1usmus Power Plan for AMD Ryzen - New Developments

[W1zzard]

Two weeks ago, we released the 1usmus Power Plan for AMD Ryzen processors, which received a ton of attention. Both Microsoft and AMD got involved, releasing fixes on their own. Today, we're taking a look at the improvements these patches bring, and also got a new version of the power plan for you to download.

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[spectatorx]

Kinda related story of mine: recently i did clean install of windows 10 1909 and in comparison to 1903 i'm getting better performance and smoother frametimes in games. Unfortunately before update/reinstall i didn't think i could get such noticeable changes so i can't give you specific numbers. If i remember correctly fps values from 1903 then in some games fps gains are about 10% (this is not exact value so do not quote me on that), all that on regular ryzen balanced power plan. I would like to see any website or youtube channel to perform proper tests and post results.

All that on 3800x with asrock x570 taichi and 2x16GB 3200MHz memory, radeon rx580 8GB nitro+.

 

[damric]

Keep up the good work!

 

[RH92]

Maybe the reason AMD didn't provide 3950X sample to Yuri is because he is doing a better job than their engineers FOR FREE ..... jokes aside keep up the outstanding work man !

 

[MKRonin]

Could you update the article to explicitly state which CPU(s) you used during your testing? I'm assuming it was a 3900X.

 

[529th]

What exactly in the registry is being changed to the CPU Power Scheme?

 

[jamexman]

If we have version 1.0 installed, can we just install this new version over it? Or do we have to uninstall the older one first? If so, how do we uninstall it?

Edit: Nevermind, found out how to delete the old one.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

S and firmware vendors are as of late changing things far too often with too little documentation.

Sadly this has been a known issue for years. Those that did any BIOS modding had to rely on forums to figure out what been changed.

 

[jamexman]

Amazing. I just installed it and now I have two cores back boosting to 4616 Mhz on my 3900x (and yes, they are the two best cores!). On AMD's Ryzen balanced they would never boost past 4550 mhz on Agesa 1.0.0.4B (they did to 4625 Mhz back with Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABBA, so I don't know what AMD messed up with on 1.0.0.4 B...).

Thanks 1usmus!

 

[1usmus]

What exactly in the registry is being changed to the CPU Power Scheme?

Thread planning policy used for short-term threads in heterogeneous systems has been changed. Also we force scheduler to use the best cores (if possible) .
By default, the auto option is enabled there. That is, windows may use the best cores, or it may not.

 

[W1zzard]

Maybe the reason AMD didn't provide 3950X sample to Yuri is because he is doing a better job than their engineers FOR FREE ..... jokes aside keep up the outstanding work man !

AMD didn't give me a sample for CPU review. Yuri is completely separate both geographically and logistically

 

[Ubersonic]

Hate to be a drag but:

echo - Use "1usmus Ryzen Power Plan", if you have a Zen 2 processor, runnning Windows 10 May 2019, Oct 2018, and earlier.
echo - Use "1usmus Ryzen Universal", with any processor running Windows 10 Nov 2019 Update or later.

Which one to use with a 3900X on a fully up to date 1903?

 

[Tahna]

Hoping to get some help here. I can't get my 3900x to a speed over 4262 Mhz on my best single core stress, and around 4040 Mhz on all cores. I'm using CPUZ to stress the CPU (maybe i need to use something else?). Like anyone else, I just want to get the best out of my 3900x. Normal use temp (< 10% usage) is around 50 C.

What else can I do, and am I missing something?

Setup/Settings:

• Ryzen 3900x - haven't touched OC settings outside of the 1usmus instructions, or Ryzen Master settings.
• x570 Auros Elite mobo
• 32GB (3200mhz Elite XMP profile) Corsair vengeance RAM
• Windows Build 10.0.18362 Build 18362
• F10c BIOS from Gigabyte website
• 1.09.27.1033 chipset drivers,
• 1usmus 1.1 power settings and bios settings to match. I know for sure I got the following BIOS settings: Global C-state Control, Low Current Idle, and CPPC Preferred Cores to Enabled, and I set PPT to 0 ( I couldnt find PPC).

Stressing all cores in following SS:

 

[1usmus]

Hate to be a drag but:


Which one to use with a 3900X on a fully up to date 1903?

Universal Power Plan

 

[jamexman]

Hoping to get some help here. I can't get my 3900x to a speed over 4262 Mhz on my best single core stress, and around 4040 Mhz on all cores. I'm using CPUZ to stress the CPU (maybe i need to use something else?). Like anyone else, I just want to get the best out of my 3900x. Normal use temp (< 10% usage) is around 50 C.

What else can I do, and am I missing something?

Setup/Settings:

• Ryzen 3900x - haven't touched OC settings outside of the 1usmus instructions, or Ryzen Master settings.
• x570 Auros Elite mobo
• 32GB (3200mhz Elite XMP profile) Corsair vengeance RAM
• Windows Build 10.0.18362 Build 18362
• F10c BIOS from Gigabyte website
• 1.09.27.1033 chipset drivers,
• 1usmus 1.1 power settings and bios settings to match. I know for sure I got the following BIOS settings: Global C-state Control, Low Current Idle, and CPPC Preferred Cores to Enabled, and I set PPT to 0 ( I couldnt find PPC).

