ASUS showed off their new AI overclocking technology in the recent Incredible Intelligence event which allows capable motherboards to be dynamically tested for maximum OC potential. This allows people with no overclocking background to select an overclocked frequency without any prior knowledge of overclocking. As long as a capable cooler for your processor is provided, the new ASUS ROG Z390 motherboards will do the job.
The new auto-tuner removes manually research and finding the sweet spot or maximum daily OC your chip and cooler can handle. ASUS does include OC profiles but their new AI overclock algorithms is a more versatile means of reaching the maximum potential of your system. A cooler score is provided to your cooler and its rating provides the basis for the optimized configuration suggested for your specific system.
A guide is pre-installed in the BIOS to read up on more info about the AI Overclocking feature so you don’t need to dive into Windows to find out more about the functions of the AI OC. Going straight to the UEFI BIOS menu screen, you’ll be greeted by ASUS’ familiar BIOS menu and an additional screen is display on the lower right of the screen which denotes your cooler score as well as potential OC figures.
We’ve been working on a brand new build here in the office. It’s based on our Strix Z390-I Gaming motherboard and uses Intel’s 9th Generation Core i7-9700K CPU. This eight-core processor has a 3.6GHz base frequency, and when all its cores are active, Turbo takes the clock speed up to 4.6GHz. Since we’re cooling the chip with our latest ROG Ryuo 240 AIO liquid cooler, we’re hoping to push the top speed even higher.
A simple process of stress testing the base system and then allowing the motherboard to learn the potential as well as gather the temperature and voltage data of your processor allows it to create a custom configuration tailored to your system. The feature saves a lot of time compared to figuring these details out. Many enthusiasts know that silicon lottery mostly governs the potential of an overclock and while we can always base on guides online, tweaking your system to follow these prescribed configurations is time consuming. With ASUS AI Overclocking, all it takes is a few clicks and a short stress test and your ASUS motherboard will determine the rest.
The ASUS AI overclocking feature is available to select ASUS Z390 including ASUS ROG and ROG STRIX motherboards.