AMD Ryzen Precision Boost Overdrive & AutoOC Benchmarks & Explanation

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  • čas přidán 14. 07. 2019
  • This deep-dive explains PBO vs. Precision Boost 2, including benchmarks with test data on differences between stock, PBO, and AutoOC.
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    In this video, we're exploring Precision Boost Overdrive, Precision Boost 2 / XFR, and AutoOC features on the AMD Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. The first half of the video explains the differences between PB2 and PBO, talks about what Precision Boost Overdrive is supposed to do, what features are technically part of (and not part of) PBO, and how the feature is theoretically supposed to be used. The second half talks benchmark data, differences, and about whether it's "worth it" to overclock via Precision Boost Overdrive. Testing uses the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, with the MSI X570 Godlike and Gigabyte X570 Master boards used as the primary test platforms.
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  • @GamersNexus
    @GamersNexus  Před 4 lety +569

    This was a massive research effort undertaken by Patrick on the team. He did a great job putting it all together!
    Article: www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3491-explaining-precision-boost-overdrive-benchmarks-auto-oc
    Check out our Best Boards for Ryzen 3000 video here: czcams.com/video/zuyuS04lD4o/video.html

    • @abelvelasco7691
      @abelvelasco7691 Před 4 lety +2

      Hello guys I need help because I have a seasonic focus gold 650 watts and the motherboard I am looking to purchase requires an 8 pin and 4 pin for the cpu.It only includes an 8 pin cpu power cable,but the motherboard that I want to buy requires an additional 4 pin.My problem is that im not sure if I can use 4 pins from a split 8 pin to power the 4 pin on the motherboard because I cannot find any 4 pin to 4 pin cable that is long enough?any suggestions

    • @silkmonkey
      @silkmonkey Před 4 lety +2

      Gamers Nexus give that man a raise, this was a super confusing topic and I feel informed now

    • @ghosthand8119
      @ghosthand8119 Před 4 lety +3

      ok, I'm lost here. I understand what you are talking about in this video but in your charts there seemed to be no difference between the liquid cooled results and the air results but you are saying a better cooler will give more performance. Which is it? I want to get a 3600 but do I need a liquid cooler if I'm not going extreme overclocking or will the box cooler be fine? I understand just leave PBO and auto OC alone because it really doesn't do much.

    • @ramibos6549
      @ramibos6549 Před 4 lety

      Damn AMD.. Y U make OC complicated!?

    • @broz666
      @broz666 Před 4 lety +4

      Did you talk to Buildzoid about PBO? On Zen+ he found, that with PBO the processor is "overvolted" by the MoBo. Setting a negative Voltage Offset and Adjusting the Loadline Calibration gave much better results than auto. czcams.com/video/YQ8zdprzEjI/video.html

  • @KeithYipKW
    @KeithYipKW Před 4 lety +1527

    Timestamps:
    00:15 Snowflake knocked an Intel CPU down
    10:47 Snowflake playing with an wire held by Steve

    • @thelegendaryklobb2879
      @thelegendaryklobb2879 Před 4 lety +129

      The important stuff

    • @ZimmyFox
      @ZimmyFox Před 4 lety +41

      The real reason I watch these videos.

    • @shaneeslick
      @shaneeslick Před 4 lety +30

      Thanks Keith, I made sure I watched the Important parts of the video,
      apparently there was something about AMD CPU stuff Blah Blah AMD Blah Blah CPU Blah Blah PBO Blah Blah OOh! SnowFlake 😺😍 Blah Blah more AMD

    • @garethevans9789
      @garethevans9789 Před 4 lety +5

      This is why filters are handy.

    • @wotever99ninynine
      @wotever99ninynine Před 4 lety +3

      stupid cats.

  • @jasonsummers8995
    @jasonsummers8995 Před 4 lety +1083

    The feeling when a cat gets a R9 3900x before you do

    • @BenWillock
      @BenWillock Před 4 lety +108

      **Senior AMD Analyst Snowflake

    • @catklyst
      @catklyst Před 4 lety +6

      I got one but I'm waiting for a mobo now 😑

    • @Jaker788
      @Jaker788 Před 4 lety +1

      Pre order on Best buy or I think shop blt was getting some in stock on the 22nd and were taking pre orders. Shop blt had a few thousand coming on that shipment since they had a page showing future availability and how many were reserved. I think Best buy is getting more in a similar time frame.

    • @typingcat
      @typingcat Před 4 lety +1

      猫に小判

    • @Kestrel626
      @Kestrel626 Před 4 lety +6

      There's no stock anywhere on the planet, cat doesn't realise how lucky he is to see one.

  • @TeodorAngelov
    @TeodorAngelov Před 4 lety +38

    He talks so systematically and concisely and my brain still overflows. I have to watch this like 10 times.

  • @BigDaddyAddyMS
    @BigDaddyAddyMS Před 4 lety +843

    Pretty sure I'm even more confused about Ryzen features after watching the video. Lol

    • @TheHighborn
      @TheHighborn Před 4 lety +33

      enable everything, and you might as well get 1-4% performance. Sometimes.

