You’ll Need To Game Like Sebastian Benchmarks CPUs To Really Notice Though
The upcoming Windows 11 24H2 will feature a free performance upgrade for Ryzen based systems, from the 5000 series onward. The update in question is amusingly called 2024-08 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5041587); the actual full update which will include this upgrade will be Windows 11 24H2. Currently you can grab the update from Windows Update, you may see it in the main screen or have to click through to optional updates depending on your settings and the current weather in Redmond.
The update is specifically targeted at the Ryzen 9000 series to address some of the more interesting results which benchmarking has revealed, but even older Zen processors can expect a free performance upgrade for CPU tasks ranging between 0-13%. This won’t really translate into gaming performance unless you are running an RTX 4090 at 1080p. Chances are other multithreaded CPU tasks will see minimal improvements, but for any program which depends on the new CPU scheduler optimizations you should see a bit of a boost.
It’s nice to get something for nothing occasionally!
