Story of my PC modding
| part | piece | link or sth |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i9-14900KF, 3.2 GHz, 36 MB | BX8071514900KF |
| MB | MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI DDR4 | -> MSI |
| GPU | MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC | -> MSI |
| Mem | 4x G.Skill Ripjaws V, DDR4, 64 GB, 4400MHz, CL19 | F4-4400C19D-64GVK |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R6 | FD-CA-DEF-R6-BK |
| Cooling | Fractal Design Celsius S36 (top) | FD-WCU-CELSIUS-S36-BK, includes 3x |
| Cooling | + included AIO pomp (Fractal Design) | |
| Cooling | + included 3x AIO fans (Fractal Design) (fan out) | Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-12 PWM |
| Cooling | 1x 14" fan (rear) (fan out) | Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 PWM |
| Cooling | 2x 14" fans (front) (fan in) | Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 |
| Cooling | 2x 12" fans (bottom) (fan in) | Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-12 PWM |
| SSD | 3x Samsung 980 PRO 2TB M.2 | MZ-V8P2T0BW |
| PSU | SeaSonic Prime TX-750 750W | PRIME-TX-750 |
| System | Windows 11 | 23H2 |
| Setting | value | comment |
|---|---|---|
| BIOS | 7E07v1B | version 1B |
| OverTemperature protection | Enable | required by XTU |
| FLL_OC_MODE | Mode 1 - Ratio | XTU properly reports core freq. |
| RAM profile | XMP 1 | |
| RAM freq | 3600 MHz |
The goal of this story is:
- Using system as specified above
- Using benchmarking/stressing tools:
- CPU: Intel Extreme Tuning Utility
- Avoiding:
- thermal throttling
- other disruptions
- Maximizing:
- CPU: XTU benchmark score
- GPU performance: no target
- SSD performance: no target
- Memory performance: no target
- Obtain components temperatures as low as possible
- Obtain whole system as quiet possible
- Set all fans: 100%
- Run XTU v.14
- Try
- to maximize benchmark
- using
- Stressing in: CPU Stress Test with AVX2
- Stressing in: Memory Stress Test
- while
- there is no thermal throttling
| Working | As optimized by Intel AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| 1 Active Performance Core | 59 | 61 |
| 2 Active Performance Cores | 59 | 61 |
| 3 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| 4 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| 5 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| 6 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| 7 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| 8 Active Performance Cores | 54 | 59 |
| Active Efficient Cores | 45 | 45 |
| Ratio Offset for 1 Active P-Core | -1 | -1 |
| Ratio Offset for 2 Active P-Cores | -1 | -1 |
| Ratio Offset for 3 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Ratio Offset for 4 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Ratio Offset for 5 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Ratio Offset for 6 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Ratio Offset for 7 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Ratio Offset for 8 Active P-Cores | -2 | -2 |
| Banchmark | ||
| Banchmark (max) | 13134 | 14100 |
| Banchmark (min) | 12789 | 13627 |
| Throttling (while benchmarking) | No | Yes |
| Max P-Core Freq | 5.39 | 6.09 |
| Max E-Core Freq | 4.49 | 4.49 |
| Max CPU Temp | 85 | |
| CPU Stress Test with AVX2 | ||
| Max CPU Temp | 85 | |
| Max TDP | 236 | |
| Memory Stress | ||
| Max CPU Temp | 93 | |
| Max TDP | 311 |
Ambient temperature: 26°C