    • @lifemocker85
      @lifemocker85 Před 4 lety +90

      Don't touch anything. Just overclock your memory

    • @TheHighborn
      @TheHighborn Před 4 lety +105

      @@lifemocker85 touch everything!!! get afucking headache benchmarking, touch everything again. get an annurismy cos your points fell, reset Cmos, THEN just oc memory* that's the enthusiast way
      been there, done that....

    • @shitstorm222
      @shitstorm222 Před 4 lety +6

      Just get the best from your memory and leave the rest alone is my take.

    • @20005spd
      @20005spd Před 4 lety +4

      @@TheHighborn you couldnt be more right hahah

  • @Grimdopple
    @Grimdopple Před 4 lety +619

    Call your doctor if your boost clock speed last longer then 4 hours.

    • @backupplan6058
      @backupplan6058 Před 4 lety +56

      I did, he said “lucky bas***d, no need to brag”.

    • @dkat1108
      @dkat1108 Před 4 lety +13

      I heard walking up stairs helps...

    • @1blackice1
      @1blackice1 Před 4 lety +18

      He'll give you a prescription to run prime95 for two days and call him in the morning.

    • @NapFloridian
      @NapFloridian Před 4 lety +2

      @@1blackice1 charge you $80 co-pay

    • @user-xq9xh5hw4y
      @user-xq9xh5hw4y Před 4 lety

      Boost cock speed

  • @Zarcondeegrissom
    @Zarcondeegrissom Před 4 lety +697

    PBO is dependant on the alignment of the planets, lol.

    • @bluerune7305
      @bluerune7305 Před 4 lety +5

      lmfao thats a great comment :)

    • @Tallnerdyguy
      @Tallnerdyguy Před 4 lety +9

      now that the planets have realigned since testing, time to test again!!

    • @kiwicami287
      @kiwicami287 Před 4 lety +6

      Ah shit we missed the planets alignment guys, time to wait 1000000y to test it

    • @battyflaps5410
      @battyflaps5410 Před 4 lety +5

      the fortnite game and its RNG bullshit challenges depend on that too

    • @stephenweber1251
      @stephenweber1251 Před 4 lety +3

      It's the dawning of the age of Aquarius

  • @Mr.ZEZExSAURUS
    @Mr.ZEZExSAURUS Před 4 lety +4

    Steve, man. This video is amazing! extremely clear, I love how deep you go with some stuff. Congrats to the team of this channel, keep this great content

  • @misterstudentloan2615
    @misterstudentloan2615 Před 3 lety +4

    Just found this channel. I did 30% of this on my own and suffered a great deal and just settled with Mem OC and sometimes enabled PBO on certain days/use cases. This guy is amazing. Very detailed and precise. I can now make even more educated decisions in my motherboard/CPU/Perf adventures.

  • @Raisinlove334
    @Raisinlove334 Před 4 lety +17

    So happy to see you tackle this. I need a trusted source to inform me on this.

  • @hoyle038
    @hoyle038 Před 4 lety

    I really appreciate this info. I can only imagine how many hours where put into this research and for this I am grateful. Also this helps me understand so much and I will have to watch this a few times just so I can take all this in. You and Patrick are one hell of a team.

  • @meghankrajchi4913
    @meghankrajchi4913 Před 4 lety

    Thank you, Patrick, for putting so much care and effort into this topic.

  • @khalidmkhan
    @khalidmkhan Před 4 lety +3

    Tried watching this three times!
    One day I'll make it to the end and understand.
    Thanks for uploading.

  • @pkpnyt4711
    @pkpnyt4711 Před 4 lety +186

    Still wondering why Infinity Fabric OCing is not being discussed. If set on manual at 1:1 (1800 IF / 3600 MEM FREQ) there's an apparent jump in performance compared to OCing with PBO/Auto OC. I hope to see you guys tackle this!

    • @Vortex1988
      @Vortex1988 Před 4 lety +7

      Are you talking about just overclocking the infinity fabric and memory or also overclocking the cpu after the infinity fabric and memory are overclocked as well?

    • @pkpnyt4711
      @pkpnyt4711 Před 4 lety +28

      @@Vortex1988 I'm just talking about setting the infinity fabric to 1800 manually (in auto it fluctuates and isn't set to 1:1 which is the best setting for Ryzon 3xxx) )and setting your memory speed to 3600 Mhz. This apparently shows more gains than doing PBO+Auto OC.

    • @Lemard77
      @Lemard77 Před 4 lety +3

      What if the Infinity Fabric clock is higher than the memory clock? Say 1800 IF with 3200 Mhz memory

    • @Vortex1988
      @Vortex1988 Před 4 lety +2

      @@pkpnyt4711 I could see that. I'm just curious if that would have any additional effect on cpu overclocking if you combined all three.

