G73JH 920XM - someone got 7.5 WEI?

Hello, everybody! I have a 920XM processor with 26/24/22/22 ratios and i have 7.4 processor rating (WEI). It is possible to get 7.5 atleast?

 

I would think so

I have a 940xm running totally stock and its at 7.5

Push it a little and 7.5/6 should be no problem!

G73JW

 

Your 4th core is only at around the 3ghz mark so that is not going to reap a 7.5 score on WEI. Even so it is a poor comparison to go by and is pretty meaningless especially with an XM because you can choose what it runs at depending on how many cores are active.

My SB 2760QM will hit 7.5 on WEI with 4 cores running at 3.2ghz.

Even at 3.4ghz with 4 cores on my 920xm I dont think it hit 7.5 on WEI. Different generations perform differently it matters not really the 920XM is a beast.

P.s I think you might have to change your avatar picture I have tried on many occasions to pull off something like that. ALLURGROCERIES keeps a firm eye on me to make sure I dont

 

Like Yiddo says, I'm not sure a good WEI score is indicative of anything. My G73 doesn't get a very good score but my new Alienware does get a 7.5. It only has an i7 2670. I bet your CPU is much faster than mine especially if you overclock it. Me getting a 7.5 while you get a 7.4 doesn't really show the right thing if you see what I mean.

 

HI everyone. OP I love your your avatar mmm, yummy...sorry...to the topic at hand.

I have 7.4 on my 920xm score. I agree with the others, the WEI is not worth worrying about. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's useless, it's nice to see it jump higher when you upgrade.

 

I'm running my 920XM at 25/25/24/24 and it gets a 7.5

 

What's ur TDP/TDC? and idle temp || load temps?

 

I'm running my 920XM at 24/24/24/24 and I get 7.5

 

TDP/TDC = 85W/75A
46-50C idle
80-84C load running FSX (my highest realistic sustained load)
96C IntelBurnTest

 

not bad - dont u get any BSOD during games or heavy tasks?

 

No BSODs at all. I've run FSX for 40+ hours at this setting and it's been rock solid.

It did BSOD at 25/25/25/25 though

 

For anyone who isn't experienced with overclocking their 920XM cpu, I just feel it's important to note that anything at or above 20/20/20/20 will be unstable under a truly full load (Prime 95). Of course, as Dallers (Yiddo?) will state, for gaming and most any normal use, you can get away with higher. Personally, I run at 26/25/22/22 (actually it may be 23, I'm not at home right now to check), but anything above that shows instability in games.

 

Hmm, actually it will differ a bit from CPU to CPU, 20 is a good "safe limit", but for example, under the right conditions mine runs stable at x21, haven't tried higher yet under prime95 like loads as the CPU gets toasty and i can't push it that high if ambient temps are too high either. If you prefer, i cannot practically push it at x21 without a little additional cooling help, i'm not talking about liquid nitrogen or anything like that, but ambients slightly below 20C does help.

 

True, each cpu is slightly different (and certainly the temperature/humidity/etc is different where you are from me), so results should vary a little. Each person needs to test the limits for him/herself, but the expected results should be around 19x stable.

 

Quoted for truth, 19x running prime 95 should be guaranteed stable at the very least. Depending on your ambient temps, you start hitting a vicious cycle, the hotter the CPU gets, the more power hungry it gets and the hotter it becomes. Of course, the increase isn't dramatic, but i've noticed that at stock TDP value of 55W, i can hit ~x17 stable under wprime on 8 threads at 21C ambient and that the turbo goes down to somewhere between x15-x16 at 25C ambient for example. The cpu runs cooler of course, we're talking about a 133MHz difference approximately, but it's still something to take into consideration.

 

I just run it for about 2 days - 25/25/24/24 and its stable for any application that im using (and gamest ofc)

 

Do remember that there is nothing put in place to prevent the heat rising and rising depending on the load, it is not like a QM that downclocks itself depending how much heat or load is being placed upon it and a common misconception is that you are telling the CPU to run at these clocks and with this amount of power when actually the CPU is being given limits and a speed that is all and it will use every last drop of power it can get its hands on up to the maximum limits you have set.

I used to have mine bouncing off the 100oC mark running all 4 cores at 3.4ghz (98/75) but you really dont need higher than around the 2.6/2.8ghz mark with these things. My 2760QM that I have now even if it is pushed flat out and the temps jump above 65oC it will clock down to 2.4ghz when the 4 cores are active and I run everything perfectly at that speed.

For gaming when you cannot keep an eye on the temps all the time might be a good idea to have a profile set up that has your 4 active cores running at 18-20x and keep the top clocks for benchmarking or work that requires the full power of the CPU.

 

In SC2 with tons of units i feel the difference when im at 4 core 3.2ghz.
So its dangerous?

 

It is not dangerous in the sense of physical harm just that you may fry something and no component should be run above 95oC for a significant amount of time it will degrade its life.

The difference you feel will only be slightly different from 2.8ghz - 3.2ghz and the biggest difference will be your brain telling you that things are processing faster because you have set it to 3.2ghz

The temps might be ok now but as ambient temperatures change it is important to give yourself a good 10oC from the 100oC mark. Stay below 90oC.

 

i am below 90c at this moment. Currently its about 85C under load. Thats normal?

 

Running IntelBurnTest mine is stable at 19x on 4 cores.

For normal use (e.g. Flight Simulator X, where I *need* 3.2ghz to maintain playable framerates) I run 24x on 4 cores, and in a 3-hour timeframe the max temp never went above 85C.

I do get occasional crashes above 25x on 1/2 cores, but I've had no crashes after a month on 25/25/24/24.