Overclocking Procedure & Results
AMD devotes one and a half pages in its reviewer guide for overclocking, showing that it pays great attention to it. Unfortunately, the Powenetics software couldn’t read any CPU sensor information except core load, so I couldn’t extract all the data I wanted. In my limited time to evaluate this CPU, I devoted as much as possible to the overclocking section.
I will repeat here some of what I wrote in the Overclocking section, with fewer details, and in a more straightforward way. So, the steps you have to follow to proceed with the CPU’s overclock are the following:
- Enable PBO Advanced and set limits to ‘motherboard.’
- Set PBO Scalar to between 7X and 10X.
- Set CPU Boost Clock override to somewhere between +100 MHz and + 200 MHz. I tried +150 MHz.
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Enabling Ryzen Master “Auto OC” does 1-3 automatically with a single click, so you can do that without messing with the BIOS settings. I prefer the BIOS over any app.
You can even set a manual CPU clock, but you must also set an operating voltage manually. This setting overrides any Precision Boost Overdrive settings. I wouldn’t advise messing with this overclocking option unless you know what you are doing because setting a high Vcore value can cause permanent damage to the processor.
A crucial step is to enable the EXPO profile of your RAM DIMMs if they have one. This will ensure the best possible RAM performance without any headaches.
The Results
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| Default Settings + EXPO | Ryzen Master “Auto OC” |
The maximum overclock gain I achieved was 5.11% on all threads, which is a decent improvement, given that you only have to press a button in Ryzen Master for auto overclocking. You can increase the gain by devoting more time to manual settings.