    • @pkpnyt4711
      @pkpnyt4711 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Lemard77 Then the ratio is not 1:1 and the system performs slower. AMD even said that the best ratio is 1:1. I would probably set the IF to 1600 if RAM is 3200. That would probably get better performance than leaving it in auto. Though the fastest performance would be in 1800/3600.

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for this extensive piece, great work!

  • @johnpaulbacon8320
    @johnpaulbacon8320 Před 4 lety

    Nicely done on the explanation of the features and how they work.

  • @OzzyOscy
    @OzzyOscy Před 4 lety +208

    AMD: _"We'll do all the overclocking for you so you don't even have to touch anything. We're keeping it simple - just play straight out the box!"_
    Overclockers: *_"WE HAVE TO BE SURE."_*

  • @SovereignKnight74
    @SovereignKnight74 Před 4 lety +3

    You guys went above and beyond with the testing. Very informative. I might just leave my 3600x @ stock.

  • @angel_bunny
    @angel_bunny Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks for the news on PBO Steve! Great content as always!

  • @ClaytonGinther
    @ClaytonGinther Před rokem +8

    6:39 As an AMD enthusiast, I'm not too familiar with Intel's tech, but it's interesting to see T.J. Maxx stepping into the CPU market. With their strong track record for delivering great value and performance, they have the potential to shake up the industry and bring some significant benefits to consumers. Exciting times ahead for the tech world!

  • @TheDaNuker
    @TheDaNuker Před 4 lety +3

    Kudos for doing this extremely time consuming but very informative test.
    Modern hardware is getting so much more tricky to nail down firmly with all these flexible boost goalpoals that can show so much variance. Hopefully there is still some room for AMD firmware in the months ahead, but at least for now we know for the CPU end it is a "Assemble rig with best cooling u can afford and you're good" without the hours of OC tuning and stability testing.

  • @noko59
    @noko59 Před 4 lety +4

    Great testing, interesting results. Would help some of us if a visual cue, relationship, maybe graphically what PB is and then PBO, PBO+. Very confusing indeed but looks like PB is the way to go. Awesome channel digging into these things and saving the multitude OCers the wasted time, arguing etc. over the same thing. We know what to look for now. COOLING!

  • @bobcharlie2337
    @bobcharlie2337 Před 4 lety

    Thank you Gamers Nexus, I stair at these setting everyday and I wondered what they meant and would anything change if I fiddled with them. Thank you Patrick.

  • @integer0verload948
    @integer0verload948 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for this guys. Appreciate the hard work.

  • @Groaznic
    @Groaznic Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks for the clarification, Tech Jesus.

  • @m.streicher8286
    @m.streicher8286 Před 4 lety +45

    This video is a Rosetta Stone for Ryzen, good job.

  • @CReese-os8fc
    @CReese-os8fc Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the great effort in explaining these as I have a 2700X with an AIO that idles at 60 and other videos telling me that PB or PBO would help and trying to figure it all out on my own in bios and then realizing that none of it really matters and I should just get a bigger more open case for better airflow would solve the issue just saved me days of research. Much appreciated.

  • @arctic.vampire
    @arctic.vampire Před 4 lety +2

    Informative video, just what I need..
    Thank you

  • @heimvar
    @heimvar Před 4 lety +26

    Never forget the alignment of the planets in your overclocking

  • @ironoverheat465
    @ironoverheat465 Před 4 lety +8

    Gamers Nexus Steve, the kind of guy to have easily discovered the cure for cancer had he chosen the medical field instead of hardware
    Like seriously we need to applaud this man and his insane research efforts (and the other ppl at Gamers Nexus too!)

  • @themaidenmaniac
    @themaidenmaniac Před 4 lety +2

    Just what I've been looking for. Appreciate the time taken! Basically leave it the hell alone and enjoy your 3900x at 4.2ghz when the marketing heavily pointed towards a 4.6 boost :)

  • @algorithman2129
    @algorithman2129 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for your effort and for the very good explanation. It is greatly appreciated. Subbed :)

  • @briandiff1459
    @briandiff1459 Před 4 lety +10

    I watched the entire 36:19 of this video and all I have to say is.... Ive no clue what anything you said, meant little kid.. but rest assured, those 36minutes and 19seconds touched my heart.

  • @rhekman
    @rhekman Před 4 lety +49

    Now I'm really curious what ACTUALLY limits Ryzen 3000 from running an all-core overclock to the rated single core boost clock high end overclock situations? Obviously all the transistors are capable of running at 4.5, 4.6 GHz for at least short periods. But have we got to a point with 7nm that leakage current just runs away? Is the node so small that micro-heating of small parts of the chip exceed silicon's thermal conductivity to the point that only time (milliseconds of boost and then clock dithering) or extreme cooling (LN2) can allow the switching frequency to maintain top clocks? I'm not knocking AMD for having a product that clocks in a different manner than what enthusiasts are used to. We can be a stubborn bunch.
    I'm not a physicist or an electro-chemist, but my theories above about "micro" thermals are based on the huge jumps in power consumption on LN2 with Ryzen 3000. Tech reviewers and semiconductor analysts probably need to start looking at Watts/sq mm more closely when looking at products like Zen 2 and Navi to get an understanding of how manufacturers are handling clocks and power and thermal management.

