Thank you for reply.
Regarding USB, what controller were you able to pass thru ? what ports are handled by this USB controller ?
Do you have M2 disk(s) plugged in? if so how many? According to mobo manual 2x M2 are PCI bound, while other 2 are from chipset only, thus sharing bandwith …
Thank you,
raven4
I passed through the one in group 18:
IOMMU Group 0 00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14da]
IOMMU Group 10 00:08.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14dd]
IOMMU Group 11 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 71)
IOMMU Group 11 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e0]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e1]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e2]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e3]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e4]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e5]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e6]
IOMMU Group 12 00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14e7]
IOMMU Group 13 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] [10de:2504] (rev a1)
IOMMU Group 13 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:228e] (rev a1)
IOMMU Group 14 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:5013] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 15 03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f4] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 16 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 04:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 06:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f4] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 07:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter [14c3:0616]
IOMMU Group 17 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V [8086:15f3] (rev 03)
IOMMU Group 17 0a:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Aquantia Corp. AQC113CS NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet Controller [AQtion] [1d6a:94c0] (rev 03)
IOMMU Group 17 0c:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1136] (rev 02)
IOMMU Group 17 0d:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1136] (rev 02)
IOMMU Group 17 0d:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1136] (rev 02)
IOMMU Group 17 0d:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1136] (rev 02)
IOMMU Group 17 0d:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 Bridge [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1136] (rev 02)
IOMMU Group 17 0e:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 NHI [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1137]
IOMMU Group 17 3a:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [Maple Ridge 4C 2020] [8086:1138]
IOMMU Group 17 67:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f7] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 17 68:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f6] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 18 04:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 18 69:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f7] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 19 04:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f5] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 19 6a:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43f6] (rev 01)
IOMMU Group 1 00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14db]
IOMMU Group 20 6b:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:5017] (rev 03)
IOMMU Group 21 6c:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raphael [1002:164e] (rev c1)
IOMMU Group 22 6c:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [1002:1640]
IOMMU Group 23 6c:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] VanGogh PSP/CCP [1022:1649]
IOMMU Group 24 6c:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:15b6]
IOMMU Group 25 6c:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:15b7]
IOMMU Group 26 6c:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3]
IOMMU Group 27 6d:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:15b8]
IOMMU Group 2 00:01.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14db]
IOMMU Group 3 00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14da]
IOMMU Group 4 00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14db]
IOMMU Group 5 00:02.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14db]
IOMMU Group 6 00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14da]
IOMMU Group 7 00:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14da]
IOMMU Group 8 00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14da]
IOMMU Group 9 00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:14dd]
It has some ports in the back (the ones next to the lower ethernet) and the usb 3.0 & usb-c header. Maybe some more, I did not test all of them.
Yes I have 2 NVM-E. IOMMU group 14 is my main drive on one of the pcie 5.0 slots and IOMMU Group 20 6b:00.0 which is in one of the chipset ones. That is a cheaper Kingston NV2 so bandwidth should be fine. That is also the one I pass through to a Windows VM. Obviously you wouldn’t want to RAID the chipset NVM-E’s, and the fourth slot gets only 2 lanes if you use the 3rd pcie slot. But I don’t see that as a big limitation. More annoying is that the third slot is only x2; I would have preferred a x4 really, even if it would come at the cost of the 4th NVM-E
Hello and great thank you for all your time and replies.
Please allow few more questions …
USB:
if i got your point then USB controler in your gr.18 handles also the only one internal USBC header - thats unfortunate for me as I use it in Linux… So is it posible to pasthru any of other USB controllers? eg your gr. 24 or 25 or 27 ?
AUDIO:
i checked your iommu groups and found 3 audio devices -
gr 13 is dGPU NVIDIA. But there are 2 other audio devices - gr.22 + gr.26, so which one represents mainboard audio ALC1220 ? I dont see any audio in biggest gr. 17 (possibly 2nd promory/chipset). So why u mentioned that main audio cannot be passedthru. Please can u clarify this? Am I missing something regarding audio ?
