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It can’t remember which version but it was the one before the latest which I flashed to it before assembling.Good to hear, what BIOS did the board ship with btw?
Probably only get a few more % with tuning, depends how much effort you want to put in, OS likely more of a factor
In the MSI Bios press F7 to get the Advanced mode ( BIOS is set to EZ mode by default ). Then click on the Overclocking settings tab on the left ; from there click the Advanced CPU configuration, then select AMD Overclocking and then Precision Boost Overdrive - this is set to Auto by default but you need to switch it to either Manual or Advanced. I'd recommend the latter if you don't wish to tinker with other settings. Both "manual" and "advanced" will unlock the Curve Optimizer menu ( do not select GPU Optimizer ! ). Within the Curve Optimizer menu you need to change the first option to "negative" then in the section beneath that type in a number value. Most people start with something like 20 and see if their system is stable. If it is you might want to try a higher number eg. 25 or 30. Unfortunately not all CPUs are equal and you are at the mercy of the silicon lottery as to how far you can you push your negative offset. I lucked out and got away with -30 without any problems. You can go further than that ... but there are other things you'd likely need to tweak to make your system stable.
but was that the CPU or the motherboard/bios