    • @giorgioblessedbaby5213
      @giorgioblessedbaby5213 Před 4 lety +1

      Interesting... Fact- temp certainly varies effecting something of a certain size and density and material;
      Therefore I find your statement inherently, with respect to what I just stated, is most certainly correct and therefore 100% applicable- and in more than just the CPU.
      HMMmm...perhaps a relative test on another earlier CPU that has a size difference but same materials would likely tell us how then the respective sizes react to equal testing thus revealing the answer to size affecting the temperature.
      Good eh? Yes I'm an engineer- [edit; another test on earlier CPU that used a DIFFERENT material would result in definitive resistance data with respect to the materials used in todays chips however I believe most people can, by simply deduction and extrapolation, come up w with many answers and/or ways to get them... Testing ones hypothesis. And that's exactly a lot of what GN and some others constantly do.
      Better for GAMERS NEXUS to simply say it's basically next to nil then sugar coat his concluding statement for amd.(In NOT SUGAR COATING, Steve would have also shown mindful strength, and so deserved[as Steve is proving he will go further now into what the hell comoanies are trying to sell versus what they claim their product is and can do!]:
      - AMD should know better than to release such garbage to the public. Whoever allowed that to pass I would shit-can immediately, and release a statement in fact and well delivered with meaningful "props" to regain some face. Otherwise it seems to me by AMD letting that go, thinks it's customers are UNEDUCATED, AND STUPID. And frankly that should bother everyone. If you pay attention; you'll see some disdain in Steve's face talking about that clip by AMD and some clown pointing at nonsense- that's desi?however NOT having the scrotal fortitude to NOT SUGAR COAT his response to that simply weakens himself, and the fact is; Steve is more influential than he thinks. Everyone knows who GAMERS NEXUS is... and his face and that HAIR- forget about it. What he says can cause thousands upon thousands to not buy a product, or buy it with great haste too.
      Very interesting and on depth testing to reveal the bozo in that amd promotion or whatever pathetic thing one wishes to call it- I knew by simply watching the manner plus sorry scribbling, with verbage that what the bozo was saying didn't add up to rally ANYTHING...wth is/was THAT? And they actually paid to show that crap. Most annoying.
      That all said, Again-good job GN
      and let ZERO GO even off the table with parts- everyone sees this and it simply adds to your professionalism.
      There's NOTHING unprofessional calling things out AND PEOPLE when anything exists to call.
      PERIOD. AMEN.

  •  Před 4 lety

    I've found some reddit post where one of the users posted a question for Robert Hallock about boost clocks and he asked if voltage setting is on auto or normal and if on auto to set it on normal. User posted afterwards that his cpu now reaches higher clocks. Nice video and explanation, thanks. The board in question was Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro, the cpu was R9 3900x

  • @dwaynewhite2014
    @dwaynewhite2014 Před 2 lety

    This was a great video. Still confused but my take away based on GN's testing was it does not do that much in the long run, especially in games. So I changed PB Overdrive in BIOS from Auto to Disabled. I am sure for everyday, casual use I will not notice or miss anything.

  • @joker927
    @joker927 Před 4 lety +4

    I would love to see a revisit of PBO given the recent AGESA updates

  • @ash36230
    @ash36230 Před 4 lety +16

    It's nice and appreciative to see you doing all this work to find out just how you can push the CPU further. It's a shame that AMD have obfuscated the names and explanations because it only causes confusion and misunderstanding and then AMD takes a hit in the aftermath

  • @NoahBroome
    @NoahBroome Před 4 lety

    I know I am late posting, but thank you so much for this video!

  • @jonesaleroy
    @jonesaleroy Před 4 lety +1

    I have done hours and hours of testing with this myself. Using a 3700x, 3900x and 3950x on my Asus X570-e. I would like to chat with you on this. I watch all you videos. I have a background in electronics and love your vids. Keep up the good work.

  • @MrBaracas
    @MrBaracas Před 4 lety +4

    Steve it was great. The video was well done, informative, and everything else. But amd's confusion on this will make me have to watch this video at least 3 times before i get a firm grasp as the what your saying. Anyhow, keep up the good work. Your shit lately is setting industry standards on how reviews and overviews should be done. And it is much appreciated. And you coverage of this ryzen release has been award winning, or at least it should be if awards were given for such things, and i think your peers as in fellow techtuberers would prob agree in that respect.

  • @kumd
    @kumd Před 4 lety +17

    Omg thank you, I’m a noob and this is exactly what I needed to know before getting my 3900x.

