EVGA Classified meets Core i7 950 / 920 and Dice...

Hi fellas :welcome:

here some results from the weekend - playing with Core i7 950, 920, EVGA Classified and 30kg Dice...


Hardware:

Intel Core i7 950
Intel Core i7 920

EVGA Classified (Bios S21S)

6GB Corsair PC3-16000 8-8-8-24

Corsair HX 1000W

Windows XP (without tweaks)

Otterauge CPU Pot


http://www.abload.de/img/p1020179800x600ppmx.jpg


http://www.abload.de/img/3800x600etre.png

http://www.abload.de/img/5800x6001tdo.png

http://www.abload.de/img/4800x600rwc9.png http://www.abload.de/img/p1020320800x600uw6m.jpg


Core i7 950:


Core i7 950 CPU-Z@5460 CL7

http://www.abload.de/img/cpuz950ssp9.png

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577910


Core i7 950 CPU-Z@5414MHz CL6

http://www.abload.de/img/cpuzyro2.png

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577864


Super PI 1M:

http://www.abload.de/img/corei79501m8rhr.png


Super PI 32M:

http://www.abload.de/img/corei795032mzs6b.png

need somme tweaks for OS :D


wPrime 32M:

http://www.abload.de/img/corei7950wprimekvpd.png


PiFast:

http://www.abload.de/img/corei7950pifastroh7.png


23x works better then 24x - CPU has a low VID (1.14V) and high leakage - so i think we need some LN2 to max them out...


Then we tested the Core i7 920 again (last week we got some nice scores with this CPU):


Intel Core i7 920 CPU-Z@5299MHz CL6

http://www.abload.de/img/cpuzeqz6.png

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=577856


Super PI 32M CL6:

http://www.abload.de/img/corei792032masir.png


Super PI 1M (last week):

http://www.abload.de/img/1mbestioja.png

This weekend we got some better CPU-Z scores with this CPU - cause we got the Pot a little bit colder - this CPU has a low VID (1.15V) and high leakage too..

wPrime 1024M@high clocks is with both CPUs not possible, cause temperature is getting higher and higher...
I hope we can test them next weeks with some LN2.

A special thanks goes to EVGA and Shamino for the best motherboard - EVGA Classified is a real beast :up:

Stay tuned :rehab:

Afrokalle

http://www.abload.de/img/sig2pqk.png

Insane OCing! Isn't that considered the world record (for the time being at least)?

Nice results! What mhz for 3dm06 and vantage cpu test ? :up:

Ah, finally we see a 950 starting to live up to expectations, and a very nice 920 validation too! Thanks for the inspirational post. :)

Nice scores bros!

this 950 realy roxx

keep tweaking the SuperPi I think 6min 50 is possible @ 5,25

Excellent 950 there :clap:

Id love to see the Voltage and Overclocking tabs from Eleet at those clocks so I can see what you had to pump into it!

Strong 950, very nice :up:

realy nice 950 :D

AWsome there mate, well done to you and what is max Bclk on this core i7 950 ? and coldbug around what degress ?:clap::eek::up:

Sweet setup and super results.., Congrats and best wishes in future sessions! :-)

Very impressed, seems the classified is the base for the serious benchers,

and the new DO's are the burners.

great run, :up:

good job :clap:

Great job dude, heheh you run tghter timings on 32m than 1m :D

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Originally Posted by jcniest5

Insane OCing! Isn't that considered the world record (for the time being at least)?

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Thank you :) - atm it is the hwbot record with i7 950 - but i dont think for a long time :D - when top overclockers starting benching with this cpu...

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Originally Posted by Anth Seebel

Nice results! What mhz for 3dm06 and vantage cpu test ? :up:

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Thx - not yet tested the i7 950 in 3D - hope next week..
The i7 920 runs 4.9GHz Vantage and 5GHz 3D06 under Single Stage - with better cooling think both CPUs can do 5GHz+

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Originally Posted by roller11

Ah, finally we see a 950 starting to live up to expectations, and a very nice 920 validation too! Thanks for the inspirational post. :)

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Thx mate :) - saw your nice benching thread @EVGA Forum - well done :up:

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Originally Posted by Kabauterman

Nice scores bros!

this 950 realy roxx

keep tweaking the SuperPi I think 6min 50 is possible @ 5,25

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Thx Bros :)

i´ll contact you for some 32M tweaks :D

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Originally Posted by gaidin

Excellent 950 there :clap:

Id love to see the Voltage and Overclocking tabs from Eleet at those clocks so I can see what you had to pump into it!

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Thanks - important voltages: VTT@1.35V and IOH@1.45V

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Originally Posted by loc.o

Strong 950, very nice :up:

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Thanks mate :)

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Originally Posted by qballe

realy nice 950 :D

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Thanks! The i7 920 is second Retail Chip and i7 950 first - and both running good..
First time i have so much luck :D

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Originally Posted by PytonOrm

AWsome there mate, well done to you and what is max Bclk on this core i7 950 ? and coldbug around what degress ?:clap::eek::up:

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Thank you mate - did not test max BCLK @950 (played only with x23) - no CB and CBB @ both CPUs - both CPUs boot without problems @ -65°C outside the pot - think we need some LN2 to find this out :D

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Originally Posted by fubarswe

Sweet setup and super results.., Congrats and best wishes in future sessions! :-)

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Thank you :)

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Originally Posted by systemviper

Very impressed, seems the classified is the base for the serious benchers,

and the new DO's are the burners.

great run, :up:

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Thx mate - Classified is the best board i ever had - EVGA and Shamino did a great job :up:

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Originally Posted by nikolas61

good job :clap:

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by LardArse

Great job dude, heheh you run tghter timings on 32m than 1m :D

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Thx Master :) - this board is pure fun :up: - cant stop benching :rehab:

We tested so a long time 32M (cause score was not as good as it could) and then we had no more Dice..Must do this 1M and PiFast Screen very fast :D - no time for tweaking...

Great work! Were you more bclk limited with 24x and thats why you used 23x?

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Originally Posted by Afrokalle

Thanks - important voltages: VTT@1.35V and IOH@1.45V

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Thanks afrokalle, I'll give those volts a shot with my 950. Dont know about those vcore volts though even under the cascade :D

Very nice score on dry ice

Can you tell i950 Batch please?

I sow that any 950 have a problem with 24 multy...right?

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Originally Posted by TheKarmakazi

Great work! Were you more bclk limited with 24x and thats why you used 23x?

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Thanks :)

24x is buged and i can only hit 5150MHz for a screen - but 23x works smooth :D

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Originally Posted by gaidin

Thanks afrokalle, I'll give those volts a shot with my 950. Dont know about those vcore volts though even under the cascade :D

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we worked without LLC - so VCore drooped to 1.5V - 1.525V@Load. Did not really test if CPU can do this clocks with less VCore...
Hope you´ll have fun with your i7 950 :up:

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Originally Posted by gandalfone

Very nice score on dry ice

Can you tell i950 Batch please?

I sow that any 950 have a problem with 24 multy...right?

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Thx mate :)

Batch is 3849Bxxx (dont know the rest :D - i´ll update..)

I dont know if any i7 950 have a problem with x24 but i saw that Pt1t ones have problems too..
All i7 works a little bit better with oddly multipliers (17,19,21,23) but on my i7 950 the difference between x23 and x24 is very big :shrug:

3849B is a nice batch... congrats on the nice scores in my fav benchmarks :D

Thanks Eva :wave: - especially from you its nice to hear...you are a absolutley memory guru (reading always your threads)...

Nice Scores dude :) I really need to get some better Rams.. ^^

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Originally Posted by Afrokalle

we worked without LLC - so VCore drooped to 1.5V - 1.525V@Load. Did not really test if CPU can do this clocks with less VCore...
Hope you´ll have fun with your i7 950 :up:

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Thanks Afrokalle :up: Ive picked up a W3540 now too so I will keep whichever one gets the better clocks!

Great CPUs mate, especially that 950 :up:
Batches please :)

Thanks George :)

both are no 3845 :D - the 950 is 3849B099 and the 920 is 3849A769 - 49 seems to be a good week too...

Started last night with some 3D benches...

Core i7 950 & 9800GT (Core i7 950 cooled by Single Stage -42°C@Eva@Load & 9800GT V-Mod GPU watercooled by Enzotech SNBW)


Aquamark:

http://www.abload.de/img/aquaxsotmm.png


3DMark05:

http://www.abload.de/img/3d05xs4ps2.png


3DMark06 CPU Score:

http://www.abload.de/img/cpuxs8w7m.png

coming soon :D

http://www.abload.de/img/cpuscore23p8m.png

CPU scales wonderful with cold but its not cold enough to bench 3D06 CPU Test with more then 5GHz - but i will try with Dice or LN2 at the weekend...


Core i7 950 & GTX280 (Card is @stockcooler at the moment but will make cold next days :D)

http://www.abload.de/img/gtx280aquacpri.png

not enough cold at the moment to push cpu to same result as yesterday...

Stay tuned :peace:

Afrokalle

looking forward to seeing some more results when you can go cooler Afrokalle :D

Theres a big diff between 2D and 3D there...more than I was expecting!

Thanks gaidin :)

the differences came only from kind of cooling...
2D was cooling with Dice (-65°C outside the pot) and now 3D with the Single Stage (-45°C@Eva).
I think with Dice or better LN2 this 950 will run ~5250MHz or perhaps 5300MHz through 3D.
Heard from a friend that his 975 has coldbug@-120°C but in 3D06 CPU Test its running@-135°C - this new D0 CPUs scales very good with cold :up:

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Originally Posted by Afrokalle

Thx Master :) - this board is pure fun :up: - cant stop benching :rehab:.

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Great scores and yes, thanks to the master! (The one on the right of course!)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/21/cimg4230.th.jpg

Thx jAkUp :) are you the other one?

EVGA was always for enthusiast but Classified is a piece of art :worship: - pushing a i7 was never so easy...

I was hopin the 950 would do better, but those are still some nice clocks! Its getting harder not to upgrade to i7 :up:

Great chip you've got there

I also have this Batch - hope to do a 5.3ghz too .

batch 3845B027
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=587080
#1 ranking on Hwbot

Sick clocks.

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Originally Posted by roller11

batch 3845B027
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=587080
#1 ranking on Hwbot

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Congrats mate :up: this is really impressive...

Think i have to test with only one memory module too :D

At the moment i try to get sub7min in Super PI 32M:

http://www.abload.de/img/32m8137.png

Single Stage -43°C@Load (no tweaks yet - only maxmem=600)

Pushing uncore helps a lot in 32M - this run is as fast as my Dice run @5250MHz with low uncore - so with 5250MHz + Uncore + CW i think i can break 7min barrier...

Afrokalle,
Your superpi performance screen is every bit as impressive as my max clock! :)

Can you explain "maxmem=600" ? I can find no 'maxmem' setting in BIOS. Also, is it possible to get lower than 16x uncore?

Thanks! roller11

Maxmem is set in OS (msconfig/bootini/advanced).

Nice scores Afrokalle :up:

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Originally Posted by roller11

Also, is it possible to get lower than 16x uncore?

Thanks! roller11

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If I'm not mistakin if you disable QPI Controller Setting this will give you a lower uncore.

Thanks roller11 & loc.o :)

@drnip: if you disable QPI Controller Setting you will get a lower QPI Link Speed - some call it slow mode...
your uncore must memory speed x2 - so if you use memory multiplier x8 the lowest uncore multiplier is x16 (cpu-z shows uncore as nb frequency) - but you can choose a higher uncore multiplier to get faster L3 Latencies.

your i7 950 seems to be pretty nice clocker considering that your using only an SS to cool down that freaking hot i7 chip :up:

Excelent clocks! very nice :)

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Originally Posted by Solarfall

your i7 950 seems to be pretty nice clocker considering that your using only an SS to cool down that freaking hot i7 chip :up:

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Thx mate :)
i´ll test the 950 at the weekend with some liquid nitrogen :D

Tested yesterday the 920 with Dice again, and this CPU seems to be a nice clocker too...

Load VCore was around 1.45V for this speed:

wPrime 1024M:

http://www.abload.de/img/wprime1024mr9dj.png


wPrime 32M:

http://www.abload.de/img/wprime32mmbsn.png


Super PI 1M:

http://www.abload.de/img/sp1m3bmp.png


Super PI 32M:

http://www.abload.de/img/sp32mglrx.png


Pifast:

http://www.abload.de/img/pifastmamv.png

http://www.abload.de/img/sigjcz2.png


Did not have some memory with Elpida Hyper Chips (only Mushkin with Elpida BBSE) but at the weekend get some nice sticks from Corsair and 50l LN2 + 50kg Dice :cool:

Stay tuned :peace:

Hey there.. nice Job man.... nice Job.... very impressive... gotta play today for a while classified :D keep pushing :up:

Afrokalle, great results!!!

Congratulations.

I have a system close to yours, what vdimm did you use??

Nice Results :)

can you tell me why you dont use x24 moltiplier ?
bclk wall ?

Thx :)

@WCRF: we used for Elpida Hyper Chips ~1.76V - 1.82V and for Elpida BBSE ~1.70V - 1.76V (this chips do not scale good with vmem)

@aerie: x24 is not running as good as x23 - dont know why....

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Originally Posted by Afrokalle

Thx :)

@WCRF: we used for Elpida Hyper Chips ~1.76V - 1.82V and for Elpida BBSE ~1.70V - 1.76V (this chips do not scale good with vmem)

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Is this Elpida Hyper the same of Corsair Dominator??

I'm asking 'cause I have the same RAMs

Elpida Hyper Chips are only on new Corsair memory (1866MHz C7, 2000MHz C8 & 2000MHz C7). You have (when we´re talking about the memory in your sig) the Corsair 1600MHz C8 - don´t know what chips on this modules - but definetly not Elpida Hyper...