Stock BIOS settings except turning XMP on. Windows power plan on high performance. I had Edge running in BG along with normal idle stuff.

Scores: 1876 multi, 118 single

Notes:

Single Core - I noticed during the single core test that it seemed to mostly stay at 5.5ghz, I saw a core occasionally go to 5.6 for short periods.

Multi - Package power stayed around 250-260w the whole time. Based on what I read and the PL1/2 limits, I expected more since there was some room in the thermals? 91c was the tiny spike in the graph, normally it was sitting 85-87c.

Specs:

  • Gigabyte Z790 AORUS PRO X
  • 14700k + Thermalright Contact Frame
  • ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420
  • G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-7200 CL36
  • Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090
  • NZXT C1200 1200

Anyways… not sure what to think about the results. Should I bother manually tuning anything? I primarily game at 4k and never see the CPU above ~20% usage.

https://preview.redd.it/gmfzq16ofsxb1.png?width=3195&format=png&auto=webp&s=641f17ebbdc52ca230c5a009c610ec6fa6132ed8