Okay. I did what you ask me to do. Updated the original post with a specification list of my PC. I have cleared CMOS, no OC, no RAM OC, manual or with DOCP, no OC software from anywhere, all drivers are from AMD (for the CPU) and nVidia (for the GPU), BIOS is still 1201 with the ABBA AGESA in it from ASUS's website. Here's the Ryzen master screenshot with Cinebench R15 single core test. Do note that this is with a CMOS reset, which means my memory runs only at 2133 MHz. You can see that the peak frequency there is 4.410GHz, which is significantly lower than the 4.6GHz boost advertised. Now, shouldn't this be considered weird? Especially when I'm using the ABBA AGESA already?
Now, my comments in my original post is that some week ago I was able to see a little over 4.6GHz when running the single core Cinebench test, why the behavior suddenly change/degrade, without me touching any settings related to that?
jeffb0918, I have a bad attitude when I get down on an application - mark it off and blame all anomalies on it. The first thing required is to get ASUS to explain. Your results are too suggestive of what the ABBA AGESA corrected to be just
coincidences! AGESA version:
I do not know those other versions. You will need to ask an AMD support person. AIDA64 also gives the AGESA version.
I suspect you do not have any defective stuff, with the exception of a BIOS! CPU voltages jump around a lot as does temperature. Bad SW is bad and their attempts to correct it may well make it worse. I don't think you should assume that HWinfo remain constant and your stuff is dying. Please let me know what ASUS says. Thanks and enjoy, John.
If I look at CPU-Z it gives me the same thing indeed, Combo-AM4 1.0.0.3. As for the BIOS, mine doesn't have any such entry, even things like microcode version and SMU firmware I need to get either from HWInfo or AIDA64 (both report the same version). I also tried with AIDA64 as you suggested, setting affinity to core 1 only and stress-testing CPU, FPU, cache while monitoring with Ryzen Master. Ryzen Master gives an average clock of ~4.34GHz for core 1, with a peak value of 4.377GHz, looking at the "current" tab, I can safely say that I have never seen a clock speed any higher than 4.377GHz recorded in Ryzen Master. I also monitored the test simultaneously with HWInfo, and HWInfo recorded a peak clock speed of 4.541GHz with an average of 4.359GHz. Now, you can see that the recorded average in both monitoring software are pretty similar, they differ massively in terms of the peak frequency recorded.
Here's my hypothesis: The discrepancy is due to the fact that the smallest polling period one can set is 1s, while I use 500ms polling period in HWInfo.
So, in principle, HWInfo should be able to capture more of the dynamic behavior of the CPU. Why 500ms? It was what Der8auer used when he did the polling for the maximum boost frequency of Zen 2 CPUs. But again, none of these tests or monitoring software ever recorded my CPU hitting the 4.6GHz boost, not even in HWInfo where it previously did (as you can see from these HWInfo screenshots). Right now, I can tell you that even if I ran Cinebench 1000x monitoring with HWInfo, I can not recreate these screenshots. I can't compare with Ryzen Master monitoring results since I did not have it yet at the time these screenshots were made.
For Your Information Only:
black_zion posted this link on a thread he started on General Discussion that talks about the Boost improvement on the Ryzen 3000 series Processors including the BETA BIOS you mentioned from Asus: Report: New AMD Ryzen 3000 Firmware Improves Boost Clock Speeds | Tom's Hardware
