Intel's New Microcode Update Shows Minimal Performance Impact

Recent BIOS updates aim to address stability issues in 13th and 14th Gen Intel CPUs without significant performance degradation.

Tests reveal negligible performance drops in most benchmarks for the Core i9-14900K with the 0x129 update.
The update addresses high voltage requests that caused CPU instability and potential damage.
ASUS has rolled out BIOS updates for over 200 motherboards to incorporate the new microcode.
Gaming performance remains largely unaffected, with only minor frame rate decreases observed.
Affected CPUs that already exhibit instability issues will still need replacement under warranty.