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Stressing all cores in following SS: View attachment 137019

Yo be honest, I’ve never seen Ryzen master boost up to 4600mhz, I don’t think it shows real clocks but a rolling average... you should try monitoring clocks with hwinfo64; that’s the I le app ive ever seen the max boats to 4.6+ Ghz on my 3900x.

 

[1usmus]

Hoping to get some help here. I can't get my 3900x to a speed over 4262 Mhz on my best single core stress, and around 4040 Mhz on all cores. I'm using CPUZ to stress the CPU (maybe i need to use something else?). Like anyone else, I just want to get the best out of my 3900x. Normal use temp (< 10% usage) is around 50 C.

What else can I do, and am I missing something?

Setup/Settings:

• Ryzen 3900x - haven't touched OC settings outside of the 1usmus instructions, or Ryzen Master settings.
• x570 Auros Elite mobo
• 32GB (3200mhz Elite XMP profile) Corsair vengeance RAM
• Windows Build 10.0.18362 Build 18362
• F10c BIOS from Gigabyte website
• 1.09.27.1033 chipset drivers,
• 1usmus 1.1 power settings and bios settings to match. I know for sure I got the following BIOS settings: Global C-state Control, Low Current Idle, and CPPC Preferred Cores to Enabled, and I set PPT to 0 ( I couldnt find PPC).

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Stressing all cores in following SS: View attachment 137019

You have PBO enabled, this may be a problem. On stock, problem also observed?
Which core does system use in the CB15 single thread?

 

[chief-gunney]

what is the power supply low current idle setting about? and is this related to and apply to psu hardware?

 

[Artex]

You have PBO enabled, this may be a problem.

I have a similar spec'd machine and I'm curious what the PBO setting should be set to as well. I too cannot boost passed 4.2Ghz with the power profile, and my temps hover in the mid-40s under 10% load with my AIO Corsair H115 Platinum for cooling.

• Ryzen 3900x - haven't touched OC settings outside of the 1usmus instructions, or Ryzen Master settings.
• x570 Auros Extreme Mobo
• 64GB (3600mhz XMP profile) Corsair RAM
• Windows Build 1903
• F10c BIOS from Gigabyte website
• Corsair H115 Platinum AIO
• 1.09.27.1033 chipset drivers,
• 1usmus 1.1 power settings and bios settings to match. I know for sure I got the following BIOS settings: Global C-state Control, Low Current Idle, and CPPC Preferred Cores to Enabled - I also couldnt find PPC).

 

[Assimilator]

Thanks for all your hard work @1usmus - while I can't benefit from it, it's evident that your thorough and exhaustive testing has lit a fire under the collective a**es of AMD and Microsoft and the motherboard manufacturers, and that's made things better fro a lot of people. I don't understand why AMD hasn't hired you yet...

 

[Jism]

On Ryzen Univeral power plan, this thing constantly keeps the CPU core voltage at around 1.45V. Even in 2129Mhz. This is bullshit.

Even the balanced plan of windows itself nicely puts the CPU into 0.890mv instead of 1.45v. Are you kidding me? If you make a power plan please test it properly and dont cram this up your system without monitoring it's abilitys. Ryzens are proned to suffer from degradation fast and having it in idle on 1.45V / 2129Mhz (CPU-Z, Ryzen 2700X) is just asking for problems.

Windows balanced is proper enough for me.

 

[Tahna]

You have PBO enabled, this may be a problem. On stock, problem also observed?
Which core does system use in the CB15 single thread?

Thanks for the response! I'll try with disabling the PBO, I must have enabled that in the BIOS.

I just ran Cinebench 15 single core (got 194 pts), and it primarily ran on C 02, with some bouncing to C 01. The highest C 01 got was 4278 and C 02 with 4282.

 

[Wickedt]

I keep getting this error, not sure why though.

"Please extract all files from the downloaded .zip archive, not just install.bat"
Press any key to continue . . .

Yes ive unzipped all of the files to a separate desktop folder, and on the desktop itself, no joy.

 

[Jism]

I keep getting this error, not sure why though.

"Please extract all files from the downloaded .zip archive, not just install.bat"
Press any key to continue . . .

Put all files in a folder and execute from that folder, not from a zip.

 

[Wickedt]

Put all files in a folder and execute from that folder, not from a zip.

Did that, still same message, and all 3 files are there, wonder if its something else, very strange. Nothing in the bit-defender logs, weird.

Ok even stranger, went back to the original folder i unzipped to, and it worked. Thanks for the help though, now to test a bit.

 

[Tahna]

So I've switched to Hwinfo for monitoring my speeds and i'm getting closer to the 4.6 than I thought. Still nothing over 4466 Mhz with my 3900x though. I've tried with PBO both on and off (doesn't make a difference). This seems pretty good but really I'm not sure what to expect tbh.