Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H Enhanced Turbo Question

[sapped]

Hey guys,

Just a question regarding the enhanced turbo feature of Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H.
I've read on Tom's review that the UD5H have this "forced" enhanced turbo overclocking feature
which cannot be turned off.

www.tomshardware.com/reviews/enthusiast-z97-motherboard-overclock,3893-18.html

I'm wondering does it lock all the cpu core frequencies to the same ratio?
The thing is I'm running a lot of unoptimized single-threaded/single-core games that only utilize one cpu core
of my quad core 4790k.

So do I get lower performance this way when only one core are stressed to the max?
When compared to manual overclocking on other motherboard that is.

I'm currently deciding which motherboard to buy for my new rig, so this will decide whether
I buy the UD5H or not.

Appreciate any comments.

[sapped]

anyone?

[autotech]

I think you need to read the following link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost

[shadowsports]

Sapped,
If you look at the article autotech references, you'll see that there are more steps of boost and the potential for higher turbo speeds when a single core is active.  It seems Gigabyte implements this feature more aggressively based on the article you found on Tom's website.

I personally don't OC.  I did once upon a time, but don't see the need given todays processing power, memory bandwidth and video performance.  If I can get above 100FPS at high resolution and detail, I'm happy.  I'm not telling you what speed to run your system at.  The cores operate independently.  You aren't going to see a dip because your application(s) is/are single threaded or only utilizes a single core.  Credit to autotech for this info 

[dmdilks]

I have to agree with both of them. I have to agree with shadowsports on the OC. I don't OC anything too.

I have been doing this for 30yrs. I at one time I did do some benchmarks. Plus when comes to benchmarks all it is going to do is drive you nuts.

There isn't a brand of boards I haven't run. I only ran mostly Abit now it is Gigabyte. Pick the board that you think that is going to do job for you.

I see on here more people that try to match parts up to run their boards with. That have problems getting things running together.

I always run with a rule of thumb. Look at the CPU you want to run. Then look at that the CPU and what memory it will support without OCing it.

More people make that mistake then any other thing when comes with matching the CPU, board, and memory.

All I can say once you pick the brand of board that you want. If it treats you right stick with it.