I finally got around to updating the bios on my Supermicro X11SCH-LN4F motherboards today. And so far I'll say it's been a huge success. A couple things to note fixed in this release:
1. CPU consumption due to Interrupts: Before the update Core 0 on my E-2176G CPU would run at constant 80% utilization with nothing going on. It now idles along the same as the rest of the cores.
2. 128GB RAM memory support. This is double the previous amount. Currently untested...
3. Turbo Mode seems to be better as I now see 4.3GHz from the OS vs 3.88GHz previously.
4. Better support for Intel Optane M2 drives
Be sure and capture ALL your Bios setting as they will revert to default...
1. CPU consumption due to Interrupts: Before the update Core 0 on my E-2176G CPU would run at constant 80% utilization with nothing going on. It now idles along the same as the rest of the cores.
2. 128GB RAM memory support. This is double the previous amount. Currently untested...
3. Turbo Mode seems to be better as I now see 4.3GHz from the OS vs 3.88GHz previously.
4. Better support for Intel Optane M2 drives
Be sure and capture ALL your Bios setting as they will revert to default...