Z87 Extreme 9ac BIOS

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   I installed the beta v2.50 BIOS. Seems stable. One caveat noted below.
Question about one setting.
The "run all cores at max frequency at same time" setting.

Does that mean it pegs the cores at max speed, or does that simply mean it allows all cores to run max speed at the same time if needed? And if the latter can't it already do that?

Is there a BIOS manual?

Caveat on the BIOS. Seems that if you click 'YES' to save & exit using the mouse, the settings don't save. If I just hit 'enter' from keyboard then the changes save.

Edited by Asrock_Kid - 05 Oct 2018 at 2:08am

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Asrock_Kid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2018 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Asrock_Kid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Z87 Extreme 9ac BIOS Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 2:08am
	I installed the beta v2.50 BIOS. Seems stable. One caveat noted below. Question about one setting. The "run all cores at max frequency at same time" setting. Does that mean it pegs the cores at max speed, or does that simply mean it allows all cores to run max speed at the same time if needed? And if the latter can't it already do that? Is there a BIOS manual? Caveat on the BIOS. Seems that if you click 'YES' to save & exit using the mouse, the settings don't save. If I just hit 'enter' from keyboard then the changes save. Edited by Asrock_Kid - 05 Oct 2018 at 2:08am

Asrock_Kid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2018 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Asrock_Kid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 6:28am
	Can anyone answer this one?

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 2:28pm
	MCE (Mulit Core Enhancement) seems to be the setting you are referring to. It is basically a light overclock that forces all cores to boost to the full single core boost clock rather than the default "all core" boost value. It will net you a decent performance boost in situations where you are using more cores but otherwise behaves the same as stock, the frequency is not "pegged". Typically intel CPUs boost something like this: 1 core : 3.8ghz 2 cores : 3.7ghz 3 cores : 3.5ghz 4 cores : 3.3ghz Base clock: 3ghz In the above case, MCE being enabled makes the cores all boost to 3.8ghz regardless of how many are in use. The cores will not be locked to 3.8ghz however, they will only boost when needed, just like they do with stock settings. I hope this clears up your concerns