Great thank you,
raven4
I just gave it a try and I can pass through the audio. One of them is HDMI audio and one of them seems to be the onboard jacks (though I only tested the front panel audo, think it is the same though).
I had never tried it before as I assumed all of the 6c:XX devices were associated with the iGPU that I could not pass through when I tried that (I tried then to pass all the 6c:XX devices and just had an instant reboot).
I could also pass through 6c:00.4 USB controller [0c03]. It is the top right on the Motherboard IO (port 21 in the manual). I could pass 6c:00.3 too, but could not find the port(s), possibly it is an onboad 2.0 header that I cannot use; though there may be a way to connect it to a pci bracket?
6d:00 cannot be passed through; it just reboots instantly.
I have a ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme, but the hardware seems configured almost identically. I too cannot pass the VGA without the whole system instantly resetting (with or without the audio device.
23. 1 device(s)
* [1002:164e] [R] 6d:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 164e
24. 1 device(s)
* [1002:1640] [R] 6d:00.1 Audio device Device 1640
At first, i thought I also had to pass the Thunderbolt controller, but seeing how the Proart is affected similarly, it seems like a different issue.
You can also use this:
So it is impossible to passthrough the nics individually?
(for pfsense)
You can look at the ACS override for the kernel, but otherwise not. ACS has some potential downsides w.r.t. memory safety (which I don’t fully understand the consequences of).
A pcie nic would work however. Or you could pass all devices in group 17.
My perference:
b650 proart (only $269) > strix b650e-e ($350) >strix x670e-e > x670e proart
x670e proart is really not built for vfio/server. 2 nics, intel thunderbolt/usb4 controller. Those look great on paper. However, nics without sriov support are useless for vfio. All those features take away precious pcie lines, and no benefit for vfio. Also, you can see everything coming out of the chipset are usually in the same iommu group, which make it imposible to passthrough. Nevertheless, the last pcie slot only support x2 mode.
Because of all the reasons above, I bought MSI x670e Carbon instead. At that time back in Oct 2022, b650 proart was not in stock yet.
Here is my iommu group of MSI x670e Carbon. Primary GPU on the 1st PCIE. Intel x540-t2 on the 2nd PCIE, with vfs enabled.
Group 0: [1022:14da] 00:01.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 1: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.1 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 2: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.2 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 3: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.3 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 4: [1022:14da] 00:02.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 5: [1022:14db] [R] 00:02.1 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 6: [1022:14db] [R] 00:02.2 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 7: [1022:14da] 00:03.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 8: [1022:14da] 00:04.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 9: [1022:14da] 00:08.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 10: [1022:14dd] [R] 00:08.1 PCI bridge Device 14dd
Group 11: [1022:14dd] [R] 00:08.3 PCI bridge Device 14dd
Group 12: [1022:790b] 00:14.0 SMBus FCH SMBus Controller
[1022:790e] 00:14.3 ISA bridge FCH LPC Bridge
Group 13: [1022:14e0] 00:18.0 Host bridge Device 14e0
[1022:14e1] 00:18.1 Host bridge Device 14e1
[1022:14e2] 00:18.2 Host bridge Device 14e2
[1022:14e3] 00:18.3 Host bridge Device 14e3
[1022:14e4] 00:18.4 Host bridge Device 14e4
[1022:14e5] 00:18.5 Host bridge Device 14e5
[1022:14e6] 00:18.6 Host bridge Device 14e6
[1022:14e7] 00:18.7 Host bridge Device 14e7
Group 14: [10de:2782] [R] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 2782
[10de:22bc] 01:00.1 Audio device Device 22bc
Group 15: [8086:f1aa] [R] 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Device f1aa
Group 16: [8086:1528] [R] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
Group 17: [8086:1528] [R] 03:00.1 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
Group 18: [1022:43f4] [R] 04:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f4
Group 19: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 20: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:04.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 21: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:05.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 22: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:06.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 23: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:07.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 24: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:08.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f4] [R] 0b:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f4
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:05.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:06.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:07.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:08.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] 0c:0c.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] 0c:0d.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[10ec:8125] [R] 0e:00.0 Ethernet controller RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
