So... what about this Intel scandal recently emerged?
Intel has finally tracked down the problem making 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs crash | Ars Technica
If you're using a 13th- or 14th-generation CPU and you're not noticing any problems, the microcode update should prevent your processor from degrading. But if you're already noticing stability problems, Tom's Hardware reports that "the bug causes irreversible degradation of the impacted processors" and that the fix will not be able to reverse the damage that has already happened.
Intel says that an analysis of defective processors "confirms that the elevated operating voltage is stemming from a microcode algorithm resulting in incorrect voltage requests to the processor." In other words, the CPU is receiving too much power, which is degrading stability over time.
Are ASUS+Intel planning BIOS updates to mitigate the issue?
Even if it is not damaged, our performances will decrease with the update that will be sent. Because voltage limit, power limit will come.
I don't think my processor is damaged, I usually play games with turbo boost turned off so that it doesn't heat up. I get +20 fps higher because the gpu also takes more watts.
but who knows, maybe damaged. I dont have tool for test.
The tool is for to confirm the issue but is there any way to know if the CPU is damaged already?
Benchmark scores?
There is no benchmark number: y-cruncher should throw in a BSOD on the long run (some hours). AFAICU if it does then your CPU is already degrading and partially "worn" by incorrect voltages or you won't see the issue at all.
Wondering if this would be enough to prevent the issue, while waiting for Intel microcode update:
Should be an easy way to cap CPU but I'm still not 100% sure it will prevent that incorrect voltage, which BTW seems to happen, counterintuitively, mostly with light tasks (because CPU will be free enough to spike single cores at higher freq and voltages). Of course the other safer solution is to cap CPU in detail with ThrottleStop.
I actually saw 1409mV at ~4100MHz a pair of times (1-2 secs max) in normal desktop usage... but it's a bit unclear from Intel statements what CPU component precisely suffers the issue, or is it a generic global CPU voltage above 1399mV at risk?
