pianoguy Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Why? What is going on? Geekbench lists this CPU at 26000 on their processor list, which is why I bought it. If i wanted 21000 cpu power, I could have gotten an 8400 for half the price apparently according to Geekbench. According to Geekbench, I should be approaching 30,000 with an OC. Is my CPU broken? Here are my specs : 8700k @ 5.0 all cores Noctua DH-14 cooler GTX 1060 6GB 8gb Pacific DDR4 Ram 2133 Patriot NVMe 240gb High Sierra 10.13.2 Asus TUF z370 Plus MOBO I know that there is some fluctuation (ie someone might score 24,000 on a cpu that says 25,000), but 21,000 where it should be 30,000 is quite a large discrepancy. Intel Gadget shows it hitting 5.0, and bios has it set to "performance mode", I dont know what else to check for. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330827-8700k-build-overclocked-to-50-only-scores-21000-on-geekbench/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigamaxx Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Did you check your clover binaries section for power management settings? Maybe try only appleRT. Also CPU tuning section set to no halt enabler, or Pstates. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330827-8700k-build-overclocked-to-50-only-scores-21000-on-geekbench/#findComment-2554180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguy Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Did you check your clover binaries section for power management settings? Maybe try only appleRT. Also CPU tuning section set to no halt enabler, or Pstates. Upon further testing, it doesn’t appear to be Mac OS specific. I also have windows 10 installed, which I boot through Clover menu. I don’t know if Clover does anything to the windows boot, or if it’s merely passes it. For example, if I have a modified base clock in clover, will it show up in windows 10? Either way, windows 10 scores 21000 too. What I should even stranger isn’t that Cinebench yields a 1620 (which is great and about what it should be at that OC), so I do t know what to make of it. It still burns that I am getting a 21000 on geekbench even if I get a good cinebench cpu score. I have checked for thermal throttling etc, and everything looks normal so I don’t know what it is. I thought it might be my 8g ram, but I can find all sorts of results with scores 26000+ that show only 8gb used. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330827-8700k-build-overclocked-to-50-only-scores-21000-on-geekbench/#findComment-2554360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguy Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 it was the RAM. Geekbench cuts your CPU power into 2/3 if you have a single stick rather than dual channel. Swapped my single 8gb for two 4gb sticks and at same speed and same 8gb total, it restored my CPU geekbench score (30,000). 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330827-8700k-build-overclocked-to-50-only-scores-21000-on-geekbench/#findComment-2555818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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