[1022:43f7] [R] 12:00.0 USB controller Device 43f7
USB: [1462:7d70] Bus 001 Device 002 Micro Star International MYSTIC LIGHT
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 001 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 002 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
[1022:43f6] [R] 13:00.0 SATA controller Device 43f6
Group 25: [1022:43f5] 05:0c.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f7] [R] 14:00.0 USB controller Device 43f7
Group 26: [1022:43f5] 05:0d.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f6] [R] 15:00.0 SATA controller Device 43f6
Group 27: [8086:f1aa] [R] 16:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Device f1aa
Group 28: [1002:164e] [R] 17:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 164e
Group 29: [1002:1640] [R] 17:00.1 Audio device Device 1640
Group 30: [1022:1649] 17:00.2 Encryption controller VanGogh PSP/CCP
Group 31: [1022:15b6] [R] 17:00.3 USB controller Device 15b6
USB: [0764:0501] Bus 005 Device 003 Cyber Power System, Inc. CP1500 AVR UPS
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 005 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 006 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 32: [1022:15b7] [R] 17:00.4 USB controller Device 15b7
USB: [0930:1400] Bus 007 Device 002 Toshiba Corp. Memory Stick 2GB
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 007 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 008 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 33: [1022:15e3] 17:00.6 Audio device Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
Group 34: [1022:15b8] [R] 18:00.0 USB controller Device 15b8
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 010 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 009 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Group 35: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.1 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 36: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.3 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 37: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.5 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 38: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.7 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 39: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.1 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 40: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.3 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 41: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.5 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 42: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.7 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
PS:
For onboad audio, in my case, it is a USB onboard audio. I just passthrough the parent USB controller. By doing so, I also get 4 USB ports passed through along with the audio device. I can use them for keyboard and mouse.
That looks amazing! I was eyeing the MSI carbon too but couldn’t find much info on it when I built my system. This looks like the best vfio board I’ve seen so far. It has the possibility of having x8/x8/x4 pcie, right?
Hello jxdking,
thank you also for your input. Your info sounds interesting, because at Reddit I have multiple posts and chats with owners of Strix x670e-e (also ALC408x audio codec via USB) and they literally mentioned that they COULDNT passthru any of onboard USB controllers, any such attempt always led to host reset…we speculated that reason for that was truly some “hidden” device(s) which internaly uses those USB controlers… there were ideas that it could be iGPU or onboard audio.
Now back to your MSI carbon, can you pls provide more info which USB controller(s) you can passthru, which ports (IO shield/internal headers) are managed by such controller and most important for me how would you than setup libvirt(virt-manager) to passthu such USB controller including onboard ALC40xx audio. Does this capability(+IOMMU groups) differ/vary with different mobo firmwares in time ?
You also mentioned you use this mobo since Oct 2022? So what issue did you have this board sofar?
Also I saw posts that ALC40xx codec has some internal/design flaw that result in bad sound/cracking/unexpected noises… Did u encounter such issues?
What are your boot times and memory training times ?
Great thank you,
raven4
The 3rd pci-e slot is connected to chipset. It shares iommu group 24. All the vfs would be in the same iommu group 24. That’s no good.
1st slot and 2nd slot are all x8, and work flawlessly.
Also there is bug that 3rd pcie slot does not detect some pcie x1 device. MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI - PCIe slot no longer works after BIOS update. It seems fine with pciex4 devices for me.
I am on the latest bios v16. I don’t notice iommu group changes after update bios. It should not be an issue, as I can update vm configure easily.
I shut down the vm to expose some more usb devices that I passed through.
Devices that I passed through (marked with “-->”):
Group 14: -->[10de:2782] [R] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 2782
-->[10de:22bc] 01:00.1 Audio device Device 22bc
...
