ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 HERO BIOS Flashing Method Benchmarks by Michael Larabel comparing performance of Core Ultra 9 Arrow Lake using 0806 CAP upgrade and then reflashing using the entire 0806 ZIP file to look for any difference. 0806 Upgrade Using CAP: Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K @ 5.10GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 HERO (0806 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device ae7f, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT/s Micron CP16G64C38U5B.M8D1, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB, Audio: Intel Device 7f50, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + Intel I226-V + Intel Wi-Fi 7 OS: Ubuntu 24.10, Kernel: 6.11.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 47.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.3-1ubuntu1 (LLVM 19.1.0 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 14.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0806 Flashed ZIP: Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K @ 5.10GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 HERO (0806 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device ae7f, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT/s Micron CP16G64C38U5B.M8D1, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB, Audio: Intel Device 7f50, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + Intel I226-V + Intel Wi-Fi 7 OS: Ubuntu 24.10, Kernel: 6.11.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 47.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.3-1ubuntu1 (LLVM 19.1.0 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 14.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 MBW 2018-09-08 Test: Memory Copy, Fixed Block Size - Array Size: 8192 MiB MiB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 14563.96 |=========================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 15025.69 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 54177.41 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 54149.50 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 53287.80 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 53293.58 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 51141.46 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 51158.28 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 53859.52 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 53807.97 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 53040.82 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 53010.17 |============================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 81021.9 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 81178.3 |============================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 54322.7 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 54724.1 |============================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 61344.1 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 61746.5 |============================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 61683.3 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 61815.7 |============================================= Darktable 4.8.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 2.965 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 2.991 |=============================================== Darktable 4.8.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1.753 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1.742 |=============================================== Darktable 4.8.1 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 0.179 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 0.179 |=============================================== SPECFEM3D 4.1.1 Model: Water-layered Halfspace Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 58.94 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 59.07 |=============================================== Darktable 4.8.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1.393 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1.396 |=============================================== SPECFEM3D 4.1.1 Model: Tomographic Model Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 19.16 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 18.79 |============================================== SPECFEM3D 4.1.1 Model: Mount St. Helens Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 20.77 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 20.60 |=============================================== RawTherapee Total Benchmark Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 37.19 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 37.36 |=============================================== GIMP 2.10.38 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 15.67 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 15.20 |============================================== GIMP 2.10.38 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 11.25 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 11.34 |=============================================== GIMP 2.10.38 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 11.26 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 11.46 |=============================================== GIMP 2.10.38 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 12.98 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 13.18 |=============================================== OpenRadioss 2023.09.15 Model: Chrysler Neon 1M Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 609.95 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 610.97 |============================================== OpenRadioss 2023.09.15 Model: Cell Phone Drop Test Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 43.18 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 42.96 |=============================================== OpenRadioss 2023.09.15 Model: Bird Strike on Windshield Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 125.49 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 125.60 |============================================== OpenRadioss 2023.09.15 Model: Rubber O-Ring Seal Installation Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 59.32 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 59.31 |=============================================== OpenRadioss 2023.09.15 Model: INIVOL and Fluid Structure Interaction Drop Container Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 227.94 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 228.39 |============================================== libxsmm 2-1.17-3645 M N K: 32 GFLOPS/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 160.0 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 160.1 |=============================================== SPECFEM3D 4.1.1 Model: Layered Halfspace Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 61.36 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 61.18 |=============================================== libxsmm 2-1.17-3645 M N K: 64 GFLOPS/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 308.0 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 308.3 |=============================================== SPECFEM3D 4.1.1 Model: Homogeneous Halfspace Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 23.69 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 23.71 |=============================================== GROMACS 2024 Implementation: MPI CPU - Input: water_GMX50_bare Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1.737 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1.739 |=============================================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.1 X Y Z: 104 104 104 - RT: 60 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 10.55 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 10.54 |=============================================== LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: SqueezeNet Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1158.57 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1170.69 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: BT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 66147.35 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 66524.26 |============================================ LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: DeepLab V3 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1378.78 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1382.66 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: CG.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 14175.35 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 14243.43 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: FT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 32534.49 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 32463.70 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: IS.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1801.05 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1785.26 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 67464.98 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 67447.79 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: MG.