Ryzen 3000, with the new firmware even higher boost frequencies?

A few weeks ago MSI declared that AMD was working on a new microcode for the Ryzen 3000 CPUs – AGESA 1.0.0.4 – with beyond 100 improvements designed to best express the latest CPUs. And in fact it seems that the BIOS based on that microcode are really able to respect the premises.

The German Computerbase site had the opportunity to try it in preview on some ASRock motherboards, detecting a increase defined as “moderate, but not trivial” of the boost frequency with all eight cores under load.

To be precise i test on a Ryzen 7 3800X show an increase in boost frequencies under load on all cores of 50 MHz, with a jump from 4275 to 4325 MHz, and a maximum single core frequency of 4550 MHz compared to the already improved AGESA 1.0.0.3ABBA. It is reasonable to expect that this step forward will extend across the entire Ryzen 3000 range.

Recall that the current firmware based on AGESA 1.0.0.3ABBA already intervene on the Ryzen 3000 boost algorithm, previously suffering from a problem that could lead to lower operating frequencies than those advertised. Further details on the anomaly and the corrective can be found in this article.

The AGESA 1.0.0.4 update will arrive together with the BIOSes in November. Risulta available only on the beta version of the ASRock X570 Taichi, X470 Taichi and X370 Taichi motherboards.

Being BIOS in beta they may not be representative of the final CPU capacity and may be subject to bugs, which is why it is advisable to wait for a definitive version that should be released by all manufacturers progressively in the coming weeks.

Our favorite process in the Ryzen 3000 range is, needless to say, the Ryzen 5 3600. If you have to play and do not too heavy productivity it is ideal. It currently costs 190/200 euros.