Guide/Info On Load Line Calibration Settings on Gigabyte Motherboards

[Firat]

Now i recently bought a Z68 UD7 and ive been trying to overclock it and i was easy to get 5GH just set LLC to level 10 and put in 1.4v in bios and BOOM it worked and was stable....

My question was, how does LLC level 1 to level 10 effect Vdroop thus Volts you pump through your cpu.

After a few tests i got my answer....

for all of the following bios Vcore was set to 1.325 V

LLC disabled = 1.296v at Idle & 1.192v at Load

LLC Level 1 = 1.296v at Idle & 1.200v at Load

LLC Level 2 = 1.295v at Idle & 1.224v at Load

LLC Level 3 = 1.308v at Idle & 1.248v at Load

LLC Level 4 = 1.320v at Idle & 1.272v at Load

LLC Level 5 = 1.332v at Idle & 1.308v at Load

LLC Level 6 = 1.332v at Idle & 1.332v at Load <<<<<<<<< This one is best to match bios settings at load and idle.....great stuff

LLC Level 7 = 1.344v at Idle & 1.368v at Load

LLC Level 8 = 1.356v at Idle & 1.404v at Load

LLC level 9 = 1.368v at Idle & 1.404v at Load

& finally LLC Level 10 = 1.368 at Idle & 1.415 at Load

As you can see LLC level 6 is best as its idle and load Volts match and also match the number you put in in the bios, thus if you know what V you need LLC 6 is best.

all the LLC levels from 1-5 undershoot the voltage you set so you get lower v on load than at idle :S not really helpfull i believe but maybe theres a reason for it.

all the LLC levels beyond LLC 6 is just hard core overvolting and should only be used for benching i believe.

so anywho i will use LLC level 6 and im trying to get a stable 4.5ghz oc, now that i know what LLC to use it should be easy

Hope this helps everyone

 

[blair]

Nice info shame that ASUS boards only allow you to turn it on or off as you get results like level 10.

 

[Mark Wesson]

Thats not what im finding from my Gigabyte Z68-UD3H-B3-GEN3. I have my vcore set at 1.29v @ 4.5ghz but under load on level 4 it drops to 1.274v and becomes unstable. On the other hand level 5 raises it to 1.32v under load. I cannot find a happy medium.

 

[S_I_N]

Thats not what im finding from my Gigabyte Z68-UD3H-B3-GEN3. I have my vcore set at 1.29v @ 4.5ghz but under load on level 4 it drops to 1.274v and becomes unstable. On the other hand level 5 raises it to 1.32v under load. I cannot find a happy medium.

the power phases on the UD7 make it more stable across the board when oc'n when compare to the likes of your UD3 and even my UD4. I've been trying to find a UD7 for sometime here and strike out alot

try setting your to level 6 thats where i found my happy medium