What is the proper setting for 14700k?

[Redactedpotato95]

Hi guys whats the proper way to setup i7-14700k? Currently my 14700k is paired with msi z690-pro (ddr4).
Ive had very inconsistant fps in my games especially warzone.
I expected i would have more fps after switching from 10700k. Sadly this is not the case.
Also just incase if it helps:
750watt psu
16gb ddr4 3600mhz ram
Amd radeon 6900xt

[KrissyG]

not sure what you mean by 'inconsistant fps', but for the 6900XT the i7 10700k was not a bottleneck, if,  then maybe just in extreme cases.
What fps did you get before the upgrade?
 

[Redactedpotato95]

Sorry, inconsistsnt as in during gaming "warzone" before the upgrade i could do constal 130fps with very minor fps drops. If any it would dip doen to 100s or high 90s fps.

After the hardware upgrade. I could get fps dips to 40s -60s fps. And average fps of just 90s to maybe 100ish fps.

Had alot of tweaking done to the game files and so on. Was wondering if theres a proper way to setup the 14700k for best gaming performance. Be it in bios or xtu.

Also currently having weird freezes during gaming (used to only happen in warzone, as of last night happened in death stranding). The type of freeze where it cant detect any input at all. Had to force shutdown.
Tried to use event viewer but i couldnt understand anything there.

[KrissyG]

Edit
I just remembered someone posted having performance issues in gaming only, due to some antivir software being set so that it limits performance in gaming

....interesting, there are quite few users complaining about i9 13900k and i7 14700k as well as i9 14900k here on forum, and they get BSOD while gaming but usually not in benchmarks.


the mods here will surely reccomend you to run this -> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18377/intel-system-support-utility-for-windows.html

and post/attach the results as a file.

On my end, the first motherboard i got was also a Z690 chipset from Gigabyte but regardless what i tried, i could not make the i7 13700k run on it, even after flashing the BIOS. But b760 chipset works just fine without even touching teh BIOS.

So i wonder, if this is related to BIOS.
I have not seen yet anyone posting an universal solution, as it seems the problem is quite new. 

Anyway, In XTU benchmark it behaves like this:

and in memory stress test like this: 

In order to make it use really full power, you need to have it on 'high performance' in the windows power options

And if that is still not enough, i would check the BIOS or the dedicated motherboard software, in my case it shows this here: 

if i don't change the loadline calibration in BIOS, it will allways go back to a lower setting, and then i can each time change it in that dedicated software. The power limit however applies only in some cases.....

Anyway, if like various benchmarks work for you without CPU being throtteled in any way and with no problems, then you have mostlikely same problem as the other users here, where the PC dies while gaming.
I would recommend reading those other posts.

[Redactedpotato95]

Im curious on loadline calibration setting. Im not sure where to find this setting in bios or could it be from a software?

[KrissyG]

I would not know where exactly it is in BIOS on your MSI motherboard, but it's CPU/CPU voltage settings related.
Gigabyte BIOS has a search box for settings, so i can type in 'loadline' and it finds it for me.
The screenshot is not from BIOS but from the Gigabyte Control Center 

I am guessing since on the page from MSI of your motherboard it says taht it also has loadline calibration, that it is not just in BIOS but in the dedicated MSI software.....somewhere.
Would use google for that, and maybe switch to search for images, pretty sure someone made a screenshot of that. 

[Redactedpotato95]

Ooh thanksss will have a look at it again when i get back. Also currentlyy xtu is locked out due to some windows vbs thing.