High vccio and system agent

[josey99]

Hi there. Here's my rig. All brand new.

cpu: i5 9600k currently at stock
Mobo : Asus prime z390-p
Memory: Team group dark tforce 16gb 3200mhz running on xmp @ 3200mhz
Psu: Seasonic focus gx-850

I'm getting high values for vccio and system agent as shown in hwmonitor.

Vccio @ 1.34v
System agent @ 2.04v

Is this too high or am I missing something here? Is there anything i can do about it?
I read that asus boards bump these values up high to stabilise ddr4 ram at xmp profiles. Is that true?
Just to add I have the board set on automatic atm so would manual parameters help fix this?


Update:

I've manually set both vccio and system agent to 1.2v. Hwmonitor shows the adjusted vccio but the system agent still shows as 2.04v. I believe that hwmonitor is misreading the system agent parameter. There is no way it is running at 2.04v. The memory controller would flash fry if it did.

 

[Digit]

I noticed this on my Asus Z390 board when I got it just over a year ago. Well my System Agent voltage is always at 1.9v. And no matter which monitoring software I have tried all report the same readings. Even manually setting the voltages in the bios shows no change through monitoring.

I've physically checked various parts of my Motherboard by touch after prolonged gaming sessions and nothing is ever hot. I've also never had a single shutdown or crash which you would expect if them voltages were actually correct. Personally I just think its false readings on Z390 boards.

EDIT: Just double checked with the latest HWMonitor and it reports System agent = 1.936v and VCCIO = 1.344v. These two are the only readings as well were the Value/Min/Max never changes.