Just a quick thread to show there is no RTC or clock drift issue with Skylake when changing the BCLK at runtime.

 

Test: Skylake i7 6700K with RTC enabled in Windows 10. Based on the findings described here, we would expect a difference in benchmark result from running 41x100, 40x102.5, and 42x97.6. Specifically, 42x would be approximately 3.4% faster than 41x.

 

In our test we find that:

• 40x102.5: 8.977 sec
  
• 41x100: 8.983 sec
  
• 42x97.6: 8.999 sec
  

This confirms with the hypothesis that Skylake isn't affected by clock drift.

 

The real technical reason is that the BCLK frequency is now a separate ICC and is no longer tied to the other clock frequencies.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 201510 yr by Massman

Does this mean we can run Win 10 with Skylake for submissions?

That would be the conclusion, yes

Great! Can we get an official announcement of the sort?

Yes

How deeply was this tested and was there already an official confirmation that all benches on skylake are allowed to be done on windows8 and windows 10? Can´t find it

Edited October 22, 201510 yr by websmile

Indeed, so I blocked tons of submissions because there was no official statement nor proper change to the rules. Now I have to pardon myself for their removal ? How does this make the moderator crew look?

Indeed, so I blocked tons of submissions because there was no official statement nor proper change to the rules. Now I have to pardon myself for their removal ? How does this make the moderator crew look?

 

I'm loving this epiphany

Indeed, so I blocked tons of submissions because there was no official statement nor proper change to the rules. Now I have to pardon myself for their removal ? How does this make the moderator crew look?

 

The only option is to resign from your position man