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HYDRA SQ AGENT — benchmark assistant for PBO2 and CO tuning!
🕑 Added 2025-08-14 12:08:22 +0000 UTCWhat if a benchmark could tell you exactly which cores to nudge and by how much? That’s the idea behind SQ Agent. It’s a friendly co‑pilot for PBO2 & per‑core CO tuning that focuses on balance inside CCDs, not just raw thermals or max watts.
Run it once and, in about a minute, you get a clear picture of how your sample behaves under an all‑core load — where the VF curves converge, where they drift apart, and which knobs to turn next.
One click, one glance, one verdict. A global CPU score and CCD scorecards show whether the current tune is better or worse. Does your friend have the same processor? Check who has configured their processor better.
Actionable color map. Red tiles mean a core is already riding above the pack (CO likely saturated); blue tiles hint it wants a more negative CO.
No stress to your hardware. Safe warm‑up to steady state and a short measurement window make it gentle for modest coolers and VRM.
Why misalignment is bad (and why CCD frequency drops):
Shared voltage & limits. In an all‑core load the SMU must pick a common VID and keep PPT/EDC/temperature in check. The worst core (the one needing more V for the same f) dictates the VID or forces a lower f for the whole CCD.
Hotspots. A few hot cores raise ΔT inside the CCD. Thermal/FIT guards react earlier, so the CCD loses frequency sooner.
Efficiency loss. If VID is set by a weak core, other cores are effectively over‑volted for that moment — more watts for the same work, lower MHz/W, lower total score.
Stability & jitter. The SMU keeps chasing limits, so frequency/voltage wobble grows — you feel it as small dips or micro‑stutter.
Aligning VF curves lets the CCD run a higher, steadier all‑core frequency at safer voltages and power.
What it measures
Thermal, voltage and frequency consistency per CCD. The agent looks for VF‑curve convergence across cores during an all‑core workload.
Two levels of results. A global CPU Total score and individual CCD scores show overall health and where misalignment lives.
CPPC awareness. It reports how CPPC ranks match the actual per‑core performance under load.
Safe for weak coolers or VRMs. The run uses moderate y‑cruncher load, a dynamic warm‑up until dT/dt ≈ 0, and a short 30s measurement window.
Focuses on the AMD PBO2 tab. The score reacts exactly to PPT/EDC/TDC/THM/Fmax/eCLK and to your per‑core CO values.
Note: global scores correlate within the same CPU architecture. Do not compare Zen 3 with Zen 5 one‑to‑one; a cross‑gen preset will arrive later.
Color map: where to tighten CO
Each core’s tile is tinted by ΔEF/1V (its effective frequency per volt vs the median of its CCD). Red means the core’s VF curve sits notably above its siblings — CO is likely already saturated here. Blue means the core underperforms per volt and usually benefits from a more negative CO. Neutral gray means curves are aligned well.
Real examples : Ryzen 9 7950X — default
Under a 194 W all‑core load the agent finds very strong CPPC alignment (ρ≈0.877 → 93.9)* but a clear CCD imbalance: CCD0 ΔT ≈ 8.9°C (score 80.8) vs CCD1 ΔT ≈ 14.0°C (score 71.1). Core #10 reaches 75.2°C while others run cooler — a sign of uneven paste/contact or even a potential RMA case.
* Detailed statistics can be found in the LOGGING tab.
Real examples : Ryzen 9 9950X — before vs after tuning
Default: the CPU is hard (PPT limit ≈ 99.9%) and CCD0 shows poor VID uniformity; Overal Score ≈ 77.5. Tuned (CO + PBO2): frequency stability improves (CV 0.27% → 0.05%)*, efficiency rises (412.6 → 448.0 MHz/W)*, PPT limiting disappears (6.7% of time), and Overal Score climbs to 87. Some cores still need light CO rebalancing, which the color map highlights.
* Detailed statistics can be found in the LOGGING tab.
Release date: end of next week.
Comments
Yuri Bubliy
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Felix Grabowski
sounds nice but it seems your discord bot is disconnected, cannot access the server or downloads despite being subscribed to early access
jose luis flores sanchez
Hola, a mi tambien me alegra ver que hay mas de uno, y si no fuera porque mi nivel de ingles es una basura estaria mas comodo, un saludo.
Juan Carlos Serrano
Me alegra ver un hispano por aquí...
jose luis flores sanchez
Esperemos que funcione bien en Ryzen 7 5800X, se calienta muchísimo. No hablo ingles y uso Google, ando traduciendo el Big Tutorial pero a veces no hace bien su trabajo, si en su lista de tareas esta traducir su aplicación a otros idiomas, por favor hagalo tambien para el español, un saludo.
Robbie Corrigan
Great stuff Yuri
