AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide for AMD Ryzen™ and Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors Publication # 55931 Revision: 1.
© 2017, 2018 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is for informational purposes only, and is subject to change without notice. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, it may contain technical inaccuracies, omissions and typographical errors, and AMD is under no obligation to update or otherwise correct this information. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Contents Revision History ............................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 Guidance Terms and Conditions ............................................................................ 8 Chapter 2 Supported Products and Operating Systems ......................................................
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 10.3 Current View Dashboard ................................................................................................. 39 10.4 APU Graphics Overclocking Control .............................................................................. 41 10.5 Feature support variations ................................................................................................ 43 10.5.1 Chapter 11 4 55931 Rev. 1.
5931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide List of Figures Figure 1. AMD Ryzen™ Master Warning and Warranty Disclaimer Message .............................. 16 Figure 2. Ryzen™ Master User Interface ........................................................................................ 17 Figure 3. Settings ............................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 4. Profiles ...................
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 List of Tables Table 1. Glossary of Terms .............................................................................................................. 34 Table 2. AMD Ryzen™ Master Application Features History ....................................................... 36 Table 3. Feature Differentiation by Processor .................................................................................
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Revision History Date Revision Description February 2018 1.20 Aligned with the availability of Socket AM4 Ryzen APUs and Ryzen Master 1.2 August 2017 1.10 Aligned with the availability of Ryzen Threadripper processors and AMD Ryzen Master 1.1.0. March 2017 1.01 Second Release. Aligned with availability of Ryzen 5 processors and AMD Ryzen Master 1.0.1. March 2017 1.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 1 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Guidance Terms and Conditions This AMD Ryzen™ Processor, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processor and AMD Ryzen™ Master User Guide (“Guidance”) and the AMD Ryzen Master application (“AMD Ryzen Master”) are provided subject to the following terms and conditions: • The Guidance in no way modifies, alters or supersedes AMD’s officially published specifications for any AMD product (the “Specifications”).
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide WARNING: AMD processors, including chipsets, CPUs, APUs and GPUs (collectively and individually “AMD processor”), are intended to be operated only within their associated specifications and factory settings.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Note: Users familiar with Ryzen Master may wish to skip ahead to “Chapter 10, AMD Ryzen™ Master 1.2 Addendum” for features that build on prior versions of Ryzen Master and specific to APU graphics processor overclocking.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Chapter 2 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Supported Products and Operating Systems This document and the AMD Ryzen Master application currently support the following AMD products: • • • AMD “Ryzen” Processor family in the AM4 socket infrastructure AMD “Ryzen Threadripper” Processor family in the TR4 socket infrastructure Referred to in this document as “AMD Ryzen processor,” “Ryzen processor” or “processor” with any exceptions noted.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 3 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Introduction to AMD Ryzen™ Processor Overclocking Systems based on the AMD Ryzen processor may be tuned to deliver added system performance. The AMD Ryzen family of processors offer an exciting amount of performance tuning options, including potential overclocking headroom. Note that each processor and motherboard is different, and may result in lower or no overclocking margin.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Chapter 4 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide AMD Ryzen™ Processor Overclocking Summary AMD TR4 and AM4-based Ryzen processors are unlocked when paired with the enabling AMD chipsets and necessary BIOS software and therefore allow the user to adjust the CPU and system memory clocks and related parameters above or below the stock values.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 4. Software requested p-state or halt states adjust the level of power to which those internal control mechanisms manage. For example, when software executes a HALT instruction on a processor core, that core will enter the C1 reduced-power state. If that core does not receive an interrupt to resume execution, it will progress to increasingly-lower power states until finally saving the state of the core and being powered off. 5.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 3. CPU low power c-states (CC1, CC6, and PC6) and software visible p-states (P1 and P2) remain operational and may be requested by software so that power savings can be achieved. a. The P1 and P2 p-state tables may also be modified to adjust the voltage and frequency of the CPU when running in software-requested, reduced-performance states. These may also be left at stock values. b.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 5 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Application The new AMD Ryzen Master application supports AMD’s new generation of Socket AM4 APUs, and unifies support for Socket AM4 and Socket TR4 processors. For overclocking AMD’s discrete graphics cards, see the Radeon WattMan GPU Overclocking utility within the Radeon Settings software provided with AMD discrete graphics cards or available through www.amd.com.
55931 Rev. 1.20 5.1 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide The Ryzen™ Master User Interface Overview 4 1 3 2 Figure 2. Ryzen™ Master User Interface The user interacts with Ryzen Master through the Current view tab, the Profiles tabs, and through the Settings page: 1. The Current view is a dashboard of the current configuration and performance state of the system.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 5.2 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Settings 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 3. Settings The Settings page provides system and software information and several global parameters. The Live Monitoring settings take immediate effect. Changes to the PROCHOT setting must be applied with the “Apply” button in the lower-right corner, or can be canceled. Using the “OK” button returns the user to the Current view.
