I'm honestly not sure if there are any gains atm as i havent tested but when i ran 4x Ht by 370 last night and was copying ,pasting, uploading, and posting the machine appeared to be running alot quicker. Ill have to do some further testing on that. As far as a higher OC I wouldn't go as far to say that but as a more stable platform i will say yes. Once its dialed in right from my experience its set it and forget it. No cold boot issues,warmboot issues, or any other issues.