Got an ASRock motherboard for your brand-new Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processor? The most recent 14th-generation chips– those launched last month, specifically non-K variations (we’ll return to that)– simply got a considerable efficiency increase totally free thanks to the current upgrade for those motherboards.
Wccftech brought fortunately that ASRock has a fresh BIOS upgrade that when used to Intel 600 and 700 series motherboards suggests the pointed out non-K series processors are increased substantially.
We’re talking approximately 10% faster passing Cinebench R23 benchmarking, with that best-case circumstance seen by the best CPU in the Raptor Lake Refresh variety, the Core i7-14700, together with the Core i5-14500 which likewise sees a 10% enhancement (simply over, in truth).
These are all non-K chips, which indicates their clock speeds are locked and you can’t overclock them (and they have lower power use levels). The preliminary batch of 14th-gen processors– launched in 2015, in October 2023– can be overclocked, so for instance that consists of the Core i7-14700KThe vanilla 14700 and other designs without any ‘K’ in the name were revealed at CES 2024 and went on sale simply after.
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This efficiency increase is because of Intel’s most current microcode upgrade which is packaged in the brand-new BIOS, therefore this might be a really beneficial upgrade for some folks with an innovative Intel CPU of the non-K range.
Naturally, the advantage you’ll see will differ depending upon what design of Raptor Lake Refresh processor you have, and the rest of your PC parts. Gains differ from around 1% to 10%, however the typical uplift appears to be around 5%, which is still really beneficial. As kept in mind, those with the 14700 and 14500 are the luckiest Intel CPU owners here with a 10% Cinebench increase.
That’s simply one metric, naturally, however we can anticipate likewise significant enhancements in other performance jobs and something of an increase in video gaming, too. What’s really occurring under the hood here is that as Wccftech explained, a brand-new choice to disable CEP (CurrentExcursion Power) has actually been presented and is being worked out by default. In other words, power limitations that remained in location have actually been raised, and the additional juice is what’s providing this cool little efficiency uplift.
When can you get the advantage of this? ASRock currently has the brand-new BIOS out for high-end Z790 motherboardsand the maker states that B600 series and B760 boards will be upgraded ‘quickly’– so there should not be long to wait.