Core Ultra 200S performance has been fixed

Fixing the performance of processors already sold is becoming a standard practice for Intel. The company has already fixed some issues with the Core Ultra 200S.

The first fixes in the new Arrow Lake desktop processors have already taken place, so we can talk about significant improvements in performance and the recovery of some functional failures.

The processors were updated at the request of users. Specifically, a large number of reviews for the Core Ultra 200S were somewhat negative due to gaming performance. However, Intel recorded quite good test results.

The main fixes at the moment relate to Windows updates and a BIOS patch. To improve performance, the company encouraged updating Windows to 26100.2314 and the BIOS. 

It is planned that in January the company will release a new version of the BIOS that will significantly improve performance. New tests and analysis of the identified problems will be announced at Intel's CES 2025.

List of the main problems, most of which have already been solved:

• BIOS performance optimization
• BSOD during launch with Easy Anti-Cheat
• Lack of PPM (Performance and Power Management)
• Performance in the first version of the BIOS had configuration issues
• Problems with starting APO (App Performance Optimizer)

Problems with the PPM package can reduce performance from 6 to almost 30% depending on the circumstances, it significantly affects the performance of the processor. The issue with the Performance and Power Management package has been fixed and has been available since November in Windows Update.

The next issue concerns APO (Performance Optimizer) and it has also been successfully fixed by Intel. The utility is automatically installed and does not require any additional intervention in the process, but there is a possibility that on some BIOSes it needs to be enabled manually. This problem affects system performance in the percentage equivalent of 2 to 14. 

The BSODs were caused by software, so the company fixed this problem by releasing a software driver update.

The motherboard BIOS had some inaccurate settings for reviewers. The number and impact of these inaccurate settings depend entirely on the vendor.

The result was instability with frequency, significant memory latency that increased by almost 2 times, high throttling under workloads, and overall performance degradation. Currently, the newer versions no longer have this problem.

As for the BIOS and CSME performance optimization, changes to this issue are planned for early January. The update will also improve performance in 35 games.