Overclocking:
Well, I have to admit that I had in mind that the multiplication coefficient of the non-X Ryzen was blocked but of course, this is not the case at all. Maybe it’s a residual alcohol from the New Year’s Eve party. So let’s see what we can expect from our Ryzen 5 7600 and why not go for the score of its big brother, the Ryzen 5 7600X.
To overclock our processor, we must either do it directly via the BIOS or via the AMD Ryzen Master software. It is the latter solution that we chose for these first tests.
Protocol:
Before starting, it is necessary to have one or more reference scores with your processors at stock frequencies , i.e. without having made any modification except having activated the XMP/EXPO profile. It is also very important to have a sheet of paper at hand that will allow you to note down all the tests that you will perform as well as the results or failures. Personally, I have hundreds of sheets of my tests on which I sometimes return to know how the processor behaved on such motherboard or in such test conditions. My own little bible.
For H24 overclocking, it will of course be necessary to take more time to fine-tune the voltage in order to provide it with the minimum necessary, but also to adjust each core independently if you want to take advantage of the maximum performance.
Load-Line Calibration:
The idea of modifying the Load Line Calibration is that the voltage chosen should be as close as possible to the load voltage. Asus offers several levels of “calibration” and recommends a Level 5 for overclocking . Personally, we opted for a Level 7 in order to have as little vdroop as possible. Basically, I want the voltage chosen to be as close as possible to the load voltage. The readings are taken with a multimeter on the PCB of the motherboard. It is very important to know the real voltage brought to the different components but especially to your processor.
Ryzen 5 7600 Operation:
Once again, it is via the OS that we will start our overclocking tests using AMD Ryzen Master. It is a tool that can be used very easily and is therefore very intuitive provided that you have a good understanding of the structure of your processor and here of our Ryzen 5 7600. It is quite easy since the 6 cores are integrated into a single CCD. Overclocking is a bit more subtle when the processor has two CCDs as we explained here with the Ryzen 9 7950X.
Above left is the default Ryzen Master capture and right is our overclocking. We pushed the 6 cores to 5500 MHz and increased the voltage to 1.26 volts. The idea being to exceed the base score of a Ryzen 5 7600X which gets a score under Cinebench R23 of 1968 points in single and 15662 in multi. We will also compare temperatures and power consumption.
So was the bet successful? Yes and in a good way! The score obtained under Cinebench R23 is 1991 points in single and 16060 in multi. As you can see, the objective of overtaking the Ryzen 5 7600X is perfectly achieved.
The other good news concerns temperatures and power consumption. Of course, overclocking our Ryzen 7600 and increasing its voltage have an impact on temperature and power consumption, but it remains completely controlled. We went from a stock temperature under Cinebench R23 multi of 48°C to 69°C. As for the power consumption, it was 177.7 watts at stock and we climb to 205.3 watts during the benchmark. The power consumption of the Ryzen 7600X at stock during a R23 multi was 222.4 watts, which is perfect for our Ryzen 7600.
