Heaven Benchmark

OldMike65 said:

Very nice bump Steve

Thanks, basically I used my second NVMe drive for a fresh install and just installed the basic stuff, bumped down my A/C to 16 Celsius and it helped a lot for heaven. I've no idea why I can't still beat my previous Time Spy score though! Will have to try it again this weekend. Have a good weekend guys.

Kol12 said:

Nice score Brawndo! 5.2 on your 9900K too, well done. I see Power Voltage in the Lim OSD, does that means it's your increased power limit range? I still don't fully understand the voltage limit thing with MSI Afterburner...

As far as I know, it's the BIOS imposing limits as to not screw the card. Something like that. I'm really not an expert. But basically, power limited with the settings I've configured.

Kol12 said:

Brawndo I think this means you are hitting the power and voltage limit for the card, I'm just having a look into it.

Correct, I found out that pushing all the slider to max is not the proper way to go. Some benchmarks prefer memory over gpu and vice-versa, and I've found that I get diminishing returns @ 53 MHZ or using too much voltage/power. Depends on the benchmark they all have their own quirks. One thing though, a clean OS and cold room does the job. My GPU is on air. Also seems like I'm playing bingo oftentimes I can't even beat my previous scores with higher settings. Learning process for me, but I enjoy it.

Kol12 said:

That sounds a bit like my experience with Heaven this weekend. I got one or two worse scores with the voltage slider maxed out. I forgot what the rest of the settings were though. On my next runs I'm going to pay closer attention. I usually record each runs settings but if you forget to record one you can get muddled pretty quick. I should try one or two of the other benches at some stage too.

Yeah I need to take notes for both my Mobo BIOS and Card best scores or screenshots at least.

A run @53, for science Apparently I'm stable with a few benchmarks @ 53.

Bump to 6437. I've the TGA (F12 in-benchmark screenshot) saved near the rocks if necessary.