    • @lifemocker85
      @lifemocker85 Před 4 lety +3

      just overclock your memory

    • @evilsatorii
      @evilsatorii Před 4 lety

      lol

    • @evilsatorii
      @evilsatorii Před 4 lety

      just do not play with CPU voltage or your 3900x will die if your noob

    • @kumd
      @kumd Před 4 lety +1

      warlock TV yea, exactly why I’m excited about using PB/PBO. Would like to not fry anything 😂

  • @Selandr
    @Selandr Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the extensive testing guys! I wonder if anything changes if you scalp the chip

  • @TheIceblade711
    @TheIceblade711 Před 4 lety +1

    I watch the whole vid and found it very informing and I don't even buy AMD but It's good to see how far they have came in the last few years. Thx for the run down and debunk some of the confusion.

  • @Zesserie
    @Zesserie Před 4 lety +32

    TDC: top dead center, good knowledge for when you need to retime your engine when tuning it, as to much advanced timing is key to cause of detonation, not good.

    • @philosophyofpolitics4504
      @philosophyofpolitics4504 Před 4 lety

      Lol!!

    • @MarshallSambell
      @MarshallSambell Před 4 lety

      Changed a timing belt on my car and the amount of times I worried about TDC

    • @krozareq
      @krozareq Před 4 lety +1

      However in 1964 the correct timing was 4 degrees before top dead center.

    • @dankuchar6821
      @dankuchar6821 Před 3 lety

      That's why I run 105 octane fuel in my engine! Got to stay away from detonation! Ping ping ping

  • @YippingFox
    @YippingFox Před 4 lety +16

    It is also interesting to note that when you turn on PBO on that the 1% and 0.1% lows get worse then when you leave it off.

    • @maurice482390
      @maurice482390 Před rokem +2

      testing it right now and I'm getting much better performance using manual OC than PBO

  • @benchosei9878
    @benchosei9878 Před 4 lety

    Awesome work!
    Thanks.

  • @blakepiercy1528
    @blakepiercy1528 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the video, I recently built a R5 3600/ASUS Tuf Gaming X570 -Plus system and thought I was doing something wrong because I wasn't seeing any difference with PBO. Thanks for all the hard work on something that makes little to no difference Patrick!

  • @jaredholcomb2533
    @jaredholcomb2533 Před 4 lety +5

    These new 3000 chips really get my Precision Boost going

  • @Chilionloppu
    @Chilionloppu Před 4 lety +39

    So in a nutshell.
    1. Get a good cooler
    2. Make sure VRMs don't explode (on 3900X)

  • @hi_tech_reptiles
    @hi_tech_reptiles Před 4 lety

    Thank you guys. This was both informative and practically extremely helpful. PB without O it is til i get a board with a better VRM lol.

  • @m_rod9562
    @m_rod9562 Před 4 lety

    Jesus! This man hasn't slept! He's been dropping videos like mad these last couple days

  • @errolneal9789
    @errolneal9789 Před 4 lety +141

    The cat: I'm smelling some marketing BS on this processor lol!

  • @jackoneill84
    @jackoneill84 Před 4 lety +13

    Gamers Nexus to the rescue!!! Ive been beating my head off this for days trying to increase my 2600x's performance.
    I'm just going to turn off PBO and let the processor do its own thing. With a better cooler. Because I bought an NZXT H500... At least my graphics card stays cool.

    • @No-One.321
      @No-One.321 Před 4 lety

      how have you been beating your head? I have a 2600x and its running like a champ if you need help with settings

    • @kendokaaa
      @kendokaaa Před 4 lety

      PBO makes a slight difference on my 2700X. Just not enough to warrant the extra heat

    • @johnm2012
      @johnm2012 Před 4 lety

      PBO isn't officially supported by 2000-series AM4 processors. It was introduced with 2000-series Threadrippers only.

    • @chemarley2019
      @chemarley2019 Před 4 lety

      PBO increased my clockspeeds on my 2600x around 15 percent in cinebench but sadly my new bios update broke the feature

    • @No-One.321
      @No-One.321 Před 4 lety

      @Dat Strange Boi that sounds like something is wrong, I'm not 100% sure with the 2600 since i think you dont have all the settings the the 2600x has if i remember correctly.

  • @tjsmithson1598
    @tjsmithson1598 Před 4 lety

    Hey Steve, have you ever gotten LN2 on your Lucious Glory©? It'd be too easy to dip it into some.
    Awesome content. All the best.

  • @Gunni1972
    @Gunni1972 Před 4 lety

    thx for clearing that up.

  • @rooooney87
    @rooooney87 Před 4 lety +3

    nice Video and explanations. Do you think that BCLK overclocking has a good potential to exceed the 4.6 ghz and improve the gaming benchmarks? @gamers nexus

    • @kendokaaa
      @kendokaaa Před 4 lety

      If it's anything like Zen+, I think so

  • @csabauri351
    @csabauri351 Před 4 lety +3

    Nice informative test as always :) Im dying to see how a 3900x would OC when SMT is off compared to SMT ON. PBO2 / manual . I assume we could reach even higher clock speeds at lower voltage. And 12pure core is just perfect for gaming.

