Overclocking Checklist Review - 9800x3d
hi everyone, my computer is below:
Ryzen 7 9800x3d (-25 curve optimizer, +200 boost)
MSI B850M Mortar
32 GB ddr5 Ram (SK Hynix - CL30 | Timing 30-38-38-96) - just set to expo in bios, nothing fancy
Asus Prime 5070TI -stock setting
Corsair SF1000 SFX
Lian Li Galahad LCD 360 mm AIO
Thermal Grizzly Phasesheet as my thermal paste replacement (got me 10c lower than the thermal paste that came with the AIO)
So, I've been moving through a checklist of sorts for my overclock stability testing and I want to make sure I'm being thorough enough without being silly. the initial testing I did led to me buying the phasesheet as I noticed I immediately thermal throttled when stress testing. with the Phasesheet I can stress test for hours without hitting above 85c. I had one short window where I hit 87 during cinebench after applying the phasesheet but nothing after that.
my plan for stability testing is below.
completed:
cinebench - 6 cycles to get phasesheet properly situated (thermal grizzly recommended 10 cycles of 10 minutes above 60c but I began other stress testing after the first six runs when my temps stopped going above 85c)
OCCT: 1 hour test, executed only once, no errors and temps never exceeded 85c
Prime 95: planned for 8 hours but got dinner and went 9 hours instead. Never exceeded 85c, no errors indicated by hwinfo and prime95. no throttling occurred throughout testing.
Y-Cruncher: I'm mid test on SFT V4, currently 4 hours in and planned for 6 hours.
Planned:
Y-Cruncher: VT3 - 4-8 hours (may end at 6)
AIDA64: 6 hours
Core Cycler: not sure. probably 6 hours
I think this should be thorough enough to test full stability for the CPU overclock settings. I would appreciate some feedback on my planned test structure. throughout this journey I've learned A LOT about how fan curves need to be set, how much air is pushed by my fans, the ins and outs of different CPU thermal solutions, etc.
For Context:
I mostly plan to game and do some light ML / simulation work on this computer. this is a personal computer and not necessary for work so I'm not as concerned about rock solid stability as I would be in a work environment.
thank you all, this is very neat stuff to learn about!
One note actually: although cinebench r23 scores ~ 24,150 my time spy score went down on CPU section vs. stock settings
I was never throttled at any point but I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what's potentially happening there.