Hello abcanw!
I think i could use your hel here. I have the sam mobo as you do ( GB z97x Gaming 5 with BIOS version F5 ). I was following this thread, and I did reset the default optimized setting in the BIOS, however I discovered that the The Turbo Boost Power Max stays at 88 W and the Processor Current Limit also stays at 105 A according to the Bios. As for the RAM I have Kingston HyperX Fury 1866 Mhz, and in Bios XMP is disabled and I cant change that option. And this is what my Bios says. According to XTU ( after I reset The Bios ) the The Turbo Boost Power Max is set to default ( 39xx Watts ) and the Processor Currant Limit is also at the default setting ( 1000 A ). So I dont know which data I should belive in. I also have some problem with the latest version of XTU. It doesnt allow me to set everything that ken-intel told us to alter. For me it loks like this :
So I decided to use an older version ( XTU version 4.3 ) and this version has all the features we need :
After reseting the BIOS I used the settings that ken-intel provided for us and run the stress test. My result are here:
With these setting I dont have throttling issues as you see, but the overheating remaind as the main problem. The TDP is good and i have 4.2 GHz on all 4 cores.
Any idea what the problem could be. I use the stock cooler and I bought a quite good thermal paste.
I would like to know how to do this PDT test. Which software should I use and where can I find it. I am totally amateur in this field, so if you could help my I would much appriciate it.
Thank you in advance!