Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

[MbryMbry]

@zlima-zaz
Just ordered the same motherboard as you. Found a great deal online.

 

[joe6187]

@CaseySJ
Need help at sleep/wake
My hardware setup :
Z690 aero D
12700k
DDR5 5600 Kingston 64Gb
AMD RX6800xt
Intel AX210
WD850
Bios F8

Ventura 13.0
OC 0.85
MacPro 7.1

Follow ur z690 aero G ssdt , mix & match with Pro Art some kext
All working fine, 10gb lan, 2.5gb lan, Thunderbolt, Wifi, BT....etc
Only sleep/wake got issue, cant wake up and even totally shut down
Any idea to fix that? Appreciated to take a look
Thanks a lot

 

[NZRichard]

hopefully this OCAT stuff will make more sense!

There are some updated instructions for OCAT:

OC-Little-Translated/D_Updating_OpenCore/README.md at main · 5T33Z0/OC-Little-Translated

ACPI Hotpatches and Guides for the OpenCore Bootmanager. Enhance and fine-tune your system by adding devices and enabling additional features not covered in the OpenCore Install Guide. - 5T33Z0/OC-...

github.com

 

[MbryMbry]

Hey guys,
The new motherboard work like a charm. I managed to undervolt my 13900KF (5.2/4.2) and got it under 200W, scoring up to 37K in CB23. Love that chip.

 

[zilma-zaz]

Hey guys,
The new motherboard work like a charm. I managed to undervolt my 13900KF (5.2/4.2) and got it under 200W, scoring up to 37K in CB23. Love that chip.

That is awesome, glad it worked out.

Are you doing 5.2/4.2 all core? And how much were you able to undervolt?

Would be interested to see the single core score at 200W as well.

 

[MbryMbry]

That is awesome, glad it worked out.

Are you doing 5.2/4.2 all core? And how much were you able to undervolt?

Would be interested to see the single core score at 200W as well.

It's 5.2/4.2 yes, I assume it's all core. Single-core is quite bad actually. I don't know why or how.

 

[zilma-zaz]

It's 5.2/4.2 yes, I assume it's all core. Single-core is quite bad actually. I don't know why or how.

How bad is bad for the single core?

For the single core, do you have CPUFriend + DataProvider kexts? Without that single core will be really bad (like half of normal, normal for a 13900K on MacOS should be around 1900 at ~300W).

 

[MbryMbry]

How bad is bad for the single core?

For the single core, do you have CPUFriend + DataProvider kexts? Without that single core will be really bad (like half of normal, normal for a 13900K on MacOS should be around 1900 at ~300W).

Here is a Geekbench score.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/18524116

I do have CPUFriend + DataProvider, but I may have used it wrong?

 

[zilma-zaz]

Here is a Geekbench score.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/18524116

I do have CPUFriend + DataProvider, but I may have used it wrong?

Your settings are limiting max single core boost to 5.2GHz down from 5.8GHz. So I would expect around 1900-2000 in GB5 by frequency scaling alone. You can also monitor the core its using in Activity monitor -> Window -> CPU history and make sure when you do the GB5 run its staying on the first 16 cores which is the PCores/HT threads.

Also try the DataProvider kext from here if it isn't the one you have.

iMac20,x XCPM configuration has severe CPU QoS limitations · Issue #190 · dortania/bugtracker

Guide: OpenCore Install Guide (link). The advice to use iMac20,x SMBIOS with frequency vectors results in Apple Comet Lake frequency vectors being used. There you would find QoS values that are hea...

github.com

Otherwise the under volt might just be too low, could try bumping the voltage up and leave the core freq the same it and see if the score scales up.

 

[MbryMbry]

Oh, I didn't know about this one. Thanks for sharing! I was just making my own using the CPUFriendFriend script. I will try it right away.
Also, I don't mind having lesser single-core performance. I'm aiming for a good balance between power consumption and performance (trying to run a silent and cold machine while making music with it)