Software showing incorrect CPU Voltage.

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I have overclocked my i7 6700K to 4.5ghz @ 1.3v my BIOS shows the correct voltage and but the software does not... of my HWMONITOR:

http://imgur.com/a/KVP3L


It's an EVGA Z170 FTW motherboard and it's really starting to EFF me off D: No matter what I change the BIOS voltage to for CPU ALL of the software I use shows the same voltage and DOES not change the VID and VCORE both stay the same as the numbers in those pictures but the BIOS shows proper voltage, what gives?

 

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Use CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/

 

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Use CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/

I did it shows incorrect voltage too.

 

[BeepBeep2]

They are made by the same people, so not surprising that it shows the wrong voltage.

Some boards on newer platforms don't report correct voltages in CPU-Z and HWMonitor.

Tried Intel XTU?

 

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Intel Extreme Tuning Utility says I'm running at 1.190v just like the rest of the software but BIOS claims I'm running at 1.15v

Looks like when I'm not stress testing the XTU shows my voltage going from 1.115v to 1.19v so i dontk now which to believe?

If I change my VCORE in bios to say 1.3v it still stays at 1.19v... so im really confused.

 

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Ok so Intel XTU shows the same voltage as the other software, always around 1.25v even if I change BIOS software ALWAYS reads 1.2-1.25v.

In BIOS it shows I'm at 1.145v.

One weird thing I noticed is if I set my BIOS to ADAPTIVE voltage it automatically sets my voltage to 1.19v-1.2v so unless I run override I'm always running 1.2-1.25v. This doesnt make any sense? think I have a bad motherboard?

 

[BeepBeep2]

Ok so Intel XTU shows the same voltage as the other software, always around 1.25v even if I change BIOS software ALWAYS reads 1.2-1.25v.

In BIOS it shows I'm at 1.145v.

One weird thing I noticed is if I set my BIOS to ADAPTIVE voltage it automatically sets my voltage to 1.19v-1.2v so unless I run override I'm always running 1.2-1.25v. This doesnt make any sense? think I have a bad motherboard?

You can try http://www.evga.com/eleet/, which may work. Your board just doesn't report voltages in a way that most current software understands. There isn't anything wrong with your specific motherboard.

 

[LTC8K6]

Perhaps the voltage is just different in BIOS versus Windows?

 

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Even the BIOS voltage is acting funny... if I set my BIOS voltage to ADAPTIVE 1.145 it will show up as 1.9v in BIOS unless I use some crazy offset of like -100 but the in Windows it STILL shows up at 1.25-1.26v.

If I go to Override Voltage and set it to 1.175v the BIOS then reads correctly and the Software on my PC shows 1.8v. But if I set my voltage to override @ 1.145v BIOS shows 1.145v but software STILL shows 1.18v

Even with an offset of -100 @ 1.175v in BIOS my software reads 1.256v

this makes ZERO sense and both my BIOS and software seem to be incorrect... Can anyone put some input on this? basically with override voltage BIOS reads correct and software drops down but only to 1.8 no matter what I set but if I use adaptive with anything less than -100 offset the BIOS reads incorrectly and my software will read 1.256v no matter what my BIOS reads its either 1.8v or 1.25v. Never seen this in my life...

 

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You can try http://www.evga.com/eleet/, which may work. Your board just doesn't report voltages in a way that most current software understands. There isn't anything wrong with your specific motherboard.

Ok I tried this software it shows the same voltage as in BIOS unlike the rest of my software... What doesn't seem to make much sense though is @ 1.2v my temps are hitting 68c which doesnt seem normal...?

 

[LTC8K6]

Maybe your power supply is causing this? Can you directly check voltages with a meter?

 

[hojnikb]

could be vdrop

 

[BeepBeep2]

Ok I tried this software it shows the same voltage as in BIOS unlike the rest of my software... What doesn't seem to make much sense though is @ 1.2v my temps are hitting 68c which doesnt seem normal...?

What heatsink? Seems relatively normal.

Again, like I said, your board doesn't report voltages in a way that most current software can read. Whatever LPCIO interface EVGA is using isn't compatible with softwares such as CPU-Z, HWMonitor, etc.

Are you reading the voltage from the PC health / monitoring portion of your BIOS, or only what you had set? Is ELEET showing you only what is set, or is it showing an actual reading?