Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

[rushstrike]

I am interested in @ori69's setup because of the performance he's getting (14,000 on Geekbench5). Despite having the same DDR4 RAM & i9 CPU, I am only getting about 10,020 on GB5 on macOS and about 8,600 on Windows 10/11. I have reason to believe it is possibly due to the Asus Z690 Prime P D4's poorer motherboard design or possibly that the BIOS of the P D4 has not yet been optimised. I am keen to hear if anyone else has experienced anything similar using DDR4 on the Z690 what results they are getting.

Gigabyte aero G ddr4 (3600mhz CL16 4x16GB) with E cores disabled and HT enabled on windows:

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 with an Intel Core i9-12900K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

With all cores and HT on. I think I am thermally limited from the noctua air cooler. Still trying to find a 360mm AIO that works well with macOS but haven’t been able to find one yet .

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 with an Intel Core i9-12900K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

 

[AndyKramer]

Gigabyte aero G ddr4 (3600mhz CL16 4x16GB) with E cores disabled and HT enabled on windows:

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 with an Intel Core i9-12900K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

With all cores and HT on. I think I am thermally limited from the noctua air cooler. Still trying to find a 360mm AIO that works well with macOS but haven’t been able to find one yet .

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z690 AERO G DDR4 with an Intel Core i9-12900K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

AIO that works well with macOS : NZXT Kraken X73 I had X63 since three years already, working perfectly in my Hackintosh.

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[rushstrike]

AIO that works well with macOS : NZXT Kraken X73 I had X63 since three years already, working perfectly in my Hackintosh.

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I actually have that one but missing lga1700 bracket . Nzxt customer support has no eta on when they can ship out the bracket unfortunately

 

[Middleman]

Just thought to mention this to anyone interested.

With the success of the Z690 Alder Lake running Photoshop and Adobe apps far quicker and smoother than I expected, I have decided to replace my current B550 Vision D build with it (despite it being a very quick and competent machine). For me Intel software compatibility and system stability means a lot especially when its used for work and such. The Ryzen was giving me a handful of problems recently (needing the AMD Adobe fixes every so often on newer builds of Adobe apps) which is why I have decided to go with the Z690 instead.

 

[sjoseph]

I actually have that one but missing lga1700 bracket . Nzxt customer support has no eta on when they can ship out the bracket unfortunately

you can buy
Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA 1700 which is compatible with X73

 

[gandem]

First touch:

How stable is it running?

 

[starghost1100]

First touch:

Best Benchmark as I seen using 8 P-Core + 8 E-Core HT OFF. this CPU overclocked?

 

[StefanAM]

Can you share your EFI file? Thank you. My USB customization is customized by a tool in Windows environment. After loading in Big Sur, the system can't be started, but it can be done in monthly. There's no problem

Sure! But is work in progress and we don't have same hardware.

 

[StefanAM]

How stable is it running?

Very! But still work to do.

 

[StefanAM]

Best Benchmark as I seen using 8 P-Core + 8 E-Core HT OFF. this CPU overclocked?

Not yet.