There is one report from claiming the power delivery system is insufficient. I would wait for more data before hitting the panic button.
Do you mean the VRM power delivery?
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There is one report from claiming the power delivery system is insufficient. I would wait for more data before hitting the panic button.
Every single one of my Intel products has zero issues hitting max boost on the rated number of cores. My stupid laptops i7 5500u will sit at maximum boost until the cooling on it hits 90C. The Xeon in my server will float cores up to max boost as needed with out issue, so I do not know what systems you are looking at or comparing, but I have never seen nor heard of the issue you describe.
Software OC has been regarded as garbage up to this point and only time will tell if this software is garbage also. What is interesting, I think, is that most of the bios options are present in the softwareRyzen Master Overclock utility ha hit the web. http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-master-overclocking-utility-detailed/
Ryzen Master Overclock utility ha hit the web. http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-master-overclocking-utility-detailed/
the IMC on Ryzen..Has here been official mention of native supported ram speeds? To pick some mobo claims at random...
http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-GAMING-5-rev-10#sp
Support for DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X370-GAMING-PRO-CARBON.html#productSpecification-section
1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 3200(OC)+ Mhz
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/specifications/
DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory *
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-X370-PRO/specifications/
DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4/#Specification
- Supports DDR4 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
The Asrock link is particularly interesting, as they have a table indicating how many modules (and what rank) you can run at what speed... is this a mobo limitation or a Ryzen limitation I wonder?
Has here been official mention of native supported ram speeds? To pick some mobo claims at random...
http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-GAMING-5-rev-10#sp
Support for DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X370-GAMING-PRO-CARBON.html#productSpecification-section
1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 3200(OC)+ Mhz
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/specifications/
DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory *
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-X370-PRO/specifications/
DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4/#Specification
- Supports DDR4 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
The Asrock link is particularly interesting, as they have a table indicating how many modules (and what rank) you can run at what speed... is this a mobo limitation or a Ryzen limitation I wonder?
It just goes to max clock for short period of time and not even on all platforms. If it stays at max boost clock then settings are not standard/auto. Part of my full time job is to configure and sell computers and I simply never see max boost on branded laptops/servers and fresh OS without changes. The same if servers are in production phase then they never go to max boost even if performance mode is enabled in BIOS. Load balance won't let it run at max turbo simply because there are always processes in the background so single thread just never happens. That's for standard settings on computers where you can't really change any settings in BIOS. You can however force max clock by limiting active threads in OS or use soft which is forcing max clock. OC series motherboards have often additional features which are keeping turbo at max but not regular boards.
I linked some of that some time ago. Max is 3200 on 2 memory slots for most higher boards. ASUS CHVI has 3200 on 4 slots. ASRock has max 2666. I wonder if it's real max stable or manually can go much higher. Most Z170 motherboards have also 3200 as max tested.
If IMC is scalling good with cores then even 2666 can be good. 8 Intel cores offer higher memory bandwidth than 6 cores and at 2666 you can see 50GB/s+.
It just goes to max clock for short period of time and not even on all platforms. If it stays at max boost clock then settings are not standard/auto. Part of my full time job is to configure and sell computers and I simply never see max boost on branded laptops/servers and fresh OS without changes. The same if servers are in production phase then they never go to max boost even if performance mode is enabled in BIOS. Load balance won't let it run at max turbo simply because there are always processes in the background so single thread just never happens. That's for standard settings on computers where you can't really change any settings in BIOS. You can however force max clock by limiting active threads in OS or use soft which is forcing max clock. OC series motherboards have often additional features which are keeping turbo at max but not regular boards.
Actually I have a Dell Precision 7510 with the i7-6920HQ (2.9Ghz) CPU and it does stay at a sustained 3.4Ghz for extended periods of time at least when I'm docked, and even in my lap sometimes. It can be done I just dont think it happens that often because of thermal limits are hit too often. Thankfully my chip is cool and get a nice spead perk out of it.