduction and other effects on it. Total render time was 03:41. Max Temp was 60C
Not bad for a quick start I thought, but I wanted to get my RAM up to the 3000 it is rated at and increase the CPU a bit. Here is a SS collage of what I felt was important to share from these settings:
I Semi followed the guide here: http://rog.asus.com/365052014/overclocking/rog-overclocking-guide-core-for-5960x-5930k-5820k/ to try and see where I could get. After some trial and error I was able to get my CPU to 4.375Ghz, and DRAM to 3000.
I was ecstatic when I finally saw windows load, and happy when I opened HWiNFO64, and AI Suite to check and make sure what I set was what was what was going on. All looked good I thought so I opened up the same project from Vegas and did a test render of the same 15 second clip. It looked quite a bit slower than what it was doing the previous time but I was hoping it was just my mind playing tricks. Nope!
When all was said and done, the render was 30 seconds longer than when my PC was showing slower settings (4:11 vs 3:41). Max temp was also 71C, 11C higher than the previous settings.
Here is a SS collage of the higher OC settings:
Does anyone know WHY I am getting worse results with higher OC, not to mention burning more watts and adding more heat?
I took some crappy cell phone pictures of what was going on during MY tweaking in the bios.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I am currently back in the "dummy OC mode" and things are as fast as they were the first time I used these settings.