PRO Z690-A DDR4/WIFI Owners Thread

TENPATROL

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Also, I notice ridiculously high VCore spikes during benchmark run (>1.45V) which causes CPU to boil (95-97°C)
Go to BIOS settings > Overclocking > advanced CPU configuration
CPU lite load control - Normal
CPU lite load - Mode 1

Overclocking >DigitAll Power

CPU Loadline Calibratrion Control - Mode4

Overclocking > CPU features

Intel Virtualization Tech - Disable
Intel VT-D Tech - Disable
(Enable if you run virtual machine application like VirtualBox)

Save changes.
 

kogos121f0297

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Also, on ASUS boards, i saw vcore bursts caused by Asus multicore enchantments. This is an extra manufacturer boost, that is enabled at stock, and can boost a 13900K up to 6GHz... at stock :)
On the MSI boards, it's called MSI enhanced boost ( or something similar. it should be under cpu advanced settings, right below Intel extreme boost 3.0 setting). Disabling that might fix your vcore going crazy.
 

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Go to BIOS settings > Overclocking > advanced CPU configuration
CPU lite load control - Normal
CPU lite load - Mode 1

Overclocking >DigitAll Power

CPU Loadline Calibratrion Control - Mode4

Overclocking > CPU features

Intel Virtualization Tech - Disable
Intel VT-D Tech - Disable
(Enable if you run virtual machine application like VirtualBox)
This helped with VCore spikes indeed, keeping it max at 1.25-1.27V, however I still have quite low value in CB R23 (now under 21k). To my surprise, CB R20 shows me that Effective Frequencies for both P/e_cores are maintained during the test and the score is similar to what I have seen from reviews... Can this be issue with CB R23 only?
 

TENPATROL

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This helped with VCore spikes indeed, keeping it max at 1.25-1.27V
You're very welcome ;)

(...) however I still have quite low value in CB R23
For testing purpose > Try
Go to BIOS settings > Overclocking
CPU Cooler tuning - water cooler

Overclocking > CPU AVX Control

AVX suport - enabled
CPU ratio offset when running AVX - 0

Overclocking > Advanced CPU Configuration

Hyper threading - enabled
Long duration power limit -(type) 4096
Long duration maintained - 128
Short duration power limit - 4096

Save changes.
 

alex_007

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hi
i planning pair z690-a ddr4 with intel 13500

At this stage of bios updates, can you confirm if i can undervolting the cpu with adaptive+offset / cpu lite load / power limit without performance drop ?

thanks
 

doug.hogart153b02d9

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i planning pair z690-a ddr4 with intel 13500

At this stage of bios updates, can you confirm if i can undervolting the cpu with adaptive+offset / cpu lite load / power limit without performance drop ?
According to chart in this post, that combination should have the option where you can set IA CEP to Disable.

Update: that thread has new post today pointing out that undervolted 13500 works with MSI Z690 (without performance drop) but may not expose any BIOS setting for IA CEP needing change.
 
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There's a new BIOS update for the Pro Z690A DDR4

 

Springbok

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The latest two BIOS updates for PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 cause the following issues on my system:
7D25v1C (2023-05-19) - GPT header missing/corrupt. See https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/gpt-header-missing-corrupt.386631/
7D25v1D (2023-07-13) - Drives on Startech PEXSAT34 4-port PCIe controller go missing. I suspect the expansion card is a victim of the SATA changes in 1C.

I recovered by flashing back to 7D25v1B (2023-04-07).
 
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