Core Ultra: Patch should give Intel Arrow Lake processors a 13% performance boost

Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer ASRock announced today in a statement on its website that new drivers for the in-house Z890 series are available for download, aimed at improving the performance of Intel Core Ultra 200S processors. According to the information, this will probably be achieved, among other things, by updating Intel’s Power Management Platform (PPM) to version 1007.20240913. The new version dynamically adjusts CPU frequency and voltage based on system load and provides more efficient power management. This provides users with improved system and gaming performance. ASRock speaks of an increase in performance of Arrow Lake processors of up to 13.23 percent. Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail was tested at 1080p with a Core Ultra 9 285K and an AMD Radeon RX 7900. However, the result may vary depending on hardware configuration.

With the launch of Core Ultra 200V chips for laptops, Intel’s renamed processors have actually celebrated an auspicious debut. That’s why they wanted to take the next step out of the crisis with Arrow Lake in the desktop sector. But just days before their release, the first reports of a rather disappointing performance emerged. In some cases, there were even indications of renewed instabilities in the new chips, which had already affected the previous generation of Raptor Lake processors. In early November, Intel announced through its senior director of technical marketing, Robert Hallock, that it had been surprised by the lower performance of Core Ultra processors. In internal testing, processors achieved different values ​​than those reported by reviewers and testers. The reasons for this are probably extremely diverse, Hallock believes. However, they are already working on firmware and software updates that would contribute to a “significant” increase in performance. However, the Intel man did not give any precise figures.