ASRock Z690 PG Velocit£ PL1 & PL2 default settings
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Topic: ASRock Z690 PG Velocit£ PL1 & PL2 default settings
Posted By: Gatt59
Subject: ASRock Z690 PG Velocit£ PL1 & PL2 default settings
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2022 at 4:24pm
I have recently assembled a new PC with a Z690 PG Velocit?, 32GB DDR5 RAM, an Intel i9-12900F with a Noctua NH-U12A air cooler.
After installing all the MB drivers I run Cinebench 23 to check if everything run fine under a heavy load. With my surprise I scored more than 26K with high CPU temperatures (more than 90°C). Something not normal for a non-K CPU.
I then entered the bios and I noticed that in the OC Tweaker/CPU Configuration screen the PL1 and PL2 values where both at 4.096, that is with *no limits*, while the CPU Core Current limit was pretty high at 280.
If I'm not wrong, these are values for OC'ed and well cooled CPU. Is this normal?
Cheers
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Posted By: Gatt59
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2022 at 2:24pm
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The bios is the last version, 6.02 (2022/01/28). While waiting for an answer by the Tech Support, I have lowered those values to those of the previous motherboard (an ASRock Steel Legend Z690 DDR4).
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Posted By: ASRock_TSD
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2022 at 3:50pm
Hi Gatt59,
Thank you for your post.
Z690 PG Velocita has the default unlimited PL1 and PL2 settings to maximize CPU performance.
But with these settings, they require a very excellent cooler such as 360mm water cooling to dissipate the CPU heat.
According to your cooler, you can slightly lower the PL1 to around 200 or even a lower value to reduce the power consumption and cool down the processor when doing the long-term heavy load.
All the best
ASRokc TSD
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Posted By: Gatt59
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2022 at 7:40pm
Thank you very much for your kind reply. I'll set Pl1 at 200 and let you know how it works.
Best regards,
Federico
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Posted By: Gatt59
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2022 at 10:29pm
OK, I tested the CPU with PL1=200 and, under heavy load, the temperature never went above 79°C with an average around 75°.
With (good) air cooling, I think that this - for normal use - can be considered quite good.
Thanks for the help.
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