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What's up everyone? Zilly here. Just

picked up the new AMD Ryzen 7 9800 X3D

and paired it with the Asus X870F

stricks motherboard and I'm setting this

whole thing up from scratch right now.

Instead of just telling you what to do,

you're literally going to follow along

with me as I configure the system for

the first time. Fresh build, fresh BIOS,

and I'll show you every single step I

take to get maximum performance out of

this combo.

All right, so here's what we're working

with. The 9800 X3D, obviously the king

of gaming CPUs right now, and the X870F

stricks, which is in my opinion's sweet

spot board for this CPU. First

impressions, the 9800 X3D box is very

unpleasant looking compared to the boxes

of things like the 1400 KS. The X870F

strips has excellent build quality. It's

a solid platform for optimization. First

thing to do is BIOS updates. We're

running BIOS version 1203. Before we do

anything else, I'm checking if there's a

newer version available because with

brand new CPUs like this, BIOS updates

are critical. So, as expected, there's

definitely going to be a newer BIOS

available. This is why step one is

always checking for updates, especially

with bleeding edge hardware like this.

Just search your motherboard's model and

ensure it's the correct one by

double-checking what it says in system

information in Windows and download the

latest BIOS by going to driver and tools

and BIOS and firmware and then just

looking for the latest BIOS version. For

me, the latest version is 1605 at the

time of recording. Slightly newer than

what shipped with this board.

Downloading now. And I'll create a FAT

32 partition on my SSD labeled BIOS

where I'll place the BIOS update into.

So, it's downloaded. Now, we're just

going to go to search and search disk

management.

And just right click on your C drive and

click shrink, for example.

All you need is 100 megabytes and then

just press shrink.

Right click on the unallocated space to

mix. New simple volume. Next, next.

Next. Bio system. Ensure it says BAT 32.

And then volume label. You can change it

to BIOS. and then press next and finish.

Then just take your BIOS update files

and drag them over to the new partition

that you just made and just ensure it

looks like this.

Back into BIOS, all we're going to do is

click advanced mode on the bottom and

head over to tool at the top. Click ASUS

Easy Flash3 utility.

Find the file. It's usually going to be

one of these 96 megabyte ones. So, as

you guys can see, it's right here. Just

click on the file like that. Just keep

pressing yes,

and it should start updating just like

so. And we're flashing. This is going to

take a couple of minutes, so it's a

perfect time to talk about why this

matters. With the 900X3D being so new,

AMD is constantly improving the Agisa

microode. I've seen five to 10 FPS

differences just from BIOS updates on X3

chips. So, never skip this step.

All right, so set them back up with the

new BIOS. Now, I'm going to walk through

this interface with you and show you

exactly what I'm looking at.

So, head over to advanced mode on the

bottom right. And this is where the real

optimization happens. Let me show you

the layout. So, AI tweaker, this is

where memory and CPU overclocking

happens at advanced. This is where

system configuration and AMD specific

settings are located at. Monitor is just

hardware monitoring and fan control.

Boot is just boot options and secure

boot settings. What I'm looking for

first is making sure everything is

detected correctly. CPU shows as 900x3D.

Memory showing up good. Now we're ready

to start optimizing. So first head over

to AI tweaker. AI overclock tuner. I

recommend DOCP1 or Expo one or X XMPP1.

Whichever one that pops up for you,

always choose number one. And what

number one does, it loads up the

primaries on your RAM sticks, but

everything else is trained from your

motherboard. The OCP2, Expo 2, XMPP2

just loads the full XMPP profile from

your memory sticks, which just tends to

be a little bit slower compared to the

motherboard training some of the

timings. So, in general, just use DOCP1,

XMPP1, or Expo 1. Now, since these RAM

sticks are 7,200 MHz RAM sticks on AMD,

that's not ideal if you're going to be

using the OCP, XMPP, or Expo. So, for

memory frequency, I'm going to be

dropping this down to 6,000 just to stay

in that 1:1 ratio range with the

Infinity Fabric.

