ROG STRIX X870E-E BIOS 1504 Released – Features, Fixes, and Community Reactions

[ReySalcedo]

SHA-256: 64CCE3CBD07791F15D68FE72F3509B4C13EB244D2635133FEC62DAE696EA131F

Changelog:

1. Updated AGESA to ComboAM5 PI 1.2.0.3d

2. Significantly improved memory compatibility, especially for configurations using all four DIMM slots

3. Enhanced overall system stability for improved reliability

Has anyone tested this update yet?

[Moriendor]

I felt a little daring today and went "first" 😄 .

Everything is working fine as far as I can tell. I'm glad to see that the AGESA has finally been updated. Other mainboard vendors have rolled out the "c" version with security fixes a month ago or so. At least ASUS went straight to the "d" version with 1504 so that's cool.

Ran two quick benchmarks since security fixes could potentially come with performance degradation but 3D Mark Speed Way and Steel Nomad produced only very marginally lower results:

- Speed Way: 14628 points vs. 14667 points (1401)
- Steel Nomad: 14206 points vs. 14220 points (1401)

It works! 😀

[Haku86]

My experience revolves around that of Moriendor,

I have no problems and my cinebench scores:

Bios 1401: 23 140
Bios 1505: 23 109

I have the Asus rog strix x870E-E gaming wifi with the 9800X3D

I have undervolt at -25 without frequency boost because where I live it's very hot.

[Mr_Savy]

Moriendor: Those are great Steel Nomad scores.  Must be running a 5090.  My score is 9237 with an Asus 5080 oc TUF.

[Moriendor]

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@Mr_Savy wrote:

Moriendor: Those are great Steel Nomad scores.  Must be running a 5090.  My score is 9237 with an Asus 5080 oc TUF.

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Yes, it is indeed 😀 . The RTX 5090s have become more or less "affordable" here in EU in recent weeks. I paid €2899 for my MSI Suprim Liquid SOC last week and the price has dropped even further to €2799 in the meantime.

I sold some nVidia stock for a decent profit (bought them low when Trump shook up the markets the first time with the tariffs shenanigans) so, in a way, nVidia actually funded ~75% of this card. It is a great card. Very cool running thanks to the 360mm AiO and very silent.

As for BIOS 1504, I still haven't had any noticeable issues. My memory only trained once (2x 32GB Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000/CL30). I haven't manually activated Memory Context Restore. I always just enable 'Expo I' and leave everything else on 'Auto'. Works like a charm.

[Mr_Savy]

In reading various forum overclock.net posts over the last year, it was clear folks in EU countries typically pay way more than US folks for computer components.  Good for you!  Your turn for a pricing reprieve.

Before 1504, the only way to oc my memory was in Manual.  DOCP always failed so got used to setting memory oc in Manual.  I guess I'll give DOCP  another try.  Maybe it will fix the re-training issue, if not, I'll use the Context Restore setting.

[Haku86]

What type of graphics card do you have?

[XxTracexX]

Updated last night and everything has been good so far. I was previously on version 1104 and see minor improvements in stability (From what i can tell) Cine bench v24 scores also slightly increased. Will update if i see anything concerning.

[Mr_Savy]

Just updated bios from 1203 to 1504.  This bios is good news (!!!) for me as I'm using 4 sticks of Corsair Dominator Titanium 16GB (CMP64GX5M4B6000C36) DIMMs.  Previously the best stable frequency for these sticks was 5400MHz although the rated speed was 6000MHz.  In bios, set AI Overclock Tuner to Manual and frequency to 6000MHz.  Timings are 36-36-36-36-76 /112.  After training, booted smoothly into Windows.  Ran Cinebench R23 with no issue.  Of course proof of the stability of this frequency will be further memory stability tests and time but pleased this memory is now finally running at rated speed

BIOS Settings: AI Cache Boost (Enabled); PBO (Advanced): Overdrive Scalar (10x), CPU Boost (+200), Curve Optimizer (-30)

HW Configuration: x870e-e, 9800x3d, RTX 5080 oc TUF, W11 Pro on Samsung 870 EVO: nothing in m.2 slots 1-2-3, WD SN850x m.2 slot 4, WD SN850 m.2 slot 5, Samsung 49" Neo G9 LS49AG952NNXZA

Note: Discussion on issues with these 4 sticks (listed on the Asus QVL doc) can be found on a previous thread started by IceWolf75 on 3-18-2025 titled "ROG Strix x870e-e hangs and/or restarts with Corsair Dominator Titanium 4x16GB"

[Srn56]

• Significantly improved memory compatibility, especially for configurations using all four DIMM slots

^This gave me hope as I went from bios version 0606 -> 1203 -> 1401 -> 1504 and now finally 2x CMH96GX5M2B7200C40 is working at 6000. Only ran 5 minutes of Cinebench R23.200 and one pass of 3DMark steel nomad & Time Spy.

No crashes yet, if any will update.