what is true voltage of chip

[gingerbee]

ok so i was think about this after someone said to me that my chips voltage was actually 1.2 now i set it in the bios 1o 1.2 but cpuz comes out at 1.184 and does not change
even under full load it is 1.184.
my question is does the chip receive what cpuz states or what the bios is set to

[rjbarker]

Google vDrop and vDroop, that will explain it.

[MpG]

The odds of CPU-Z being accurate are pretty slim. Sometimes it's close, but other times, it can be WAY off. If you really want to know the exact voltage, you're going to have to use a multimeter and figure out the proper voltage points. At your voltages, you don't need to worry too much about that, and you can trust whatever you set it to in the BIOS.

[gingerbee]

i know what vdroop is thank ( thank mpg that answers my question multimeter here we go )

[gingerbee]

multimeter read points for board in bottom( backside of mb ) can normal trust bios yes no

[tyreman]

Keep in mind as well that if you start to go too high some motherboards change colour on the voltage settings to alert you
standard cmos colouring to yellows pinks reds etc.

using your cmos with cpuz you are going to be pretty close(thou cmos not uner load results) as well as what you know to have explicitly set in the bios.

You can run OCCT and it does give temps while a "burn" test is conducted.

Its probably pretty "close" to cpuz.

In fact ALL voltage settings in the cmos should have a manual input number to them
Avoid "Auto" stuff period.

[gingerbee]

thank it's been this way for a very long time sorry not a noob

[tyreman]

I hear you.
As a former mechanical contractor for a quarter of a century with about 4-6 meters around here....I must admit I have never bothered to physically measure it....I just use the cmos setting and how the unit performs

[gingerbee]

yes i hear ya just was curious and thought they (gigabyte) would put it in the right place like on the top side of board so i wouldn't have to un build my system and then rebuild it in a case with open back but there lies another problem gtz backplate cover voltage points just my luck(not like it's a big deal system fine and i think am happy )