What's the purpose of using Intel XTU on that board, if there's no overclocking? I haven't had an Intel build in a long time (3 Ryzens in my house), so forgive my ignorance
I overrode the multicore / ratio and set all cores to clock to 4,900 max in XTU. By giving it more available voltage, it scales well and hits 4,600 - 4,800 regularly on all cores simultaneously under load.. This made a noticeable improvement on CPUZ benchmark multicore scores which was about 3,7XX without, and 4,3XX with... this of course allows it to consume more power and not get throttled by the TDP cap at 95 watts (maxing at 139 watts now). The board is rated for CPUs up to 127 watt TDP (Core i9-9900KS, which can go over 10-20% under load), so I believe the VRMs can handle it.. if they don't over the long term, I am out $29 for the board .. But to be honest, I am hardly ever hitting all cores 100% ever for any long duration.. so not worried either way.
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