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CPU Core at -1000mV STABLE?

Brotha31

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The title. Am I tripping?
I'm using OCCT stability tests and benchmarks, with error detection enabled. TS Bench as well.
No errors, no freezes, no BSoD, nothing. Went slowly from 0 to -1000mV. Can't achieve crashes with any value.
As for the other values, every single one of them is at their stable limit - further decreasing causes freezes-BSoD as expected, so it's just CPU core.
I know for sure the other settings are applied and working as intended, maybe CPU Core isn't for some reason?
The program is turned ON. "Unlock Adjustable Voltage" checked. Screenshots attached (I just put all the windows side by side and took ss, instead of individually uploading).
ThrottleStop 9.7, Intel Core i-5 10200H on a local off-brand notebook. Windows 10, core isolation disabled. Have a slightly overclocked+undervolted GTX 1650 TI w/ MSI Afterburner, though I don't know if this would be relevant. Deleting ini file to reconfigure doesn't work.
 

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The core and cache voltages are synced internally. Setting the core offset to a sky high negative offset value will simply be ignored by the CPU.

The CPU cache value is the important one. If the cache is set to -115 mV, you can set the core to an offset of about -215 mV. When you go beyond this, any excess will be ignored.

Do some Cinebench testing. Set the core and the cache offsets equally for a baseline run. Start bumping only the core by -25 mV or -50 mV. At some point you will reach a point where using a bigger and bigger core offset value will be ignored.

Leaving the core set to -1000 mV is fine. That value is mostly ignored. It looks awesome even if it is not actually doing anything.

unclewebb

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The core and cache voltages are synced internally. Setting the core offset to a sky high negative offset value will simply be ignored by the CPU.

The CPU cache value is the important one. If the cache is set to -115 mV, you can set the core to an offset of about -215 mV. When you go beyond this, any excess will be ignored.

Do some Cinebench testing. Set the core and the cache offsets equally for a baseline run. Start bumping only the core by -25 mV or -50 mV. At some point you will reach a point where using a bigger and bigger core offset value will be ignored.

Leaving the core set to -1000 mV is fine. That value is mostly ignored. It looks awesome even if it is not actually doing anything.
 
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