Overclocking Assistant

Overclocking Assistant for the Intel

Desktop Board DZ87KLT-75K

1 Overclocking Assistant

1.1 Objective

The Purpose of this performance tuning guide is intended for validation and system

characterization purposes only. The setting in this document is not fully validated and

may not function across all the available K-processors. It is assumed that CPUs in the

same family will have common settings.

The new feature of the 4th Generation Intel

Core processor is an integrated voltage

regulator (IVR). This new voltage regulator is integrated into the processor package

and controls a number of voltage rails except Memory (Vddq). These rails include the

IA Core rail, GT rail, System Agent rail, and IO-analog and IO-digital.

The 4th Generation Intel

Core processor offers overclocking capability using the

Intel

Turbo Boost Technology and with reference (BCLK) overclocking. In Turbo mode

the processor could be running at any ratio in the inclusive range between Max Turbo

and Max Non-Turbo. In BCLK, the Max Non-Turbo ratio has to be equal or less than

the Max Turbo ratio.

1.2 Visual BIOS Help

There are two main voltage options that are used for overclocking:

1. This IA Core Voltage has impact on the ability to raise the IA Core Max Turbo ratio

as well as the BCLK. Additional voltage beyond the default setting will create more

heat and should be a consideration for a reduced processor lifetime.