Hi,
I just recently got an Asus Z270G motherboard and paired it with an i7-7700K. System Specs are below. This is actually the 2nd 7700K that I am trying on this same Z270G motherboard, as I thought the temperature issues I was seeing is due to the 1st 7700K. MicroCenter was nice enough to do an exchange, but still gave me one from similar batch.
😞The issue is that, with BIOS set to stock/Auto everything for the 7700K, I get temps in the mid 80C's just gaming (like HTC VIVE VR games, The Crew)). Benchmarking (Prime95 v26.6 and latest RealBench) gets in the low 90C's. During use, I see CoreTemp showing VID going over v1.395 (once at v1.406, yikes!). I even tried the 5G profile in the BIOS and saw over v1.45 just booting up Win10! With all settings stock/auto, BIOS shows Core Voltage is v1.184 (previous 7700K showed as v1.256). So I figure it's a better 7700K, right?
Temperature and core voltage was concerning, so I figure it's the auto core voltage that is the issue. If I change the CPU Core Voltage (Manual) to v1.185 (increments of .005 only), the temps get up to low 70C's only. This is much better! Benchmarking gets high 70C's. But the RealBench Stress option gets LUX64 crash. I tried increasing to v1.190 and LLC to 4 or to LLC 5 and it almost works, but just delays the LUX64 crash.
Does anyone know the recommended BIOS settings (non-Auto) for the 7700K stock/not overclocked? I need to find this stable baseline and lowest temps for daily use now, and before I even try overclocking.
Thanks in advance for your help.
System Specs:
* Motherboard: Asus Z270G
* BIOS: 0701
* AI Suite 3: Version 1.01.56
* CPU: Intel i7-7700K (stock clocks in BIOS)
* CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i AIO, pump set to Performance/Max mode in LINK, and replaced radiator fans with two Noctua IPP 2000 140mm
* Both Noctua fans are connected to Z270G CPU and CPU_Opt headers and controlled by AI Suite Fan Expert 4
* RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR4-3200 (XMP is set in BIOS)
* PSU: EVGA SuperNova 850w G2
* Graphics: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid, replaced radiator fan with Noctua IPP 120mm
* Storage:
*Samsung 960 EVO 250GB NVME M.2 (Windows)
* OCZ Arc 100 250GB SSD x2 Raid0 (VR Games)
* WD Black 2TB (Other Games)
* Case: Thermaltak Core v21
* OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit