ASRock States Intel Platform Power Management Driver For Z890 Motherboards Improve Core Ultra 200S CPU Performance, Especially in Games

Through the Intel PPM driver, the frequency of voltage of Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs can be dynamically adjusted for better efficiency and performance.

ASRock claims up to 13.23% performance boost with Intel Platform Power Management Driver on Z890 motherboards with Core Ultra 200S CPUs

ASRock has today announced that its Z890 lineup will now feature support for Intel Platform Power Management through the latest driver update.

With the launch of Z890 motherboards after Intel unveiled its Core Ultra 200S processors, motherboard makers have been regularly releasing new BIOS updates to offer optimizations for the processors and the Intel PPM is one of the latest by ASRock on Windows 11 that seeks to optimize Arrow Lake chips automatically.

The company encourages the owners of ASRock Z890 motherboards to download the Intel PPM driver version 1007.20240913 from the support page of their respective motherboards so that they can enjoy higher performance with their Core Ultra 200S CPUs. Through Intel PPM, the frequency and voltage of the CPU can be adjusted dynamically. This results in an efficient operation and a potential improvement in gaming performance.

As per the company, users can see up to 13.23% performance improvement in gaming, but not much data has been shared. The screenshot shows the benchmark of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail without and with Intel PPM, yielding 29157 points and 33017 points respectively at 1080p high settings. The configuration includes Core Ultra 9 285K paired with RX 7900 XTX, both being the flagship products of Intel and AMD respectively.

We will wait for more benchmarks from ASRock Z890 motherboard owners and see if this is accurate and how the Intel PPM affects the gaming performance in other video games. Unlike Intel’s DLVR(Digital Linear Voltage Regulator), the Intel PPM is deployed at a software level, which establishes communication between the OS and Intel’s platform-level power management features.

Such communication helps in smoother transitions between high-performance and low-power states based on the system workload. Hence, the feature is expected to increase the power efficiency of the CPUs while maximizing performance.

News Source: ASRock