G3258 Performance
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G3258 Performance
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12-29-2014, 08:34 AM
With the dolphin benchmark tool,
CPU: G3258 OC 4.1 GHZ No Turbo Boost OS: Windows 7 SP1 Time: 7m 32s Screenshot: http://imgur.com/5fgLsVR 12-31-2014, 09:03 PM
(12-29-2014, 08:34 AM)ericore Wrote: With the dolphin benchmark tool, I got this at stock clocks with a stock cooler and integrated graphics  CPU: G3258 3.2 GHZ OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit Time: 10 minutes 15 seconds Screenshot: http://imgur.com/ES6bCSj click on this if too small-> http://i.imgur.com/ES6bCSj.png 01-02-2015, 04:57 PM
(12-31-2014, 09:03 PM)Crunkt Wrote:(12-29-2014, 08:34 AM)ericore Wrote: With the dolphin benchmark tool, Not the easiest cpu to OC on a H61 motherboard, with a useless corsair builder series PSU which the fan died because it only likes to sit one way, so I removed the fan and mounted a case fan on it, and plug that in mobo. Voltage 1.197, core 40, uncore 37, and a secret increase to make the pc faster without any added component or megahertz
01-09-2015, 08:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 08:39 AM by AzaIndustries.)
I can't get mine to run stably over 3.8ghz on a Asrock Z97M/ITX.
It runs super quiet and cool though even though I've packed it and other additional stuff into a tiny Antex ISK 150-300. Modified the case to fit a 120mm gently typhoon on the CPU cooler though, so that may explain the great temps. I can't honestly see needing more than 3.8 except for only the most intensive games, I've run everything perfectly fine at 2x-3x except for mario galaxy but I think the bottleneck with that is the Linux AMD gpu drivers. I'm running lubuntu 14.04, which has a lot of quirks and kinks I've had to work out but I much prefer it to Ubuntu's heavy weight feeling these days. Wouldn't mind testing out some other debien OSs but while my emulator is working I'm not gonna tinker with it. All in all the G3258 comes highly recommended from me though, I actually have a beast PC with a I5-2500k running at 5ghz and these days it's just collecting dust. I only see computers like that fully utilised for 'Enthusiast' gamers and specielty use (and even then media users will probably have a xeon or something). CPUs havn't come far in the last 10 years, and neither have the majority of games. Building budget PCs that can handle even the flashiest tittles on modest settings feels more satisfying then the over the top kind of PCs I use to build. Outgrowing the need for the best graphics has been a benefit to my gaming experience over all. Though I'm not sure everyone is getting the most out of their computers these days, it's a lot harder to get your OS and other software to lay low and hog less resources then it use to be back in the pentium 4 days. So unless you know all the tricks and fixes to get the most out of your PC you might actually need a bit more heavyweight CPU as a buffer. TL;DR G3258 is all you need for 90%+ of people using computers these days, even if they don't realise it.
"I’m busy. I’m also a gamer, though, and, in my opinion, paying for an advantage in a game, well, you might as well stop playing games and find a more copacetic hobby that suits your busy schedule." -Some guy on a forum somewhere.
01-09-2015, 05:10 PM
I've hat a little troube overclocking my G3258 as well. I can only get it to 4.2 Ghz, at a cpu cache ratio of 39(uncore), without getting too hot. Vcore is at 1.41 Volt, and cpu cache voltage is at 1.31. I've noticed that i needed to increase the cache voltage, or otherwise i would run into issues. But it might run fine at a lower cache voltage as well, didn't do much testing with this. If i reduce Vcore by 0.1 Volt, the computer crashes when i run some kind of stress test, like Prime95, the same happens if i set it to 4.3 at the same Vcore. In Prime95, it gets up to 81 degrees with an aftermarket fan. On everything else, the cpu runs cooler. But i might suck at installing computer stuff, i guess, it wouldn't run as hot if it was installed properly.
This is with a ASRock Z97 Anniversary board. The one-click overclock settings didn't work, and above 4 Ghz, i wouldn't even get into Windows. Like i said, i needed to increase the cpu cache voltage, which the one-click settings don't do, or don't do enough. At 4.2 Ghz, it's 7 minutes and 10 seconds on povray. This is on a cleaned up Windows 7 64 bit with 1600 DDR3 RAM(7-8-8-24) and a SSD. 01-09-2015, 05:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 05:53 PM by AzaIndustries.)
Yeah, I think I got a dud. I tested in another system and I get the same results, spent a few days trying to get over 3.8ghz.
Ditto on voltage, I think I'm running 1.365v for just 3.8ghz. A lot higher than I expected. Don't get me started on any of those Auto Settings, I couldn't even boot with anything they did, (after Anniversary BIOS update). I did get prime to run a couple of hours at 4ghz at decent temps around 70ish. But it crashed eventually and after a few more goes I gave up and decided to try again some other time. Ring voltage was as high as I wanted to put it at. Didn't really want to risk burning out the CPU. After all that though, I'm still happy with it. At a modest clock it runs so quietly and cool I'd use it again if I had to build a PC for a family member. Not to mention the low power usage. Sometimes I miss my P4, I feel like OCing use to be a lot simpler. I remember just changing the ratio to something ridiculous and it just ran. Albeit 70c at idle, before I knew more about overclocking. At-least you got results faster and fine-tuning could be done at your own pace (as long as you didn't fry your gear). That was a hand me down PC, I managed to strip enough of the OS back to just barely install UT2004 on it's small HDD. I had computers before then but that was the first I started tinkering with.
"I’m busy. I’m also a gamer, though, and, in my opinion, paying for an advantage in a game, well, you might as well stop playing games and find a more copacetic hobby that suits your busy schedule." -Some guy on a forum somewhere.
Overclocking is easier now than it used to be, I reckon, with XMP profiles and only modifying the multiplier rather than the base clock for a good increase.
My G3258 runs at 4.4GHz with the stock cooler, with a voltage of 1.26V. Cache frequency/voltage is on auto. My motherboard is an ASUS Z97I-PLUS, and I've been getting great performance and temperatures from it. 1.365V for just 3.8GHz is ridiculously bad luck for the silicon lottery. If you really want to get a good overclock, I'd find a way to replace it. You're not likely to get a worse chip. 01-12-2015, 01:13 PM
They released another bios update with Intel Anniversary changes listed just like the previous update.
Anyway, I'm not sure what change would have had an effect but I'm currently running a stable 4.0ghz @ 1.3v clock. It was just a quick and dirty clock to test if the BIOS had allowed me to OC properly, I'll be doing further testing over the next few days.
"I’m busy. I’m also a gamer, though, and, in my opinion, paying for an advantage in a game, well, you might as well stop playing games and find a more copacetic hobby that suits your busy schedule." -Some guy on a forum somewhere.
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