A min ago I checked into using 100% lcc on the previous bios, the 1304.
Just for the heck of it, to see if the performance drop was there.

Results:
Read bandwith, 100megs lower, could be within margin of error but I don't think it is, could be though.
Everything else was equal to 50% llc.

Meaning, the new bios reduces mem copy bandwith drastically when 100% llc for the cpu is enabled.

It also seems a tiny bit less stable for clocking cpu-nb and mem.
And it's 2k lower in copy bandwith overall (I get 14k instead of 16k at 3.25ghz, 11k with 100% cpu llc).

One interesting note however, the new bios goes 0.1v for the cpu lower then the 1304 bios.
It's not by standered either, the bios uses the same voltage stock.
It just drops down that much with one of it's power states somehow.
I don't know much about it, but I think it's interesting.

Example.
Hwinfo32, says my voltage is ruffly 1.2v on the cpu right now.
With the new bios, it says about the same, but drops on idle to 1.1v...
I like, but I have no idea what exactly enables it to do that.
Probably the new cpb mode thing or something.


I checked because I was messing around trying to see what I could do from in the bios to lower my cpu temps, from 70c+ to the norm of 50c+ on load...
I just redid the cpu heatsink a month or 2 ago...
I finally get rid of all my probs, and all the sudden my cpu temps sky rocket :\.
Granted I haven't primed in about a month either...
Still, as ceramic should last longer then a month or 2 .
I took good care with applying the tim too.
Tonight I'm gonna have to redo it again.
I'm gonna have to get my hands on some baby powder and try making my own, I already got dow silicone (expired but should be fine anyways).

I figured I'de try 100% llc and lower my voltage.
Well I did but my voltage didn't lower much at all (from around 0, to -0.06xv or whatever).
Then switched back to 50% and my voltage result lowed a bit more, I know that on 50% llc my cpu is stable at 3.25ghz at the lowest vcore offset.
Which helped a little bit but my load temps are still around 70c.
That was the reasoning behind checking the 100% llc bandwith and such...

Yeah 70c load temps at 3.25ghz with the lowest vcore availible ...
I hate stock coolers..., they always seem to be right on the edge of stability at stock voltages.