This gives you maximum stability and

maximum performance. Now I'm going to

set the timing. So go to VRAN timing

control and we're going to scroll down.

Refresh interval. Select that. And I

like setting it to 32767.

And scroll down. TRDL. I like setting it

to 12. TRDS. I like setting it to eight.

These are solid timings for DDR56000.

That should work with most memory kits.

Now, if we scroll down to the bottom,

there is one more setting that I like to

change, which is bank swap mode. I like

setting this to swap APU. Then go back.

FK frequency on auto should be perfectly

fine. However, if you start changing the

memory frequency above 6,000, you are

going to have to play with the FLK

frequency. Now, let's head over to

precision boost overdrive.

VRM throttling, I like to disable this

setting cuz it's throttling your VRM,

and you don't really need that.

Precision boost overdrive. I like

setting this to enhancement. And then

thermal limit, setting it to level one.

Then CPU boost clock override set to

enabled positive. This is going to

increase the precision boost overdrive

maximum boost clocks. So we're able to

hit 5.4 GHz on the CPU. Then max CPU

boost clock override. Make sure to type

200 for that.

Now scroll down and head over to curve

optimizer.

I like setting this to all cores. And

this is where we can get a little bit of

extra performance just by undervolting

our processor. What I like to do is send

the sign to negative and just starting

off with a -15 all core optimizer

magnitude. Now this is very conservative

conservative and it should work on most

CPUs. This undervolts the CPU slightly

which often lets it boost higher while

running cooler.

Now press escape twice.

For tunings configuration for gaming,

make sure to set this to legacy. And

then scroll down.

Now, here's the important part. Turbo

game mode. You'll see this option here,

and a lot of people enable it thinking

the settings automatically equals

better. Let me explain why I don't

enable it on Ryzen 7s or under like a

900 X3D or a 7800 X30. Turbo game mode

disables SMT. That's simultaneous

multi-threading. The 900 X3D has eight

cores and 16 threads. If I enable turbo

game mode, I drop to eight threads

total. That's fine for a 16 core CPU

like a 9950X3D

where you're still left with plenty of

threads. But the 900X3D, no way. Modern

games and productivity tasks need those

threads and often have weird micro

stutters when disabling S&T on AMD. So,

turbo game mode stays off as we could do

the rest of the settings it does

manually.

Now, let me show you the other settings

I'm configuring while we're here. Go to

advanced and then go to CPU

configuration. Disable PSS support and

disable SVM mode. NX mode, please leave

enabled. Some anti-cheats do use this,

so it's better off enabled. SVM mode is

related to virtualization, so if you

need it for blue stacks or Google Play

games, leave it enabled. Then go back,

go to PCI subsystem settings, and for

the games I'm playing with my 9070 XT,

I'm probably going to keep a resize bar

support enabled for testing. However, if

you're on a Nvidia graphics card and you

use a lot of games, then I recommend

disabling above 4G decoding and

disabling resize bar support. They're

pretty much useless 99% of the time, and

they hurt 1% lows. Go back. Go to USB

configuration. Legacy USB support. You

can set this to auto. Then go back. Go

to onboard devices configuration.

We want to disable the first two

settings right here that say ASPM. ASPM

is a power saving feature for your PCIe

ports. Then scroll down. Both of the USB

power delivery states. I like turning

them off. It's a personal preference

choice at the end of the day. Go back.

Go to NB configuration. And to avoid

issues with games just hiccup hiccuping

and picking different graphics cards, I

recommend disabling the integrated

graphics on your CPU unless you use

them. 99% of people do not use the

integrated graphics, which is the

display port or HDMI port on your

motherboard. So, if you're a normal

person and you use a graphics card,

disable the integrated graphics to avoid

issues and reduce latency. Go back, go

to AMD CBS, and I like disabling global

sestate control. I've seen plenty of

people recommending it to leave auto or

enabled. For my testing, I've seen

better results with disabled, especially

with latency, so just disable it. Immu,

this is the same thing as SVM mode. It's

related to virtualization and some

security features. I like disabling it.