  • @Zappyguy111
    @Zappyguy111 Před 4 lety

    OMG, TLA BREAKDOWN VIDEO! THANK YOU!!!

  • @deathguppie
    @deathguppie Před 4 lety +2

    About time, you let your cat be part of the show. Really shows that you're ready to go to the next level.

  • @chobocops
    @chobocops Před 4 lety +4

    any plans for undervolting tests?

  • @justvideos3216
    @justvideos3216 Před 4 lety +13

    For most people the test on a $200 board would be interesting.

    • @albertobueno7805
      @albertobueno7805 Před 4 lety

      Depends. Most Gigabyte X570s have the same VRMs, which are fairly powerful and capable.

  • @yesilbursa
    @yesilbursa Před rokem

    You are doing gods work brother

  • @hakis86
    @hakis86 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for this video!
    Still getting to know my 3900X. I think it´s strange that it sometimes shows using 1.45V will basically idle in Win10..? Although it suddenly drops to 0.7V. Turned off PBO now since it seems kind of useless..
    You are great at explaning in detail and I love that! Maybe an addintional summary + chart on screen could help make things more understandable. Like "PB is: *keywords* PBO is: Auto OC is: / PBO is NOT: - Auto OC is NOT: - just a thought :)

  • @rustyredbeard
    @rustyredbeard Před 4 lety +8

    Zero is a valid result, the effort is appreciated.

  • @fcfdroid
    @fcfdroid Před 2 lety +4

    Actively messing with this rn now and I understand everything your saying but could you please do a new video for Ryzen 5000? I have a 5800x and found the best performance with PBO enabled +XMP.

  • @DrToly
    @DrToly Před 4 lety

    Wow, nice job guys! Really interesting results.. seems weird that it does nothing and it that strangely sensitive to temps.

  • @XavierXonora
    @XavierXonora Před 4 lety

    It would be nice if we were able to set voltage for individual cores and allow them to boost individually to higher frequencies. If we had 8 cores at 4ghz and 2 at 4.5 with a manual OC (they could switch cores every X seconds to prevent thermal issues) that would be a game changer.

  • @kylekoschalk7011
    @kylekoschalk7011 Před 4 lety +3

    I've seen a lot of questions regarding the temperature and voltage readings for these 3rd-gen chips from monitoring software, and the fact that these readings are often incorrect. I've seen reports stating that temps are actually 15-20 degrees Celsius cooler than what monitoring software is showing, as well as the fact that the voltage/frequency is affected by the monitoring software. I've also seen that CPU-Z should report actual voltages, but in the case of my Ryzen 3600, it seems to be showing 50 degrees at idle with a 4.2GHz frequency at all times. I'd love to see a video on this and how to properly monitor how the chips are performing. BTW - I've disabled other monitoring software like iCue and CAM when running CPU-Z.

  • @GeorgeNoiseless
    @GeorgeNoiseless Před 4 lety +4

    That is a lot of research to confirm that something is pointless, Through. Thank you, GN.

  • @declinox
    @declinox Před 4 lety

    I'm looking forward to upgrading my 1700 to a 3950X when they come out. Based on the research in this video (thanks guys!) it looks like PBO and OC in general for the 3950X isn't worth the mental cycles to even worry about. Good to know, saves me some work and stress :)

  • @Charsept
    @Charsept Před 4 lety

    I wanted to get a nice overclock on a new R5 3600 but they dont seem to have much headroom. Is this due to an immature manufacturing process? If so, should I wait a few months to pick one up?

  • @abhimanyuks5383
    @abhimanyuks5383 Před 4 lety +8

    Pls!make a video on unlocked power tables of Navi!!

  • @myopicthunder
    @myopicthunder Před 4 lety +33

    Hmm yes, yes... I have learned nothing about how to activate this.

  • @SonGoku-97
    @SonGoku-97 Před 4 lety +1

    This was actually still a bit confusing. summed up most of the important parts after, that helped a lot

  • @Pienimusta
    @Pienimusta Před 4 lety

    10:48 Can we get playlist which has all the videos which include your auditor and senior AMD Analyst?

  • @Michael-jy8xw
    @Michael-jy8xw Před 4 lety +6

    I would really like to see a video on DDR4 comparisons with Ryzen 3000. Like, how much is the difference between 3200c16, 3200c14, 3600c16, 3733c16 and 4000mhz+. I know there is the whole infinity fabric downclocking at 3733mhz thing but how much does it affect performance and are there scenarios where running something like 4400mhz DDR4 is beneficial even with infinity fabric speed halved. Love the videos Steve, keep it up.

