Question I need help deciding whether or not to update my BIOS

[TheyStoppedit]

I have a Ryzen 3900X, upgrading to a 5950X. Im running bios F34 on the Gigabyte Aorus X570 Master. I'm deciding whether or not I need to upgrade the BIOS. It wouldn't matter, but not for the fact that the Zenbleed patch costs 15% performance in some workloads. But I have also read that the BIOS updates in conjunction with Windows 11 24H2 comes with performance optimizations, and I'm not sure if those give me back my 15% performance. I've also read that updating BIOS can help resolve issues on 24H2, but I'm not sure if thats true. So I'm deciding: Should I update my BIOS? Do I need to? Or am I just giving up 15% performance for no raeson and getting nothing in return??

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Unless your issue/s are specifically addressed in the BIOS updates notes there is no reason to be updating. BIOS updates just for the sake of updades are a good way to brick a motherboard.

 

[CountMike]

I have a Ryzen 3900X, upgrading to a 5950X. Im running bios F34 on the Gigabyte Aorus X570 Master. I'm deciding whether or not I need to upgrade the BIOS. It wouldn't matter, but not for the fact that the Zenbleed patch costs 15% performance in some workloads. But I have also read that the BIOS updates in conjunction with Windows 11 24H2 comes with performance optimizations, and I'm not sure if those give me back my 15% performance. I've also read that updating BIOS can help resolve issues on 24H2, but I'm not sure if thats true. So I'm deciding: Should I update my BIOS? Do I need to? Or am I just giving up 15% performance for no raeson and getting nothing in return??

I have a Ryzen 3900X, upgrading to a 5950X. Im running bios F34 on the Gigabyte Aorus X570 Master. I'm deciding whether or not I need to upgrade the BIOS. It wouldn't matter, but not for the fact that the Zenbleed patch costs 15% performance in some workloads. But I have also read that the BIOS updates in conjunction with Windows 11 24H2 comes with performance optimizations, and I'm not sure if those give me back my 15% performance. I've also read that updating BIOS can help resolve issues on 24H2, but I'm not sure if thats true. So I'm deciding: Should I update my BIOS? Do I need to? Or am I just giving up 15% performance for no raeson and getting nothing in return??

According to
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-AORUS-MASTER-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios
F30 is first version to support 5000 series so you are good there but..... New versions bring vulnerability and performance patches as well as new AGESA versions. As far as W11support all you need is to manually enable fTPM which F35 and up sets enabled by default.
So update to at least F38 version for best effect.

 

[gamerk316]

My general rule: Don't update the BIOS unless you have to. Motherboards are better at updates then they used to be, but I find it generally causes more problems then you'll ever fix.

 

[TheyStoppedit]

According to
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-AORUS-MASTER-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios
F30 is first version to support 5000 series so you are good there but..... New versions bring vulnerability and performance patches as well as new AGESA versions. As far as W11support all you need is to manually enable fTPM which F35 and up sets enabled by default.
So update to at least F38 version for best effect.

My only issue with anything past F36 is the vulnerability patches, which I read costs up to 54% performance in some workloads. The vulnerabilities require physical access to the machine, so Im 0.00% worried about that..... unless there is a way to update without the patches

 

[CountMike]

My only issue with anything past F36 is the vulnerability patches, which I read costs up to 54% performance in some workloads. The vulnerabilities require physical access to the machine, so Im 0.00% worried about that..... unless there is a way to update without the patches

that's not true at all, patches don't make it lose any performance but patches are part of BIOS firmware no way to install FW without them.

 

[Zerk2012]

My moto, if it's not broke don't fix it.
I would put it in, run some stress test, and if everything is stable leave it alone.