Group 25: [1022:43f5] 05:0c.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
-->[1022:43f7] [R] 14:00.0 USB controller Device 43f7
USB: [0db0:d6e7] Bus 003 Device 006 Micro Star International USB Audio
USB: [0e8d:0616] Bus 003 Device 005 MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device
USB: [046d:c52f] Bus 003 Device 004 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
USB: [046d:c31c] Bus 003 Device 003 Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
USB: [046d:c24f] Bus 003 Device 002 Logitech, Inc. G29 Driving Force Racing Wheel [PS3]
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 003 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 004 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Full picture.
Group 0: [1022:14da] 00:01.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 1: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.1 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 2: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.2 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 3: [1022:14db] [R] 00:01.3 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 4: [1022:14da] 00:02.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 5: [1022:14db] [R] 00:02.1 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 6: [1022:14db] [R] 00:02.2 PCI bridge Device 14db
Group 7: [1022:14da] 00:03.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 8: [1022:14da] 00:04.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 9: [1022:14da] 00:08.0 Host bridge Device 14da
Group 10: [1022:14dd] [R] 00:08.1 PCI bridge Device 14dd
Group 11: [1022:14dd] [R] 00:08.3 PCI bridge Device 14dd
Group 12: [1022:790b] 00:14.0 SMBus FCH SMBus Controller
[1022:790e] 00:14.3 ISA bridge FCH LPC Bridge
Group 13: [1022:14e0] 00:18.0 Host bridge Device 14e0
[1022:14e1] 00:18.1 Host bridge Device 14e1
[1022:14e2] 00:18.2 Host bridge Device 14e2
[1022:14e3] 00:18.3 Host bridge Device 14e3
[1022:14e4] 00:18.4 Host bridge Device 14e4
[1022:14e5] 00:18.5 Host bridge Device 14e5
[1022:14e6] 00:18.6 Host bridge Device 14e6
[1022:14e7] 00:18.7 Host bridge Device 14e7
Group 14: [10de:2782] [R] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 2782
[10de:22bc] 01:00.1 Audio device Device 22bc
Group 15: [8086:f1aa] [R] 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Device f1aa
Group 16: [8086:1528] [R] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
Group 17: [8086:1528] [R] 03:00.1 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
Group 18: [1022:43f4] [R] 04:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f4
Group 19: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 20: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:04.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 21: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:05.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 22: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:06.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 23: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:07.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
Group 24: [1022:43f5] [R] 05:08.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f4] [R] 0b:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f4
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:00.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:05.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:06.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:07.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] [R] 0c:08.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] 0c:0c.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f5] 0c:0d.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[10ec:8125] [R] 0e:00.0 Ethernet controller RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
[1022:43f7] [R] 12:00.0 USB controller Device 43f7
USB: [1462:7d70] Bus 001 Device 002 Micro Star International MYSTIC LIGHT
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 001 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 002 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
[1022:43f6] [R] 13:00.0 SATA controller Device 43f6
Group 25: [1022:43f5] 05:0c.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f7] [R] 14:00.0 USB controller Device 43f7
USB: [0db0:d6e7] Bus 003 Device 006 Micro Star International USB Audio
USB: [0e8d:0616] Bus 003 Device 005 MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device
USB: [046d:c52f] Bus 003 Device 004 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
USB: [046d:c31c] Bus 003 Device 003 Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
USB: [046d:c24f] Bus 003 Device 002 Logitech, Inc. G29 Driving Force Racing Wheel [PS3]
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 003 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 004 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 26: [1022:43f5] 05:0d.0 PCI bridge Device 43f5
[1022:43f6] [R] 15:00.0 SATA controller Device 43f6
Group 27: [8086:f1aa] [R] 16:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Device f1aa
Group 28: [1002:164e] [R] 17:00.0 VGA compatible controller Device 164e
Group 29: [1002:1640] [R] 17:00.1 Audio device Device 1640
Group 30: [1022:1649] 17:00.2 Encryption controller VanGogh PSP/CCP
Group 31: [1022:15b6] [R] 17:00.3 USB controller Device 15b6
USB: [0764:0501] Bus 005 Device 003 Cyber Power System, Inc. CP1500 AVR UPS
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 005 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 006 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 32: [1022:15b7] [R] 17:00.4 USB controller Device 15b7
USB: [0930:1400] Bus 007 Device 002 Toshiba Corp. Memory Stick 2GB
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 007 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 008 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 33: [1022:15e3] 17:00.6 Audio device Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
Group 34: [1022:15b8] [R] 18:00.0 USB controller Device 15b8
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 010 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 009 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Group 35: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.1 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 36: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.3 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 37: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.5 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 38: [8086:1515] [R] 03:10.7 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 39: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.1 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 40: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.3 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 41: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.5 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
Group 42: [8086:1515] [R] 03:11.7 Ethernet controller X540 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function
I had been on windows until this Feb. I got stability issue (faulty ram). That’s why I hesitated to convert it to vfio build. The ram got replaced and everything has been fine since that.