    • @lifemocker85
      @lifemocker85 Před 4 lety

      3200-3333-3466 CL16... CL14 and 3600 kits are damn expensive

    • @Amusia727
      @Amusia727 Před 4 lety +1

      4000+ MHz kits are a joke. Shit timings and stupidly high cost. Just get some cheap B-die and overclock it to 3600 MHz CL14

    • @lifemocker85
      @lifemocker85 Před 4 lety

      @@Amusia727 bdies aren't cheap

    • @Amusia727
      @Amusia727 Před 4 lety

      @@lifemocker85 They are if you find a good deal. Look in the used market

    • @lifemocker85
      @lifemocker85 Před 4 lety

      We need some memory comparison is there much difference. Found some review which said its only few fps 3000 vs 3600

  • @Xploder270
    @Xploder270 Před 4 lety +3

    Depends on the SKU. On the 3700X PBO is needed because on stock it runs into Power-Limits immediately.

    • @speedking92
      @speedking92 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes I found this as well. That might be the only CPU in the entire lineup that it actually helps with.

  • @davidbass6780
    @davidbass6780 Před 4 lety

    I'm having problems getting PBO enabled on my aorus elite with 2700 CPU. I've only recently seen something about it not working for the non x variants? Have I just been using the wrong type of CPU all this time or is there another thing I'm missing?
    The only reason why i want it enabled is so my CPU won't be stuck at 3450MHz with auto settings in amd ryzen master. I know I can manual OC, but prefer to just let the device overclock itself. The CPU EDC is stuck at 90A despite showing the 480 limit.

  • @df3yt
    @df3yt Před 4 lety

    Will pbo work on older boards? I have a decent 370 and the newer boards seem too limited on state ports so I'm stuck with the 370

  • @lamdaske4532
    @lamdaske4532 Před 4 lety +5

    No, i am totally lost with the PBO, cant even tell if it is working in my rig, just manually overclocked my 3900X to 4.2G lol

  • @TheNamesJT
    @TheNamesJT Před rokem +6

    I have a asrock b450m steel legend with a 5600 in it was wanting to do PBO but have no idea what I'm doing I seen videos where they do PBO inside the Bios and no videos on how to do it in ryzen masters step by step video type thing. So, think imma keep my 5600 at default settings

    • @iDTecKt
      @iDTecKt Před rokem

      I would just undervolt it, this helps with power and stability + heat/temps ;)

  • @sgtkeebler
    @sgtkeebler Před 3 lety

    Steve how do I make sure the planets are aligned properly? What day of the year is best for that? And do I make a sacrifice to the old gods or new?

  • @Shpans
    @Shpans Před 4 lety

    This is good information!

  • @Dia1Up
    @Dia1Up Před 4 lety +3

    Could this mean since the processors A: Don't respond to increased voltages and B: Given the contents of this video, could you undervolt it? Would that increase boost frequency?

    • @MidlifePanda
      @MidlifePanda Před 4 lety +2

      the main limiting factor seems to be heat.
      Undervolting would decrease heat but would also make it possibly unstable at the higher boost it would try to get with its newly gained temperature headroom.

  • @Gothmatix
    @Gothmatix Před 4 lety +221

    Snowflake always makes me smile.

  • @Husky_cdn
    @Husky_cdn Před 4 lety

    so i have a asus b350 gaming f and i want to upgrade to a r7 3700x (i know but i have the motherboard already which i may upgrade down the road). Now being a b350 it should have xfr and not xfr2. would i still get precision boost 2 ie. its tied into the processor, or no and its all depending on the board and bios. Also if the later can i enable in ryzen master to bypass the bios?

  • @HitMarkersAreFun
    @HitMarkersAreFun Před 4 lety

    @
    Gamers Nexus
    I have two questions regaring PBO and the 3900x based upon observations of what I've seen my CPU doing.
    First my setup: x470 taichi, 3900x, Gskill ripjaws 3200Mhz(cl 16), noctua nh-d15 cooler
    after putting the system together, I enabled what I think is PBO in the UEFI, although the verbage didnt' state specifically precision boost, but it was a little vague, I just guessed it was PBO (I'll have to revisit it tonight and screenshot it to be sure of what uefi acually says), turned the xmp profile on for 3200Mhz(only xmp profile available). i've seen max boost clocks on one chiplett reach as high as 4.65 at various times on 3 different cores, 4.625 on 2 cores and 4.6 on the last. The other chiplett cores will boost 4.3 - 4.5 on various cores at various times, never seen any of these cores reach 4.6.
    1. Based upon this behaviour, is this PBO or just PB? I haven't touched anythign in ryzen master, only used the uefi. Again, when I'm home from work later tonight I'll revist the UEFI to see exactlly the verbage says.
    2. have you seen this same behaviour on other 3900x's? Meaning max boost clocks are only done by cores on one chiplett, while the other chiplett cores will have max boost clocks more of what would be seen on a 3600x.
    this last part is more me just stating a theory and not really a question, but feel free to answer if you wish.
    based upon the observed behaviour I've noted above, and I do realize this is a sample size of 1, that the 3900x comprises of two 3600x chipletts, and one of them is better binned. But these better binned ones are limited in number, so in order to keep the price down to that $500 mark but also reach that 4.6 boost clock they did one of each.

  • @shadykillas6964
    @shadykillas6964 Před 4 lety +29

    If you really care about getting that extra gaming performance 3600mhz memory with good low and tight timings will get you far more FPS than getting a few more hundred MHz out of your ryzen 3000 cpu.

  • @mscheese000
    @mscheese000 Před 4 lety +4

    I get lower clock speeds with PBO on than with it off. Also my 3900X refuses to accept a higher PPT limit than the default 142 W even though my board's limit is 700 W. No matter what I set in BIOS or Ryzen Master, the Ryzen Master home screen still shows 142 W PPT, even though the increases for TDC and EDC show.

  • @jeromeauguste3306
    @jeromeauguste3306 Před 4 lety

    Hey steve i have a serious question for you... i am about to take streaming very seriously and i currently have a 7700k paired with a 1080ti... so i am considering going 3900x for single pc streaming... but i have a spare gtx680 and psu... so i am considering building a secondary ryzen 2600 with a capture card which may work out just a bit less in price than going 3900x... can i get some feed back which way to go thanking you in advance... Cheers bruv!

  • @motor-head
    @motor-head Před 4 lety

    You guys are the best!

  • @Grena567
    @Grena567 Před 4 lety +8

    In msi bios u can set the cpu boost override to +500mhz, my friends 3600 boosts to 4,55ghz single core my own goes to 4,45

    • @Grena567
      @Grena567 Před 4 lety

      JC AIC msi gaming pro carbon b350 en b450

    • @Angel-fq7ww
      @Angel-fq7ww Před 4 lety

      how are your voltages? mine was hitting 1.5v+ at 4.4ghz

    • @Grena567
      @Grena567 Před 4 lety

      Andrew Puleston 1.4-1.5

    • @bluesblabber
      @bluesblabber Před 4 lety

      @@Grena567 Hello, sorry for barging in, but is that mean that 1.4V - 1.5V is normal for 3600? I have mine went to 1.47V and I freaked out. My last Cinebench R20 test made my CPU thermals went up to 104C with a Corsair H100iV2, but I was too panicked to see what's the actual clock at that temp.

    • @Grena567
      @Grena567 Před 4 lety

      Andrew Puleston yea for me too

  • @lorenhusky2717
    @lorenhusky2717 Před 4 lety +38

    This is a totally useless feature. I'm really sorry you spent so much time putting this together, but it is appreciated nonetheless.

  • @leonsmuk4461
    @leonsmuk4461 Před 4 lety

    Might need Help!
    I recently tried overclocking my relatively new Ryzen 7 2700, with Ryzen Master I tested around with small steps only going 4.4 GHz all cores which was working at 1.1375VCore in the stress test for 40+ minutes without issue. (The System runs at 4.2 GHz Base with spikes to 4.35ish GHz on some Cores at a Base 1.05 VCore.)
    But when I restarted and put the settings into Bios the PC wouldn't post at all anymore and I had to short the CMOS to reset bios :(
    Should I go to up to 1.15VCore even though it was previously running with just 1.1375? When I tried running it on 1.15VCore CPU-Z was showing 1.16VCore though which I think is well off...
    I have LLC as an option on my Board (MSI B450 Carbon Pro Gaming AC) but it doesn't seem to be working correctly since it doesn't seem to change anything compared to Auto setting?
    Is there something I'm doing wrong or did I forget something? How can I run the system at 1.1375VCore but not Boot at that...

  • @timothygonzalez3194
    @timothygonzalez3194 Před 4 lety

    I was getting buyers remorse when I got the 3600X and not the 3600 but after testing on my rig its hitting 4.3 regularly w/only 1.28 vcore on my x370 board boost core enabled, no manual OC. Mainly game on this build.

  • @vitaobatera
    @vitaobatera Před 4 lety +3

    "TDP = Power consumption" Only if power is spent and no work is done. (TDP is the THERMAL Design Power)
    If some of the power consumed is used to work, then less power will transform into heat.
    If work is done then there's a gap between them called efficiency, the bigger the gap the bigger the efficiency (do not mistake it with effectiveness
    ).
    So your WORKING CPU will always consume more power than it's TPD. Some of it turns into work (good), some turns into heat(TDP).

  • @Amsztel
    @Amsztel Před 4 lety +12

    Amazing video. So long story short - PBO disabled and buy an awesome cooler for your Ryzen 3rd gen.

  • @ragecragnarok3000
    @ragecragnarok3000 Před 4 lety +1

    I dont have a clue why I'm not subscribed here, thank you guys for the hard work!

  • @user_16309
    @user_16309 Před 4 lety

    For a modest gaming/vr pc with the 3600 on an Elite, is overclocking anywhere near the effort required? It certainly does not appear so. I sincerely appreciate the massive amount of work that went into this video. Thank you! Ah, near the end of the video saying as much, if I understood correctly. That’s great!