ECC, this is error correction for DDR5.

So, if you're going to be overclocking

your memory, you need to disable this

even if you don't want to. Then, app

compatibility database. I'm not going to

go over it right now, but just set to

disabled as you most likely will not

need it.

Now, if I press F6, it's going to bring

up the PU fan control. What I doing is

setting my CPU cooler to full speed,

especially on AMD with precision boost

or drive. How it works is that the lower

temperatures that you have, the higher

the boost clock of the CPU is going to

be. So, lower temperatures basically

equals more FPS. So in that case, I

recommend everybody set your CPU fan and

AIO pump to full speed. Everything else

can honestly be set to turbo as it won't

really hurt anything.

Now let's head over to tool at the top

and go to auto install is utilities. I

like disabling all of this because you

don't really need any of these ASUS

utilities and they're most likely

bloware. Then all we going to do is go

back, go to SUS user profile, and we're

going to name this profile name BIOS

settings or you can name it Zilly video.

Go to save to profile. Press enter.

Press yes. And then just click save

changes and reset.

Now, here's what I want to show you. the

actual performance differences between

stock BIOS settings and our optimized

configuration. I ran some tests before

we started this optimization. So, let's

let me show you the difference our BIOS

optimization makes in actual games. In

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 at 1080p, stock

BIOS settings give us 321 average FPS,

1% low of 263. Frame times were

inconsistent with some stuttering. Now,

with optimized BIOS settings, we're

getting an average FPS of 368, 1% low of

295, and smooth, consistent frame times.

That's a 47 FPS improvement, nearly 15%

better performance just from BIOS

optimization, and without any

overclocking. Stock BIOS settings in

Fortnite at 1080p, average FPS 993.7,

1% low 595. Lots of frame drops during

builds and explosions. Optimized BIOS

settings, average FPS, 149, 1% low

605.2. stable performance even in

chaotic scenarios. 55.3 FPS improvement.

That's a 5% better performance.

Surprisingly, as long as my Windows is

optimized, which I'm currently running

my optimized Windows, Fortnite runs

great on stock BIOS for these PC specs

with the new performance mode. However,

legacy performance mode has a lot of

stutters on AMD Radeon GPUs. The memory

optimization and precision boost

overdrive settings are doing exactly

what we want. Better performance, more

consistent frame times, and higher frame

rates. Now, full transparency, not

everything always goes perfect on the

first try. Let me show you what I'd do

if we ran into issues. If the system

didn't boot after our changes, I would

press the clear CMOS using the button on

the motherboard in the back. Start

without XMPP, DOCP, or Expo and do the

settings one step at a time. If we had

memory instability, I'd make sure sticks

are in slots two and four. I'd make sure

the RAM sticks are not above 6,000 or

drop them down to 6,000 and make sure to

have the latest BIOS update for our

motherboard. If temperatures were too

high, turn up the fan speeds using Q fan

control. Check the thermal paste

application and consider checking out

the CPU cooler or replacing it with a

better one. The key is methodical

testing. Change one thing at a time,

test ability, then move on to the next

optimization. This setup is now dialed

in, but it's not a set and forget

situation. Here's what I'll be doing

going forward. Monthly, I'll just

monitor temperatures during heavy gaming

sessions, keep an eye on system

stability, and every few months, I'd

benchmark comparison to make sure

performance isn't degrading, and clean

up the dust. So, we've got a perfectly

optimized 900 X3D system, GDR5 6000

running stable, CPU boosting properly,

temperatures under control, and gaming

performance that's absolutely crushing

it. This is exactly the level of

optimization I bring to every client

system. The difference between stock

settings and proper tuning is massive.

We're talking 10 to 15% performance

improvements just from BIOS

configuration. What do you think of this

setup process? Drop your questions in

the comments. I love helping people get

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