Precision Boost Overdrive How Much Over Max Boost You Have

Phil Smith · 31 Jul 2019 at 00:04

R3v4n said:
Yeah mine will do the same sitting on the desktop it sits at 4.3Ghz constantly occassionally hits 4.4Ghz while its doing absolutely nothing lol.

I actually set Windows Power Saver power plan when I'm not in a game so it doesn't idle so ridiculously high lol.

Glad it isn't just me. I honestly have no idea whether there's anything I can change to make it work as it should but for now I think I'm just going to stick to a manual overclock.

R3v4n · 31 Jul 2019 at 00:24

Phil Smith said:
Glad it isn't just me. I honestly have no idea whether there's anything I can change to make it work as it should but for now I think I'm just going to stick to a manual overclock.

Lol yeah as I sit here now 0-3% load at 4.4GHz useless. Lol.

gerardfraser · 31 Jul 2019 at 00:39

Well you guys just have crap BIOS and should be better when a proper BIOS is released.I can say I showed videos boosting past what's written on the box.

It is still useless yes, but I want what I paid for ,simple as that.Do not settle for crap BIOS and contact AMD/Motherboard manufactures.

I see people settling for 4200Mhz on there expensive 3900X,I would be ******.

R3v4n · 31 Jul 2019 at 01:43

gerardfraser said:
Well you guys just have crap BIOS and should be better when a proper BIOS is released.I can say I showed videos boosting past what's written on the box.

It is still useless yes, but I want what I paid for ,simple as that.Do not settle for crap BIOS and contact AMD/Motherboard manufactures.

I see people settling for 4200Mhz on there expensive 3900X,I would be ******.

Yeah MSI today just released the v19 BIOS for my mobo but given all the problems with posting people have had with v17 and v18 I'll probably a wait a a little while before I flash anything else, it's stable atm (running v17) which is more than a lot of people can say it seems according to the msigaming reddit lol.

For now I just manually set my clocks to 4.4GHz in the gaming part of Ryzen Master I assume I could change the voltage to 1.4 from 1.48 as well, but haven't messed much with CPU overlocking might just leave the rest of it alone lol.

EDIT: Nvm that crashed I'll just leave it on this precision overboost setting and hang on for a while till a few more stable BIOS versions release lol.

gerardfraser · 31 Jul 2019 at 03:32

Sounds like a plan.My Ryzen system has been rock solid with MSI Motherboard.AMD has the new BIOS going out to people.Maybe soon it will be corrected for everyone.Good luck.

DragonQ · 31 Jul 2019 at 07:04

Phil Smith said:
I can see that the CPU is boosting up above 4.2 but only when the computer is basically idle. Under any kind of load it just throttles back which is .... pretty pointless.

https://pasteboard.co/Iqr8CwH.png

R3v4n said:
Yeah mine will do the same sitting on the desktop it sits at 4.3Ghz constantly occassionally hits 4.4Ghz while its doing absolutely nothing lol.

I actually set Windows Power Saver power plan when I'm not in a game so it doesn't idle so ridiculously high lol.

That's just how boost works; AMD's boost algorithms work a lot like nVidia GPUs. Short demanding tasks will get higher speeds than long demanding tasks. So opening an application might get you to maximum boost clock but running a stress test definitely won't.

Technically the same is true of Intel but their chips tend to be set to ignore certain limits by default so usually just hang around their boost clock even for demanding tasks. That's why even at "stock" they can reach insane temperatures.

beany_bot · 31 Jul 2019 at 07:57

Mine boosts up to 4.3Ghz. 3700x. Stock settings.

Woodsta888 · 31 Jul 2019 at 08:43

Regularly see 4.525 and 4.550 on my 3800X, obviously in very short bursts.

beany_bot · 31 Jul 2019 at 08:50

Woodsta888 said:
Regularly see 4.525 and 4.550 on my 3800X, obviously in very short bursts.

Really?? That's awfully high. Higher infact than AMDs stated "MAX". That no one really actually gets.

theone8181 · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:13

DragonQ said:
AGESA version is determined by which BIOS you have installed, FYI.

Ok cheers, I've got the most current bios installed, but it's something the the 28/6 when it's dated so I'm hoping a better one comes out.

Woodsta888 · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:13

beany_bot said:
Really?? That's awfully high. Higher infact than AMDs stated "MAX". That no one really actually gets.

I'll whack up a AIDA64 benchmark later if I can work out how to get images up.

opethdisciple · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:16

Woodsta888 said:
I'll whack up a AIDA64 benchmark later if I can work out how to get images up.

What's your all core boost when it's under load?

ShortWarning · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:19

DragonQ said:
Which benchmark? Running all cores at max would see clocks like that. The maximum clock is for single threaded loads only, as has been the case with all previous Ryzen CPUs and all recent Intel CPUs.

Yup, that's where I was going wrong. Silly me. I was used to having an all core overclock on my 1600. Saw a brief 4.4 on single core. Thanks!

Woodsta888 · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:33

opethdisciple said:
What's your all core boost when it's under load?

When I was gaming last night Hitman2 and PUBG, I looked at afterburner graphs and they were all boosting to 4.350. My AIDA 64 Bench was before I updated to latest chipset drivers (which I did yesterday). I guess the MAX boost clock is what it should do out of the box like any Gfx card they sell with advertised boost clocks. But there is no reason as to why they cant go higher surely? Or have they put a physical limit so it won't boost past the maximum?

opethdisciple · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:40

Woodsta888 said:
When I was gaming last night Hitman2 and PUBG, I looked at afterburner graphs and they were all boosting to 4.350. My AIDA 64 Bench was before I updated to latest chipset drivers (which I did yesterday). I guess the MAX boost clock is what it should do out of the box like any Gfx card they sell with advertised boost clocks. But there is no reason as to why they cant go higher surely? Or have they put a physical limit so it won't boost past the maximum?

That sounds about right as mine is around 4.25-4.3GHz.

Woodsta888 · 31 Jul 2019 at 10:46

beany_bot said:
Really?? That's awfully high. Higher infact than AMDs stated "MAX". That no one really actually gets.

Guy on overclock.net getting 4.4 all cores and 4.5Ghz single on 3700X. Does Not use balanced mode. You need to hit yours with a hammer and get another one

beany_bot · 31 Jul 2019 at 11:10

Woodsta888 said:
Guy on overclock.net getting 4.4 all cores and 4.5Ghz single on 3700X. Does Not use balanced mode. You need to hit yours with a hammer and get another one

On exotic cooling?

Lolik · 31 Jul 2019 at 11:19

Woodsta888 said:
Guy on overclock.net getting 4.4 all cores and 4.5Ghz single on 3700X. Does Not use balanced mode. You need to hit yours with a hammer and get another one

3700x pbo +100MHz with noctua d15s ( btw it is 4.4 on the box)

willhub · 31 Jul 2019 at 11:22

How do you do PBO +100?

Lolik · 31 Jul 2019 at 11:44

willhub said:
How do you do PBO +100?

Got about 3 places in bios for setting the limits (AMD CBS, NBIO, XFR); haven't tested , but common sense says having +50 or +75 for longer would be more beneficial).