13 April 2025 hardware

The following are my Asus mobo and memory AI Tweaker profile settings. These are the maximum values that can be used without introducing instability to the hardware.

Motherboard ¶

sudo dmidecode -t 2
# dmidecode 3.6
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
	Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
	Product Name: PRIME X470-PRO
	Version: Rev X.0x
	Serial Number: 00000000000000000000
	Asset Tag: Default string
	Features:
		Board is a hosting board
		Board is replaceable
	Location In Chassis: Default string
	Chassis Handle: 0x0003
	Type: Motherboard
	Contained Object Handles: 0

Memory ¶

sudo dmidecode -t memory
# dmidecode 3.6
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.

Handle 0x002E, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
	Location: System Board Or Motherboard
	Use: System Memory
	Error Correction Type: None
	Maximum Capacity: 256 GB
	Error Information Handle: 0x002D
	Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x0035, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x002E
	Error Information Handle: 0x0034
	Total Width: 64 bits
	Data Width: 64 bits
	Size: 16 GB
	Form Factor: DIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM_A1
	Bank Locator: BANK 0
	Type: DDR4
	Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
	Speed: 2933 MT/s
	Manufacturer: Corsair
	Serial Number: 00000000
	Asset Tag: Not Specified
	Part Number: 000000000000000000
	Rank: 2
	Configured Memory Speed: 1467 MT/s
	Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

.... 4X the previous block for each memory stick ......

CPU ¶

lscpu
Architecture:             x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s):         32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes:          43 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order:             Little Endian
CPU(s):                   16
  On-line CPU(s) list:    0-15
Vendor ID:                AuthenticAMD
  Model name:             AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
    CPU family:           23
    Model:                8
    Thread(s) per core:   2
    Core(s) per socket:   8
    Socket(s):            1
    Stepping:             2
    Frequency boost:      disabled
    CPU(s) scaling MHz:   60%
    CPU max MHz:          4000.0000
    CPU min MHz:          2200.0000
    BogoMIPS:             8000.09
    Flags:                fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx
                           fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_goo
                          d nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fm
                          a cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy exta
                          pic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perf
                          ctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate ssbd ibpb vmmcall fsgsba
                          se bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 cl
                          zero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushb
                          yasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_reco
                          v succor smca sev sev_es
Caches (sum of all):      
  L1d:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L1i:                    512 KiB (8 instances)
  L2:                     4 MiB (8 instances)
  L3:                     16 MiB (2 instances)
NUMA:                     
  NUMA node(s):           1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):      0-15

AI Teaker settings Settings ¶

• DOCP disabled (only 16-20-20-36 timing is available when enabling DOCP and the system doesn’t start)
• DDR4 Frequency 2933MHz (3000MHz is not stable)
• Timing: Auto (not possible to set it while DOCP is disabled)
• DRAM voltage 1.35V
• SOC Voltage: (manual) 1.1V
• Ai Tweaker\DRAM Timing Control -> Gear Down Mode: Enabled

Stress test ¶

sudo stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 80% --timeout 300s
stress-ng: info:  [3048] setting to a 5 mins run per stressor
stress-ng: info:  [3048] dispatching hogs: 4 vm
stress-ng: info:  [3048] skipped: 0
stress-ng: info:  [3048] passed: 4: vm (4)
stress-ng: info:  [3048] failed: 0
stress-ng: info:  [3048] metrics untrustworthy: 0
stress-ng: info:  [3048] successful run completed in 5 mins, 3.50 secs

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