Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

[slickdawg]

I upgraded my 12700K to a 13700K and ram to 128GB DDR4 3200 Corsair Vengeance. A few hours into it, the 13700K CPU (40-42C) temp does run 8-10 degrees warmer than the 12700K did (30-32 C). Appears to be no significant difference in graphics, still using the RX 6800 XT.

Some benchmark results:

Cinebench R23	12700K	13700K	% Increase
Single Core	1730	1853	6.63
Multi Core	21631	28468	24.04

Geekbench 6	12700K	13700K	% Increase
Single Core	2410	2622	8.66
Multi Core	10846	11875	8.08
Open CL	106498	105590	-0.85
Metal	167914	164570	-2.03

Geekbench 5	12700K	13700K	% Increase
Single Core	1880	2057	16.75
Multi Core	11902	14298	8.60
Open CL	110453	105679	-4.51
Metal	148018	148538	0.35

 

[slickdawg]

Throwing in an extra THANK YOU to @beelzebozo for helping with my questions before doing this upgrade. Went from F8 BIOS to F27 to support the 13700K, only had to make one EFI change - I did not have SetupVirtualMap enabled, so after the BIOS upgrade, OC hung at EXITBS. Enabled SetupVirtualMap, rebooted, off to the races.

 

[beelzebozo]

Throwing in an extra THANK YOU to @beelzebozo for helping with my questions before doing this upgrade. Went from F8 BIOS to F27 to support the 13700K, only had to make one EFI change - I did not have SetupVirtualMap enabled, so after the BIOS upgrade, OC hung at EXITBS. Enabled SetupVirtualMap, rebooted, off to the races.

SetupVirtualMap: YES
Fixes SetVirtualAddresses calls to virtual addresses, shouldn't be needed on Skylake and newer. Some firmware like Gigabyte may still require it, and will kernel panic without this.

I do have it set to true in my config.plist.

 

[schwarzlicht]

Hi @CaseySJ , I used your EFI for creating my new build. First thank you, for your great work. My system differs from yours, but I hope you can help anyways. I have a Aero G Z790, with a 13900k, 64GB DDR5 RAM and a 6900XT. The system runs smooth, but I struggle with Sleep/Wake. The machine refuses to sleep properly and if it sleeps, it never wakes up. Maybe you can have a look at my conf, if you can find the issue for this behavior. I don't have a Thunderbolt card, so this is not an issue. Thank you in advance!

 

[Leesureone]

Hi @CaseySJ , I used your EFI for creating my new build. First thank you, for your great work. My system differs from yours, but I hope you can help anyways. I have a Aero G Z790, with a 13900k, 64GB DDR5 RAM and a 6900XT. The system runs smooth, but I struggle with Sleep/Wake. The machine refuses to sleep properly and if it sleeps, it never wakes up. Maybe you can have a look at my conf, if you can find the issue for this behavior. I don't have a Thunderbolt card, so this is not an issue. Thank you in advance!

You are using @CaseySJ USB Port mapping that is defined in the ACPI section of the config.plist (SSDT-UIAC-Z690-AERO-G-ALL-PORTS.aml), which is as you mention, is for a different board. You will want to undertake learning about how to map your own ports if you want sleep and USB functionality to work properly.

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/the-new-beginners-guide-to-usb-port-configuration.286553/

 

[CaseySJ]

@schwarzlicht,

In addition to USB port mapping (which may or may not be the same as Z690 Aero G), we should also examine BIOS parameters. If you look at the last 5-10 pages of this thread you will find some discussion about sleep/wake issues and how those issues were affected by (a) BIOS version and (b) BIOS settings.

 

[schwarzlicht]

You are using @CaseySJ USB Port mapping that is defined in the ACPI section of the config.plist (SSDT-UIAC-Z690-AERO-G-ALL-PORTS.aml), which is as you mention, is for a different board. You will want to undertake learning about how to map your own ports if you want sleep and USB functionality to work properly.

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/the-new-beginners-guide-to-usb-port-configuration.286553/

Hi, thanks for your response. USB-Ports haven't changed between Z690 and Z790, so I think I'm fine with the mapping. All ports are functional at the moment. But I could remap again (I'm familiar with this, this is not my first machine , but it should be the same as in Caseys EFI).

 

[schwarzlicht]

@schwarzlicht,

In addition to USB port mapping (which may or may not be the same as Z690 Aero G), we should also examine BIOS parameters. If you look at the last 5-10 pages of this thread you will find some discussion about sleep/wake issues and how those issues were affected by (a) BIOS version and (b) BIOS settings.

OK, I will check this again... I thought I have done all the bios settings, but I will doublecheck.

 

[Feartech]

Hi, thanks for your response. USB-Ports haven't changed between Z690 and Z790, so I think I'm fine with the mapping. All ports are functional at the moment. But I could remap again (I'm familiar with this, this is not my first machine , but it should be the same as in Caseys EFI).

are you saying the usb ports are exactly the same on both motherboards?

 

[schwarzlicht]

are you saying the usb ports are exactly the same on both motherboards?

The whole Z790 platform is more or less the same as Z690. They haven't hardly changed anything on it. BUT, I checked again the specification... it seems, that they added 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 to the Z790... maybe this is the issue... I will make a own mapping. If its as easy as a mapping issue, I'm happy