*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[tps3443]

Playing the newer Avatar expansion. Native 4K with Frame Gen on, graphics on Unobtanium. Card reaches almost 1,000 watts! and averages around 800-900 watts from my 5090FE. Been running a few hours now. 

Cable melters DREAM right here. My 5090 spends its life pumping pixels, and I’ll say this is on the higher end of what I see in games, even more than Starwars Outlaws, and a cyberpunk 2077. It also uses 20GB VRAM. 

[Mr. Fox]

On 12/29/2025 at 7:34 PM, electrosoft said:

I'll be waiting for a bit it seems.....*sigh*

I got a notification that mine has shipped. 

 

Oh, by the way. ASUS has released a USB firmware update since the one we discussed recently. Same two device updates, (ASUS_4242_and_PD-GX_Firmware_Windows_Update_Tool) but a newer version.

[electrosoft]

So I bit the bullet (the itch wouldn't stop itching) and picked up an open box new Z890 Apex from the zon for $371. This gives me the Z890-A Strix and Apex for motherboards along with 3x of memory on hand atm (TG 8200, KB 8400, Corsair 9200) along with this open box 265k which I am 99% sure is capped out at 8400 at G2 but we'll see. I'll also be able to verify the Z890-A Strix capping out at 8667 in G4. Z890-A Strix is rated to 9066 but two review I've seen now show it capping out sub 8800 under stress test so this isn't a surprise as mine will boot 9200 G4 just fine but falls apart about 5 minutes into the stress test (TM5 1USMS 90 min).

 

Return window is Jan 26th for the Z890-A Strix or I'll hold onto it and the 265k for the Hyte White Y40 I have.

 

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5 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I got a notification that mine has shipped. 

 

Oh, by the way. ASUS has released a USB firmware update since the one we discussed recently. Same two device updates, (ASUS_4242_and_PD-GX_Firmware_Windows_Update_Tool) but a newer version.

 

w00t! That bodes well for my ship window thank goodness and it will be in your hands sooner than later to start getting some data.

 

Thanks! I just grabbed it. I'll patch it in a few...

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

40 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

picked up an open box new Z890 Apex from the zon for $371.

Wow, that is a really good deal.

[electrosoft]

1 minute ago, Mr. Fox said:

Wow, that is a really good deal.

 

Yeah I just couldn't do the MSI Unify Z890 even at $399.99 knowing I've been sitting here working with Asus BIOS for the last several weeks with the Strix. Asus is such a greedy dog water company, but their BIOS is the best for my use cases atm across several in the house and gets the most love and engagement in the forums too while I finish sorting out the memory side of this equation first (as I always do since 12th gen / AM5).

 

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Updated and same as before. DOS status update progression bar on PD_Update and auto exit then delayed silence on ASMx4242 till it popped up with the "Update or erase successfully. Reboot now?" Window. I don't recall getting that window last time and checked processes to make sure it had completed.

[Talon]

1 hour ago, electrosoft said:

So I bit the bullet (the itch wouldn't stop itching) and picked up an open box new Z890 Apex from the zon for $371. This gives me the Z890-A Strix and Apex for motherboards along with 3x of memory on hand atm (TG 8200, KB 8400, Corsair 9200) along with this open box 265k which I am 99% sure is capped out at 8400 at G2 but we'll see. I'll also be able to verify the Z890-A Strix capping out at 8667 in G4. Z890-A Strix is rated to 9066 but two review I've seen now show it capping out sub 8800 under stress test so this isn't a surprise as mine will boot 9200 G4 just fine but falls apart about 5 minutes into the stress test (TM5 1USMS 90 min).

 

Return window is Jan 26th for the Z890-A Strix or I'll hold onto it and the 265k for the Hyte White Y40 I have.

 

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w00t! That bodes well for my ship window thank goodness and it will be in your hands sooner than later to start getting some data.

 

Thanks! I just grabbed it. I'll patch it in a few...

 

 

 

There are some new ones for just $431 on Amazon right now. I hope you get a good one! I actually had to return an Apex to Amazon for absolutely shit tier memory OC. I learned it's definitely possible to get a bad binned board, something I had not experienced before. 

 

I really want Intel to drop the ARL Refresh in January since I have vacation and will have time to tinker and bin. But I saw a rumor of a March release which to me is just wild. Why would they drop a new CPU refresh, about 6-9 months before Nova Lake. But maybe the rumor I saw of a fixed IO is the reason. If Intel actually fixed the IO, then we might actually see the latency fixed and there could be significant gains. The rumors of 10-30% gaming gains could be true then. If they fixed gaming that much without huge cache, then Nova Lake with this fix and huge cache could be an absolute monster. 

[tps3443]

23 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

Yeah I just couldn't do the MSI Unify Z890 even at $399.99 knowing I've been sitting here working with Asus BIOS for the last several weeks with the Strix. Asus is such a greedy dog water company, but their BIOS is the best for my use cases atm across several in the house and gets the most love and engagement in the forums too while I finish sorting out the memory side of this equation first (as I always do since 12th gen / AM5).

 

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Updated and same as before. DOS status update progression bar on PD_Update and auto exit then delayed silence on ASMx4242 till it popped up with the "Update or erase successfully. Reboot now?" Window. I don't recall getting that window last time and checked processes to make sure it had completed.

Yeah, its great working with Asus bios. One bios that's pretty annoying is ASRock lol. My sons Z790 DDR5 bios is a pain and very confusing. Theres like 4 different settings for CPU load line. The ASRock bios reminds me of Aorus/Giga bios.