X570 Aqua 1.60 BIOS report - All good!

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   Just a quick report in on the new 1.60 BIOS with the AQUA motherboard.

New BIOS: 1.60 released on 2019/11/15 (AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.4 Patch B).
Original BIOS: 1.41

Flashed my ASRock X570 AQUA with 1.60 BIOS yesterday and:
1. Benchmarks are a few % better.
  a. Cinebench R20 score went up from 7204 to 7220.
2. CPU temperature is 5-7c cooler under load and at idle.
3. CPU clock was rarely hitting 4.2GHz before the update, now I see 4.5GHz often. 
4. Memory latency has not improved, but I was not expecting it to.
5. Boot time has greatly improve.  I have not timed it, but it's very noticeable.

With 1.60 BIOS:
UserBenchmarks: Game 116%, Desk 169%, Work 159%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 100.1%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 110.4%
SSD: Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB - 403.9%
SSD: Edge NextGen SSD 2TB - 312.7%
RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GB - 126.2%
MBD: Asrock X570 AQUA

With the 1.41 BIOS:
UserBenchmarks: Game 113%, Desk 155%, Work 153%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 95.4%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 109.5%
SSD: Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB - 375.7%
RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GB - 124.6%
MBD: Asrock X570 AQUA

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midnightcruise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Oct 2019 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote midnightcruise Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: X570 Aqua 1.60 BIOS report - All good! Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 6:30am
	Just a quick report in on the new 1.60 BIOS with the AQUA motherboard. New BIOS: 1.60 released on 2019/11/15 (AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.4 Patch B). Original BIOS: 1.41 Flashed my ASRock X570 AQUA with 1.60 BIOS yesterday and: 1. Benchmarks are a few % better. a. Cinebench R20 score went up from 7204 to 7220. 2. CPU temperature is 5-7c cooler under load and at idle. 3. CPU clock was rarely hitting 4.2GHz before the update, now I see 4.5GHz often. 4. Memory latency has not improved, but I was not expecting it to. 5. Boot time has greatly improve. I have not timed it, but it's very noticeable. With 1.60 BIOS: UserBenchmarks: Game 116%, Desk 169%, Work 159% CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 100.1% GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 110.4% SSD: Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB - 403.9% SSD: Edge NextGen SSD 2TB - 312.7% RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GB - 126.2% MBD: Asrock X570 AQUA With the 1.41 BIOS: UserBenchmarks: Game 113%, Desk 155%, Work 153% CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 95.4% GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 - 109.5% SSD: Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB - 375.7% RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GB - 124.6% MBD: Asrock X570 AQUA

grrnmo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2019 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote grrnmo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 10:24am
	Awesome - did your tb3 ports work before the update? Mine did not, and they do now...46/999

midnightcruise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Oct 2019 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote midnightcruise Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 10:39pm
	Sadly, I do not have any TB3 devices to test... Did your ports not work till the update to 1.60?

grrnmo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2019 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote grrnmo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 5:05am
	They didn't work at all until the update - not just for TB3 devices, but even for c-type USB devices (note: the front panel usb-c port on my case - fed by the mb - worked fine)...