Guide: How to check if your CPU is BAD!

With all these stories of bad Intel CPUs, how can you check if yours is bad? Follow these steps to find out...

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[LautaroQ]

Did no one think of just asking the CPU how its feeling?

[fluphybunny]

So Intel 13th and 14th gen dying and AMD 9000 series CPUs flopped.
What a time to be a PC enthusiast.

[Jason-olty]

2008 intel silicon lottery to see if you can get your i7 up to 4, 5, or 6 ghz
2024 intel silicon lottery to see if you don't have to down spec your cpu to keep it alive

[tmsphere]

Step 1: Download the free Black Myth Wukong benchmark tool
Step 2: compile shaders

[RotaryJunkie]

"There's a timer on your CPU and you should turn it off more!"

Sorry, I'm used to running CPUs so long that they're hopelessly outdated before they run into degradation issues. I was still running a 5000+BE in 2016, and it still did everything it once did. Yes, it's electronics, yes, electronics have lifetimes, and yes, the 13th/14th gens are trying to kill themselves at what should be but isn't an idle state, but it's still quite shocking (pun intended) that we're now seeing stuff go to hell quickly enough that the replacements don't exist yet.

[PRYVTgomerPYLE]

Me talking to chip: "Show me on this doll where Intel hurt you?"

[Shocker]

It would have been good seeing a degraded system be tested

[TheVictorpenha]

1st thing I did when I got my CPU was undervoltage it to 1.2V. It has been super stable and the temps are great. Stock voltage in these generation is crazy, temps are crazy, everything is kind of insane. I guess is all for the bench wars.

[nontoxic]

If your chip has degraded it will require more voltage for the same clocks. Basically the quality of the silicon will diminish and it will become less power efficient.

Other damage from degrading could include instability so bad that voltage wont fix it, this is the most severe of damage and requires RMA.

When you reduce power on a degraded CPU to curb the issue, it may only cause more crashing. This is due to the CPU now requiring more power than when you bought it.

You will in most cases have to dial everything down but then up the vcore until it stops erroring / crashing.

Disable multicore enhancements. Use the balanced power plan, enable C-states. Stick to a MAX of 1.35v vcore and monitor this with OCCT, HWINFO64, etc.

Lock power limits to 253w for PL1 and PL2 and lock Amps to 307A or whatever you want below that.

You can set adaptive voltage offsets with a minus symbol to further turn down the power your CPU draws, other than simply reducing vcore on its own.

Another solution would be to lock your cores so that you disable the high power draw "6ghz boost on two cores" BS.

[MrWaheedulHaque]

Intel RMA Rates just went up 90 percent after this video 😎😎🤭

[Mike]

I bought my 13700k around launch back in 2022 and yeah the degradation started around 7 to 8 months in, started crashing while compiling shaders and such, specially on emulators.

I RMA'd mine and to be fair the shipping and replacement arrived rather quickly, HOWEVER, be aware that in the email they send you with information about your RMA and about your replacement, it will state that the model they'll send you will vary depending on what's available, I got in return a 13700KF instead, I personally didn't mind much since I'll never use the integrated graphics and have spare GPUs in case of emergency, but keep that in mind if you do RMA your CPU.

[durrik]

I have had my 13900K running on air since the day I got it (I know, I know). It had these same crashing issues since day one. So, from the very beginning my goal was to get acceptable temps. So I immediately did some BIOS tweaks, undervolted, lower maximum clocks, LLC adjustments, etc etc. With the tweaks I ended up making, my 13900K maxes out at 80C under full load on air. It also eliminated the crashing issues. The new BIOS runs perfectly for me without any tweaks, aside from temps, so I applied similar changes I did before to lower my temps and I'm pretty happy with the results. In a way, I feel like I, "saved, " my CPU just by having it on air (against recommendations) because it required me to undervolt/underclock right away.

[hb-hrnh]

Had my 13900k for almost 2 years no blue screens, freezing or crashing. Usually upgrade every 2 years anyway so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

[PlayJasch]

I am really surprised by my midrange Asrock board. First vendor that did not pump insane voltages on auto settings. Asrock is by far the best board manufacturer. Okay maybe I got a 1% CPU with an insanely low VIP table, but Asrock truly rocks. I am an Asrock fanboy now.

[Shivaxi]

Electronic components initally powering on is hardest most stressful thing it can do. This is why when a light bulb bursts, its typically as you flick the light switch (though now-a-days LED bulbs are a bit different but same principle applies). So personally I wouldn't adhere to that advice at the end about turning off your PC all the time that you're away from it. You'll potentially cause your CPU to degrade faster, along with every other component in your PC, depending on how often you actually use your computer. As someone who uses their computer every day, i almost never shut off my PC. I have an i7-950 from yesteryear that still functions today, and was something I pretty much ran 24/7 for nearly a decade.

[OompaLoompa]

I just switched my i9 14900k for an i9 12900ks and I'm loving it. I'll probably switch to AMD next build but the 12900ks runs like an absolute dream and is a beast. Such a shame that Intel have blundered this so damn hard.

[MrJet]

At 9:15 Jay's CPU Degraded for one second 😂😂😂 did you see it ??? lmao

[ThePred]

There should be a independent regulatory enquiry about this issue.

[proxiangel]

And yes, I was an intel fan currently owning 13900k with MSI z690 unify. No problems so far for 1+ years, but after I installed the latest bios that was released today, cinebench R23 dropped from 40800 to 36500. All settings always defaults, no OC what so ever, not even XPM, because I'm always counting on the reliability instead of performance. And was willing to pay for a new motherboard every 2 cycles because "Intel is the best".
No more Intel for me.

[barkyyy]

Ugh. Got my 13700k in November of 2022 a few weeks after it came out. I was SO hyped to have a next gen CPU. My PC started having bluescreens about a year ago and they keep getting more and more frequent. BIOS updates, disabling XMP, reinstalling windows, nothing has worked. I am in the process of RMAing it now. Such a shame.