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 29083.60 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 29068.72 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: SP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 24042.97 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 24146.75 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: SP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 17334.53 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 17338.38 |============================================ LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: Inception V4 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 15425.8 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 15462.2 |============================================= LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: NASNet Mobile Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 6885.78 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 7048.95 |============================================= NAMD 3.0 Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms ns/day > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 2.07071 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 2.06908 |============================================= NAMD 3.0 Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms ns/day > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 0.60345 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 0.60750 |============================================= OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Road Segmentation ADAS FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 455.99 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 454.14 |============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Noise Suppression Poconet-Like FP16 - Device: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1187.96 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1180.55 |============================================= LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: Quantized COCO SSD MobileNet v1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1858.06 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1858.03 |============================================= OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Person Re-Identification Retail FP16 - Device: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 982.01 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 984.92 |============================================== LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: Inception ResNet V2 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 13949.9 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 14031.5 |============================================= LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: Mobilenet Quant Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1097.80 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1087.90 |============================================= LiteRT 2024-10-15 Model: Mobilenet Float Microseconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 853.77 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 867.22 |============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Face Detection FP16 - Device: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 6.93 |================================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 6.90 |================================================ OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Handwritten English Recognition FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 385.19 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 382.20 |============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Face Detection FP16 - Device: CPU ms < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 861.55 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 866.23 |============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Road Segmentation ADAS FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU ms < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 13.08 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 13.13 |=============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Noise Suppression Poconet-Like FP16 - Device: CPU ms < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 13.26 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 13.34 |=============================================== OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Person Re-Identification Retail FP16 - Device: CPU ms < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 6.01 |================================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 5.99 |================================================ OpenVINO 2024.0 Model: Handwritten English Recognition FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU ms < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 41.51 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 41.84 |=============================================== Algebraic Multi-Grid Benchmark 1.2 Figure Of Merit > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 563276667 |=========================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 563637100 |=========================================== LULESH 2.0.3 z/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 11880.36 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 11967.12 |============================================ OpenFOAM 10 Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size - Mesh Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 19.99 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 19.78 |=============================================== OpenFOAM 10 Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size - Execution Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 139.56 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 139.72 |============================================== OpenFOAM 10 Input: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size - Mesh Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 157.18 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 157.28 |============================================== OpenFOAM 10 Input: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size - Execution Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 1673.63 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 1663.33 |============================================= Xcompact3d Incompact3d 2021-03-11 Input: input.i3d 129 Cells Per Direction Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 11.18 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 11.15 |=============================================== Xcompact3d Incompact3d 2021-03-11 Input: input.i3d 193 Cells Per Direction Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 50.98 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 50.84 |=============================================== CP2K Molecular Dynamics 2024.3 Input: H20-64 Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 41.18 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 41.07 |=============================================== CP2K Molecular Dynamics 2024.3 Input: H20-256 Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 472.90 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 471.37 |============================================== CP2K Molecular Dynamics 2024.3 Input: Fayalite-FIST Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 84.45 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 84.86 |=============================================== Java JMH Throughput Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 109018731901.27 |===================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 109066111081.45 |===================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: bcrypt Real C/S > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 47442 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 47318 |=============================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 47519 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 47277 |=============================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: HMAC-SHA512 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 58355333 |============================================ 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 58546667 |============================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 16.0 Build System: Ninja Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 285.89 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 288.18 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 Build: defconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 46.87 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 47.32 |=============================================== Blender 4.2 Blend File: Junkshop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 67.50 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 68.38 |=============================================== Build2 0.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 80.08 |============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 81.03 |=============================================== Timed Wasmer Compilation 2.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 23.66 |=============================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 23.24 |============================================== srsRAN Project 23.10.1-20240325 Test: PDSCH Processor Benchmark, Throughput Total Mbps > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 13645.6 |============================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 13622.0 |============================================= Memcached 1.6.19 Set To Get Ratio: 1:10 Ops/sec > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 5758869.33 |========================================== 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 5782954.82 |========================================== Memcached 1.6.19 Set To Get Ratio: 1:100 Ops/sec > Higher Is Better 0806 Upgrade Using CAP . 6988527.14 |======================================= 0806 Flashed ZIP ....... 7591245.10 |==========================================