Intel Performance Maximizer – OC Program Now Available

As announced, Intel has released the free Performance Maximizer program, designed for owners of ninth-generation Core processors. This tool is designed for automatic overclocking of these systems and is somehow a copy of AMD Ryzen Master. A similar function, OC Scanner, for GeForce graphics cards, has also been offering NVIDIA for some time. Intel Performance Maximizer can only be used with processors with unlocked multipliers. This should not surprise anyone. Performance Maximizer does not have any advanced features. It allows you to run it and waits for patience until the end of the program tests.

Performance Maximizer is Intel's answer to similar tools already offered by AMD and NVIDIA.

First of all, keep in mind that Performance Maximizer works with Intel Core i9-9900K, Core i9-9900KF, Core i7-9700K, Core i7-9700KF, Core i5-9600K and Core i5- 9600KF. The program requires a motherboard with an Intel Z390 chipset, at least 8 GB of RAM, 16 GB of disk space, and a Windows 10 operating system 1809 or later. For the operation of the program, it is also necessary to enable the OC function in the BIOS, the activity of all cores, the inclusion of Hyper-Threading, as well as Intel Turbo Boost 2.0, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST), Intel Watchdog Timer (WDT), and startup must be in UEFI mode.

Intel Core i9-9900K Processor Test – Uncompromising Performance

After starting Performance Maximizer, it gradually increases the clocks as well as the power supply voltage and tries to find the highest degree of overclocking. The first users of the program seem quite positive about this, saying that Performance Maximizer sometimes reaches the same OC clocks as his own. The differences appear most often in power supply voltages – Performance Maximizer is often higher than that of users in manual OC. Performance Maximizer will not replace your own combination by the user, but those unfamiliar with OC will gain in performance thanks to this – a few clicks in total. It should be noted that with the advent of Performance Maximizer, Intel offers the Performance Tuning Protection Plan, as well as a kind of additional warranty (valid at that time) for processors taken into consideration. charge by the new program. The cost is $ 19.99.

Source: Intel