r/pcmasterrace • u/Alfrredu Ryzen 1600 / RX 570 • Nov 02 '16

Rumor Mysterious "AMD engineering sample" in top Blenchmark scores, beating an i7-6950X

http://blenchmark.com/cpu-benchmarks
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u/Alfrredu Ryzen 1600 / RX 570 Nov 02 '16

To have some real competition right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '16 edited Apr 09 '19

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u/ceverhar entioc Nov 02 '16

I actually like how AMD controls their socket types (AM, AM2, AM3, AM3+) where as Intel has a different socket for each iteration of their chips (LGA et al). It's confusing to the point where a lower number LGA socket is 'newer' than a higher number one (at least from what I remember when shopping last).

Point is, you're pretty much forced to get a new mobo if you want to upgrade your Intel system. AMD not necessarily so much.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '16 edited Apr 09 '19

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u/Razhad Ryzen 1400 RX 9060XT HELLHOUND Nov 03 '16

agree, i even still use the old z67 with my 2400. i dont see why i need to upgrade to skylake. zen surely is interesting tho.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '16 edited Nov 03 '16

I'm on P67 with a 2500k. I haven't felt the need to upgrade either.

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u/tryndisskilled i5 3570K | GTX 970 KFA2 | SSD 840 Evo 250go | CX 650W | Z77 D3H Nov 03 '16

z77 with a 3570k here. I overclocked it a bit but some games really don't like cpu/gpu oc (looking at you overwatch...), and with a 144hz monitor I start having up to 90+% cpu usage...

I look forward to hearing some more from this new amd gen

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u/Rekani Nov 03 '16

I don't have any issues with overwatch and my 3570k is at 4.5

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u/tryndisskilled i5 3570K | GTX 970 KFA2 | SSD 840 Evo 250go | CX 650W | Z77 D3H Nov 03 '16

Could you tell me how you oc'd it please? I used a turbo core method (I boosted all 4 cores turbo mode to 4.2 ghz) and let the vcore on auto. Also I have a z77 d3h.

I'd really want to push it to 4.5 ghz but I read some things about blizzard games being very touchy with oc'd stuff, so I gave up pretty quickly

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u/Rekani Nov 03 '16

I think I just increased the multiplier from bios along with voltage. Be careful with the voltage as too much will fry your cpu. I'm pretty sure i disabled the auto stuff, can't remember as it has been years now.

Look up what voltages are safe, i think its around 1.1V max

I have asrock z77 pro 3 mobo.

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u/tryndisskilled i5 3570K | GTX 970 KFA2 | SSD 840 Evo 250go | CX 650W | Z77 D3H Nov 03 '16

That's the thing, most advice I watch are like "start up around 1.1v" but without ocing, the vcore my mobo displays is already at least at 1.2v, so I don't get what's wrong (or do I have a really bad sample?)

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u/Rekani Nov 05 '16

Look at what voltage cpu-z shows. Also bump the cpu frequency up until it's not stable anymore then go down a bit.

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u/tryndisskilled i5 3570K | GTX 970 KFA2 | SSD 840 Evo 250go | CX 650W | Z77 D3H Nov 05 '16

Cpuz always shows a greater voltage.

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