55931 Rev. 1.20 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 o If Live Monitoring is on, the Speed setting can be turned off if the user wishes to suspend CPU speed sampling and display. When Speed sampling is suspended, no speed will be displayed in the Profiles, but Speed will be sampled once and displayed when moving to the Current view. o Speed sampling typical presents much less than 1% load on the CPU in combination with Temperature sampling.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 o When PROCHOT is disabled, the processor’s self-protection from overheating remains active. When tripped by overheating during an application workload, this self-protection immediately shuts down the system. o After disabling PROCHOT, the function can be re-enabled through a Windows Shutdown or power-cycling reboot. o Changes to PROCHOT on the Settings page must be Applied to take effect, or Canceled to clear.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide by Ryzen Master. Upon restart, Ryzen Master will start automatically to register the new settings. Be patient as Ryzen Master self-starts. Do not manually start Ryzen Master or one process instance will block the other. c. When disabling cores, only a Windows Restart automatically done by Ryzen Master is necessary.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 With all groups active, you change the core speed and hit Apply. You get the message that Ryzen Master must initiate a Windows Restart. Normally changing the core speed does not require a Restart, but Ryzen Master is also reacting to the differences between the memory control group and the current settings, thus attempting to apply the profile’s memory control group, too.
55931 Rev. 1.20 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 displayed in the Current view and the Profiles for the user in the format they will be offered for control in that future version. 5. Several voltages control how high CPU and memory frequencies can be driven. a. CPU Voltage adjusts the core CPU voltage through the VID value. Type in value, use mouse scroll, use up/down keyboard keys or click the up/down button.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 7. Memory Control – Memory module parameters System memory timing adjustment can be made using the specifications typically supplied with the memory module for CAS Latency (tCL), Row Precharge Delay (tRP), RAS Active Time (tRAS), Read Row-Column Delay (tRCD). Additionally, Row Cycle Time (tRC), Processor On-Die Termination and CAS Write Latency can be set.
55931 Rev. 1.20 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 • Changes to Memory Access Mode must be Applied to take effect. • This feature is inactive for Ryzen processors that do not support the feature. d. Legacy Compatibility mode provides a control that may stabilize older games and applications not designed with many cores in mind. Some legacy games fail to launch when presented with >20 logical cores. Other may be not optimally schedule cores and memory.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 5.3.1 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Creator Mode Pre-Configured Profile 1 2 3 Figure 6. Creator Mode Profile The Creator Mode profile is pre-configured to enable the maximum processor resources and memory access flexibility for modern applications, especially those that scale with logical cores. All controls supported by the processor are active and can be changed: 1. Including Memory Access Mode for Ryzen Threadripper processors. 2.
55931 Rev. 1.20 5.3.2 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 Game Mode Pre-Configured Profile 3 1 2 4 Figure 7. Game Mode Profile The Game Mode profile is pre-configured for optimal performance for most modern and legacy games with these fixed settings: 1. Legacy Compatibility Mode on, and 2. Memory Access Mode to Local.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 5.4 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 CPU Performance and Temperature Histogram Figure 8. AMD Ryzen™ Master Histogram AMD Ryzen Master Current view features a Histogram for monitoring the CPU core clock speeds and the CPU temperature. The Histogram can be expanded and minimized by clicking the ˅ and ˃ buttons. The Speed and Temperature histograms may be individually displayed via their respective check boxes.
55931 Rev. 1.20 5.5 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 Disabling Cores The AMD Ryzen Master application allows the user to disable a select number of CPU cores. This may improve overclocking headroom for the remaining CPU cores or can be used to reduce the overall CPU power consumption. Please refer to Chapter 7 for further information on AMD Ryzen processor core configuration. By default, the CPU runs with all cores enabled. AMD Ryzen Master supports disabling cores in groups.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 In order to re-enable the disabled cores, within a Profile or when applying another Profile with more active cores than the Current configuration, the system must be shutdown via Windows (alternatively the motherboard may initiate a cold reset) and restarted. The following pop-up message will be displayed: Figure 10.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Chapter 6 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide CPU Core Configuration As core counts increase for enthusiast processors, it becomes valuable for the user to have control over how many cores are accessible to software. A performance-tuned system running low thread-count software and four enabled cores might be optimal for one user. Alternatively, a performance-tuned system with all cores enabled might be better for another user. 1.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 7 7.1 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Important Information AMD Ryzen™ Master Automatic Update AMD Ryzen Master 1.1.0 forward provides automatic notification of updated software if the system is connected to the internet. AMD recommends upgrading your AMD Ryzen Master installation for the latest features. Note that some features may require motherboard BIOS support from your motherboard vendor. Upon installation of Ryzen Master 1.1.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Master process will be highlighted. To stabilize the process list, left-click on the column Name heading to sort alphabetically, then scroll down to the AMD Ryzen Master process. • Right-click on the AMD Ryzen Master process, hover over the Set Priority option and set to 'Below Normal' or 'Low' • Run your stability test applications.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 8 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Glossary of Terms The following table provides further information on the commonly used terms. Table 1. Glossary of Terms Term Description Active, activated Refers to an interface control that is responsive to change. Apply The function of applying all the changes of a Ryzen Master profile to the active operation of the processor.
