https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:34:35 +0000 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 05:23:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=67775 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155738&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155738 Author: Darkje
Subject: 67775
Posted: 11 Oct 2024 at 5:23am

for me with 13600kf

the only thing i touched was load xmp profile and onboard leds=off


after reboot i check and it is set to:
pl1=181W
pl2=181W
cpu core current limit=200A
]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 05:23:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155738&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155738 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155732&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155732 Author: Chirayata
Subject: 67775
Posted: 11 Oct 2024 at 1:55am

From what I know the microcode settings that have been modified to prevent cpu degradation are stuff that we don't have control of like the hard 1.55v limit or the tvb table. You don't even get to see the table anymore in the latest asrock bios, at least I can't in my B760m steel legend.

The other power settings that are getting applied by default, even though they do not match Intel specs, they are actually lower than what Intel recommends. So this should not degrade your cpu in any way. Although I will suggest to lower the ACLL to undervolt the cpu a bit. ]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 01:55:43 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155732&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155732 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155727&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155727 Author: Lufty
Subject: 67775
Posted: 10 Oct 2024 at 11:16pm

Darkje wrote: General ------- CEP=enabled TVB=eabled TVB voltage optimizations=enabled ICCMAX Unlimited=disabled TjMax Ofset=0 for your i5 ----------- PL1=181 Watt PL2=181 Watt ICCMAX=200 Amp so this matches the default bios profile. [img=[URL=https://i.imgur.com/6U9k4rg.png%5d]https://i.imgur.com/6U9k4rg.png][/URL][/img]

THis is not what is getting set when the DEFAULT profile is loaded. Selecting the DEFAULT results in:

PL1=125 Watt
PL2=181 Watt
ICCMAX=200 Amp

So what's the deal? How do we ensure we are at the correct microcode settings?]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:16:37 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155727&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155727 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155521&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155521 Author: Chirayata
Subject: 67775
Posted: 10 Oct 2024 at 1:42pm

Darkje wrote: baseline is more conservative, so i don't think you damaged anything by using that. you can see in the image I posted a few posts up. With default profile it will probably run a bit hotter than the baseline profile does, so tweaking the voltage for an undervolt is probably needed, esp since you had to on baseline. the microcode will be loaded no matter what, but I think you can 'override' it with your settings. With i5, vCore should be nowhere near the critical level, and the multiplier is also 53 or lower, so a lot less worries than i9.

Ya by override I think you mean the option to switch to x104 microcode.

Also my i5 mostly hovers around 1.32v avg VID with peak at 1.42v, and around 1.28v avg Vcore with peak at 1.37v while playing games.

My custom settings are:

CPU Vcore Compensation Level 1
PL1 and PL2 125w
Iccmax 200A
ACLL 0.75, DCLL 1.10
LLC Level 5]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:42:53 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155521&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155521 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155520&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155520 Author: Chirayata
Subject: 67775
Posted: 10 Oct 2024 at 1:41pm

Ya by override I think you mean the option to switch to x104 microcode.

Also my i5 mostly hovers around 1.32v avg VID with peak at 1.42v, and around 1.28v avg Vcore with peak at 1.37v while playing games.

My custom settings are:

CPU Vcore Compensation Level 1
PL1 and PL2 125w
Iccmax 200A
ACLL 0.75, DCLL 1.10
LLC Level 5]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:41:31 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155520&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155520 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155393&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155393 Author: Darkje
Subject: 67775
Posted: 09 Oct 2024 at 11:05pm

baseline is more conservative, so i don't think you damaged anything by using that. you can see in the image I posted a few posts up. With default profile it will probably run a bit hotter than the baseline profile does, so tweaking the voltage for an undervolt is probably needed, esp since you had to on baseline.

the microcode will be loaded no matter what, but I think you can 'override' it with your settings.

With i5, vCore should be nowhere near the critical level, and the multiplier is also 53 or lower, so a lot less worries than i9.
]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:05:27 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155393&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155393 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155224&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155224 Author: Chirayata
Subject: 67775
Posted: 09 Oct 2024 at 8:06pm

Ok thanks. I was using baseline all this time but with custom power settings to reduce power draw, voltage and temps. Hopefully I haven't degraded my cpu this way. I was using it because 2 months back people were recommending that to me when I asked in a reddit thread.

Does the baseline degrade the cpu or is it just too performance conservative too use?

Does the Intel microcode fix apply in baseline as well? ]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 20:06:26 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155224&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155224 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155179&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155179 Author: Darkje
Subject: 67775
Posted: 09 Oct 2024 at 7:05pm

Chirayata wrote: Can anybody confirm which power profile is Intel recommended? I have a B760m Steel Legend board with a 13600k. I have two options: BIOS default and Baseline Which one should I use?

Default]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:05:24 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155179&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155179 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155174&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155174 Author: Chirayata
Subject: 67775
Posted: 09 Oct 2024 at 6:51pm

Can anybody confirm which power profile is Intel recommended?

I have a B760m Steel Legend board with a 13600k. I have two options: BIOS default and Baseline

Which one should I use? ]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:51:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155174&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155174 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155084&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155084 Author: Darkje
Subject: 67775
Posted: 09 Oct 2024 at 2:15am

I think this is supposed to happen on the default profile, pl4 on IA and Ring. I'm guessing it just means TVB kicked in because you're over 70 DegC. I've heard rising iccmax to 240A could help, but seems the wrong way to go about it. Haven't checked this myself (yet) as a found the performance loss was minimal in for ex. cb23. There I noticed about 1k loss in multi score. In games I didn't notice it at all. Right now i'm on defaults just to see how that's working out, but at some stage I'll start tweaking the settings again, if anything useful comes out I'll post back.

On performance profile it does not happen, but you will go slightly out of intel spec. As long as you're not pushing over 1.5V VCore or extreme multipliers I would not worry too much with an i5, but if you want to stay in spec, I guess you have to get used to it. ]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:15:42 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=67775&PID=155084&title=correct-settings-for-z790-and-intel-microcodepound#155084