Yosemite 10.10.1, Overclocked B85M-D3H, i7-4790k, HD4600

kejan's Build: Overclocked B86M-D3H , i7-4790K, HD4600​

COMPONENTS

Intel Core i7-4790K Processor - using Integrated HD 4600
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAX8/

Gigabyte B85M-D3H Micro ATX Motherboard (BIOS Version=F12)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DCW48SS

Corsair Ram 1600 mHz, PC3 12800, DDR3, 16gb total (4 each of 4gb)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CRSM4I

Enermax CPU Cooler ETS-N30-HE, 5.3-inch height
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J7KM53E

Cooler Master N200 mATX Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COGDERY

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W15P0/

TP-Link Wireless Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0

Dell Monitor U2412M
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JN9310

Operating System from Apple App Store - Apple Mac Yosemite OS X 10.10.1
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=915041082&mt=12


Already Owned

Power Supply - PC Power and Cooling Silencer MKIII 600 W P/N PPCMK#S600 (Previous purchase)


Comments

Herein is the installation process used to install OS 10.10.1 and apply an “overclocking feature” on the B85M-D3H motherboard. The results of the operation of the B85m motherboard are very satisfactory for a low cost motherboard operating without the use of an add-on video card. The overclocking of the mobo yielded a stable 64-bit Geekbench Score of 18049. Although not described in this report, another installation using a different SSD and a higher overclocking frequency resulted in a stable Geekbench Score of 18432 thus revealing the performance possibilities of the
B85M-D3H mobo.

INSTALLATION
Initial connections to the computer consisted of one monitor, keyboard, mouse, four 4GB rams, and USB powered stereo speakers.

Software used were OS 10.10.1 and UniBeast 5.0.2 and MultiBeast 7.1.1 from tonymacx86.com. OS 10.10.1 was installed on a 8GB flash drive per the procedure in tonymacx86.com > Guides > 10.10 installation steps 1 and 2. After installation of OS 10.10.1 on the flash drive, MultiBeast Yosemite Edition 7.1.1 zip file was then transferred onto the same flash drive.

BIOS (Version F12) Adjustments (press delete key after startup to display BIOS):
Initially, three adjustments were applied to the B85M-D3H mobo. Overclocking was done at the conclusion of the installation of OS 10.10.1.

Installation of flash drive info onto new or used SSD:
1...Install Yosemite OS 10.10.1 flash drive into a rear USB2 port and then install an SSD.
2...Turn on power and press F12 until input choices appear. Select flash drive image.
3...When instructions appear, select language, open Disk Utility, highlight SSD image on left
screen side. Click Partition tab > Current > 1 Partition > Options > GUID Partition Table
> ok. Under Format select Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Under Name type SSD
YOSEMITE (for reference only). Click Apply > Partition > then quit Disk Utility.
4...Continue install > agree to software > select SSD YOSEMITE image > continue
(installation will take about 8 minutes followed by a restart. If stalling occurs as indicated by
an unmovable mouse pointer then repeat step 4 using -x on the restart.
5 After restart select SSD YOSEMITE image and follow instructions on subsequent displays.
Following the display of Yosemite > click Finder > Preference > click Hard Drive to display
SSD image on right side of screen.
6...Click System Preferences to make adjustments as needed to Security & Privacy (to activate
Firewall), Energy Saver, mouse scroll direction, etc....
7...Back to the screen > click flash drive image > click MultiBeast Yosemite 7.1.1 zip image >
click appearing MultiBeast Yosemite Edition image.
8...Click red MultiBeast Apple image >

click build > install > agree > sign-in password > install Helper. After finish remove the
OS10.10.1 flash drive.

9...Summary of the MultiBeast installation:


10...If installation is satisfactory, load Geekbench 3.2.2 and activate. In my installation, the
Geekbench score was 17091 at a CPU frequency of 4.39 GHz. I next proceeded to
overclock the B85M-D3H motherboard as follows:
Restart computer and press delete or F2 key until BIOS appears
Select MIT > Advanced Frequency Settings > CPU Upgrade > i7-4770k CPU 4.5 GHz (
default=auto) > press F10 to save configuration and exit or restart. Finished

Overclocked Geekbench Score Summary (Geekbench 3.2.2 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)
4524 (Single-Core Score) 18049 (Multi-Core Score)

A higher CPU frequency of 4.6 GHz was attempted giving a Geekbench Score of 18418 but
the computer often stalled at startup.

11 ..It is noted that audio is lost after computer is reactivated following sleep. To remedy this
either restart computer or follow procedures found at tonymacx86.com.

Hi.

Could you please post more information about Vcore? I want to OC my 4790K. Actually I'm running under 4.0GHz, without Turbo at 1.15 Vcore and 1.55Vrim. I have the stock cooler. Of course I will not OC until I buy some decent one. I'm thinking about the H80i. Anyway, my question about the Vcore is because the Vcore from stock was 1.56 and i think that it was pretty hight from just 4Ghz.

Thank you.