55931 Rev. 1.20 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 Table 1. Glossary of Terms (Continued) Term Description Processor The complete product that encompasses the CPU, memory interface and other computing resources. Profile A Ryzen Master set of processor and memory settings intended to be optimized for a class of workload. P-state Processor Performance State. P-states are valid combinations of CPU voltage and CPU COF SMT Simultaneous Multi-Threading.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Chapter 9 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Application Features History Table 2 describes the changes to the AMD Ryzen Master application with each revision. Table 2. AMD Ryzen™ Master Application Features History Revision Changes 1.0 Initial Release with Ryzen 7 launch 1.0.1 Eliminated need for HPET service with proper support of system BIOS.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 Chapter 10 10.1 • • 10.2 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide AMD Ryzen™ Master 1.2 Addendum Introducing Ryzen Master 1.2 Ryzen Master 1.2 is AMD’s newest software utility for o CPU and APU processor overclocking now featuring APU graphics overclocking o Application performance optimization o System performance monitoring Ryzen Master 1.2 unifies and replaces these former versions o Ryzen Master 1.0.1 supporting Ryzen processors o Ryzen Master 1.1.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 10.2.1 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 CPU Power Domain All AMD Socket AM4 and Socket TR4 CPU and APU processors contain CPU cores supplied by a CPU power domain. • • 10.2.2 The CPU Voltage setting determines how far the CPU Cores frequency can be driven to a point of instability Ryzen Master 1.
55931 Rev. 1.20 10.3 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide Current View Dashboard 1 2 3 4 Figure 13. Current View Dashboard The Ryzen Master 1.2 Current View tab functions as the dashboard for viewing current processor performance and configuration. Only the four profiles are used for setting configurations. With reference to Figure 13, new to the Ryzen Master 1.2 Current View are 1. DC Current (amps) and Power (Watts) reported for Ryzen 2000 Series CPU and APU processors a.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 d. VDDCR SOC Power presented in Watts, representing SOC domain power draw. This illustrates the power implications of SOC voltage, GPU and memory overclocking and utilization changes. e. Thermal Design Current (TDC) is presented for the CPU and SOC power domains, respectively, expressed as a % of motherboard capacity. This can best be understood as sustained amperage vs. motherboard capacity for a thermallysignificant workload. f.
55931 Rev. 1.20 10.4 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide APU Graphics Overclocking Control Figure 14. APU Graphics Overclocking Control With reference to Figure 14, each of the Ryzen Master 1.2 profiles offer APU graphics overclocking control as follows. Note that the APU graphics processing functions include 2D and 3D graphics and multi-media co-processors, such as video encoding and decoding, all of which respond to performance optimization offered by overclocking: 1.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 a. The GFX Voltage is referenced to the SOC Power Domain’s master SOC Voltage (3) b. The GFX Voltage can be raised above the SOC Voltage without reset c. If the GFX Voltage is lowered below the SOC Voltage, the GFX Voltage will be automatically raised to the SOC Voltage 3. The SOC Voltage sets the master voltage for the SOC Power Domain a. The SOC Voltage is typically set first to achieve the desired memory overclocking level i.
55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 10.5 Feature support variations 10.5.1 Legacy Compatibility Mode and Memory Access Mode Figure 15. Feature Support Variations Several features may or may not be applicable to a given processor family, or model, or generation. Ryzen Master 1.2 changes the visibility of two features depending on applicability: 1. The Legacy Compatibility Mode (LCM) control is relevant to processors with greater than four cores a. Ryzen Master 1.
AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide 55931 Rev. 1.20 February 2018 The Game Mode profile depends on MAM and LCM for the profile’s unique configuration. For example, a 16-core Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU will be re-configured by the Game Mode profile for optimal game performance across a wide range of legacy and modern games. The LCM and MAM controls are both applicable to this CPU model.
55931 Rev. 1.20 AMD Ryzen™ Master Overclocking User’s Guide February 2018 Chapter 11 Ryzen™ Master 1.2 Feature Support Ryzen Master 1.2 now supports all Socket AM4 Ryzen and Socket TR4 Ryzen Threadripper processors. However, not all Ryzen Master features are applicable to all processors, as distinguished in Table 3. Table 3.
