Updating Bios for asus tuf z790 pro wifi

[MoAwaad]

I need some advice. I recently purchased the ASUS TUF Z790 PRO motherboard along with an Intel i9-14900K processor. My current BIOS version is 1806, while the latest available on the ASUS website is version 1820. Since BIOS version 1806 already applies Intel’s recommended power limits and defaults to Intel’s settings, I’m wondering if there's any real need to update. Additionally, I’ve noticed that some users who updated to the latest BIOS reported around a 5% drop in CPU performance, although this was accompanied by lower temperatures.

[Nate152]

Hello MoAwaad

If you're not having stability issues, there's no need to update the bios.

Bios 1820 updates the Intel microcode to version 0x12F to further improve Vmin Shift instability in Intel 13th Gen and 14th Gen cpu's.

Some people were experiencing BSOD's under a light load or idle, bios 1820 helps to address this.

[lmacmil]

I assume this same advice applies to other 700- series boards.  I have a B760M with i3-13100 running the 1805 BIOS.  Not a gamer and I have no issues of any kind.

[Vynra]

im not sure where you are hearing about lower performance with the newest update but with my testing with intel defaults everything was the same score as before the update. Cinebench, 3dmark, fps in games....