The board is physically solid. I run (64gb+32gb) at 5600MT/s. I believe I can run 128gb at 5600MT/s just fine. It may vary with cpu lottery.
Regarding audio, I never had issue with the sound in vm (no cracking).
It is very very long. My suggestion is “Don’t reboot”. MSI seems to be slowest regarding boot time.
BIOS is very full featured. Even has AI-managed overclocking that trains over time. Seems to be have everything my last top-end Intel board though this board lacks some of the hardware.
Hello
I finally upgraded to AM5, so i choose Ryzen 7950X, Asus x670e Creator ProArt, RAM Corsair 64GB KIT DDR5 6600MHz CL32 Vengeance Black (XMP not expo), CPU cooler ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280.
My general feelings from AM5 platform are mixed, I encountered some more or less obvious issues, but most of my frustration comes from ProArt board. I eventually solved all issues but if i compare total costs of previous upgrade(AM4) and now AM5 I feel sad.
Regarding ProArt board…
pros:
cons:
BIOS issues:
This i repeated 3x totaly to verify that ASUS is retarded company and BIOS higly probably uses some “AI” learning feature or something HIDDEN what influences system stability BUT IT IS NOT SAVED TO PROFILE WHEN U SAVE BIOS PROFILE TO SLOT OR USB STICK…all this magical stuff behind the scene is lost during clear CMOS and system becomes unstable again
I eventually sorted this out, seems that biggest difference is LLC, BIOS in default says it uses LLC5, but I was NEVER able to have stable with LLC5 after clear CMOS (magically it was working after few hours of testing/crashing)
Then I manually set LLC to 3 and later 4, and save BIOS to another slot + USB stick, then eventually I was able to get stable system after each clear CMOS
I wasted by this almost 5days, because BIOS obviously sometimes show incorrect/misleading info and it is trully prefered to set as much as possible manually
(I used latest BIOS at the time of purchase 1202)
Short info to RAM Corsair Vengeance 64GB 6600Mhz CL2:
Short comment to 7950X:
Feel free to ask/comment
BR, raven4
on other Asus motherboards which I have used recently, it seemed to me that overall system boot times (from pressing the button to OS login page) were heavily exacerbated by the number of attached drives. Windows especially seems to spend a significant amount of time trying to do disk checks, even if it doesnt explicitly tell you onscreen that its doing so.
if you are worried about power usages and temperature with the Ryzen 7950X, you might be interested to try enabling Eco Mode. I have been using it in the past with the 3950X and now the 5950X, and it does a really great job of reeling in on some of the power and heat usage by those CPU’s, and it will more aggressively underclock and sleep idle CPU cores, etc… Have not tried it yet on 7950X myself but I would have high hopes that it would be good on that one too.
I bought the biggest Noctua heat sink that would fit in my 3U case for my Ryzen 7950X and turned on Eco mode (65W). Under load, the fans are still noisy. The 7700X is better. No noise so far under any scenario.
which heatsink did you get? The NH-D15? And what kinda of temperatures are you seeing under load?
Hello
Im using Artic Liquid II 280 cooler. When I limit max CPU temp to 85C + lower PPT to 160W or even 140W then I believe power drain and temp are ok (with very small performance loss), 7950X seems to be truly flexible in this matter and yet its a beast.
BR, raven4