[The Exiled]

Video je samo skraćena verzija opširnijeg članka, a kak god se okrene, nije svaka budžet B560 ploča dosta za budžet Core i5-11400(F).

The Asrock B560 Pro4, for example, ran the 11400F at 3380 MHz. That means the Tomahawk and other B560 boards that don’t enforce power limits are clocking the processor 24% higher out of the box. But the Pro4 wasn’t the worst of the bunch. The MSI B560M Pro clocked even lower at just 3100 MHz, more than 1 GHz lower than the Tomahawk which clocked 35% higher. Then we have the Gigabyte B560M DS3H AC which maintained an all-core frequency of 3500 MHz, or 13% higher than the MSI B560M Pro. Put differently, in all-core workloads the B560 Tomahawk is 27% faster than the B560M Pro, or worse. The clock frequencies just mentioned were recorded at the end of the 30 minute stress test.

So if we ignore the first run where the B560 boards aren’t running the entire test at the PL1 power state and look at the result recorded after 30 mins of looping the test, we see that the B560 Tomahawk is actually 35% faster than the B560M Pro. That’s a huge performance difference. We’re talking about a different tier of CPU performance, the kind of difference you’d normally expect when upgrading from a 6 to an 8-core CPU of the same architecture, for example. For those of you focused purely on gaming, the difference isn’t as significant, at least in most games that don’t max out the 11400F. Testing with Shadow of the Tomb Raider we see a 12% performance uplift from the B560M Pro to the Tomahawk. That’s still a reasonable difference, but not close to the 35% margin we saw in Cinebench.

Poanta njegovog testiranja je da potencijalnim kupcima pokaže kako je sve skupa zbunjujuće za krajnjeg korisnika. I dok većina B560 tehnički nudi mogućnosti uklanjanja Power Limit opcija, na kraju ipak nisu sve iste, niti to treba očekivati.

It is possible to remove the power limits and unleash the 11400F on these entry-level B560 boards. How you go about doing this depends on the motherboard, some are easier than others. You might be thinking, if that’s the case, what’s the big deal then? With the Core i5-11400F it’s more of a nuisance than anything, and it will catch out inexperienced users who will struggle to work out why their system isn’t performing as claimed by reviewers and other users running better boards.

Detaljnije o svemu uz VRM bude se osvrnul u sljedećem videu, tj. recenziji kad bude napravil općeniti presjek svih B560 koje ima na raspolaganju.