What motherboard do I have? Four Easy ways to check!
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Top500 Juni 2022: AMD krempelt die Top10 der Supercomputer um
Sorgte die letzte Ausgabe für Langeweile an der Spitze, tut sich bei den Top500 der schnellsten Supercomputer im Juni 2022 so einiges. Die USA haben mit Frontier jetzt das erste offizielle Exascale-System an der Spitze. Lumi und Adastra bilden ebenfalls mit AMD-Prozessoren die schnellsten Systeme Europas.
Frontier durchbricht die ExaFLOPS-Marke
Der neue schnellste Supercomputer der Liste ist das US-System Frontier. Mit 1,1 ExaFLOPS oder genauer 1.102 PetaFLOPS ist Frontier mehr als doppelt so schnell wie Fugaku aus Japan mit seinen 442,01 PetaFLOPS, das zuvor seit Juni 2020 an der Spitze stand.
Im Inneren des Supercomputers werden 9.408 Prozessoren der Serie AMD Epyc „Milan“ in einer optimierten „Trento“-Variante, deren 64 Kerne aus Effizienzgründen nur mit 2 GHz takten, mit 37.632 AMD Instinct MI250x kombiniert, auf je eine CPU kommen also vier GPU-Beschleuniger. In 74 Cray EX Serverschränken verstaut und mit 144 Kilometern an Netzwerkkabeln verbunden entsteht so das aktuell schnellste System. Für eine entsprechende Kühlung der Bauteile sorgt eine 100-prozentige Wasserkühlung.
Rang (zuvor) System Standort Rechenleistung (Rmax) Prozessoren Aufnahme Top500 1 (-) Frontier USA 1.102,00 PetaFLOPS AMD Epyc 3rd Gen (64C, 2,0 GHz)
AMD Instinct MI250X Juni 2022 2 (1) Fugaku Japan 442,01 PetaFLOPS Fujitsu A64FX (48C, 2,2 GHz) Juni 2020 3 (-) LUMI Finnland 151,90 PetaFLOPS AMD Epyc 3rd Gen (64C, 2,0 GHz)
AMD Instinct MI250X Juni 2022 4 (2) Summit USA 148,60 PetaFLOPS IBM Power9 (22C, 3,07 GHz)
Nvidia Volta GV100 Juni 2018 5 (3) Sierra USA 94,64 PetaFLOPS IBM Power9 (22C, 3,1 GHz)
Nvidia Volta GV100 Juni 2018 6 (4) Sunway TaihuLight China 93,01 PetaFLOPS Sunway SW26010 (260C, 1,45 GHz) Juni 2016 7 (5) Perlmutter USA 70,87 PetaFLOPS AMD Epyc 7763 (64C, 2,45 GHz)
Nvidia A100 Juni 2021 8 (6) Selene USA 63,46 PetaFLOPS AMD Epyc 7742 (64C, 2,25 GHz)
Nvidia A100 Juni 2020 9 (7) Tianhe-2A China 61,44 PetaFLOPS Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 (12C, 2,2 GHz) Juni 2013 10 (-) Adastra Frankreich 46,10 PetaFLOPS AMD Epyc 3rd Gen (64C, 2,0 GHz)
AMD Instinct MI250X Juni 2022 Änderungen gegenüber letzter Liste fett hervorgehoben
Den Anspruch auf den Titel des schnellsten Supercomputers der Welt erheben aber auch angebliche Exascale-Systeme aus China, die allerdings nicht in den Top500 aufgeführt werden.
LUMI aus Finnland liegt in Europa vorne
Rausgeflogen aus den Top10 ist der schnellste Supercomputer Deutschlands und seinerzeit Europas, das JUWELS Booster Module. Jetzt ist der Neueinsteiger LUMI aus Finnland das stärkste System in Europa und bringt es mit 151,9 PetaFLOPS gleich auf den dritten Platz. Auch hier sorgt die Kombination von AMD MI250X und optimierten Epyc-CPUs für hohe Leistung, die auch beim dritten Neueinsteiger in der Top10 zu finden ist: Adastra aus Frankreich schafft damit 46,10 PetaFLOPS und damit mehr als JUWELS mit 44,12 PetaFLOPS.
penk/MainboardTerminal: A Retro-style Computer with a Modern Core
Mainboard Terminal - A Retro-style Computer with a Modern Core
Mainboard Terminal is not just any cyberdeck, it's a full-feature PC powered by Framework's Mainboard. It has a 5" (1080x1080) round LCD, a fully 3D printable case, and is compatible with OLKB Preonic mechanical keyboard.
The Design
I've always wanted a terminal with a round screen, with the Mainboard product and its 2D drawing released, I finally had the chance to build one. And yes, it runs Spacewar! :-)
Electronics
Framework Mainboard
OLKB Preonic
5" round LCD
Software
Everything works out of the box with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which is nice.
Setting for the display xrandr --newmode "1080x1080R" 82.50 1080 1128 1160 1240 1080 1083 1093 1111 +hsync -vsync xrandr --addmode DP-1 "1080x1080R" xrandr --output DP-1 --mode "1080x1080R"
Patch CoolRetroTerm to increase screen curvature (optional, purely aesthetic reasons) Edit app/qml/ApplicationSettings.qml and change the following property: readonly property real screenCurvatureSize: 2.0
3D Printed Parts
Everything is (loosely) held together by 5x2mm magnets in my build (again, for purely aesthetic reasons). You might want to add holes for screws & other cutouts to utilize those USB4 ports.
Be sure to check out the 2D drawing released by Framework if you want to do further customization.
Paint color used in the build: Tamiya paint PS-57 (Pearl White) and TS-30 (Silver Leaf).
Copyright and License
Copyright (c) 2022 Penk Chen. All rights reserved.
All files are licensed under MIT license or CC BY-SA 4.0, see the LICENSE for more information.
What motherboard do I have? Four Easy ways to check!
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Last Updated: May 6th, 2022
There are a whole host of reasons why you might need to check what motherboard model you currently have. Maybe you’re looking to sell your PC and would like to post all the relevant specifications for potential buyers. More importantly, you might want to upgrade your CPU and need to know what motherboard and chipset you have to ensure you don’t purchase a processor that is incompatible. While the list goes on, thankfully, finding out what baseboard manufacturer your PC build has might be one of the simplest things you can do.
Below, we’ve listed a variety of different ways in which you can check what motherboard you have, ordered by how easy they are to do.
What motherboard do I have? – Take a look.
So, with that in mind, let’s dive straight into it! For me, the simplest answer to the question ‘How do I check what motherboard I have?’ is to open up your PC and physically look at the motherboard. The motherboard will always display the manufacturer and model number on it somewhere – usually out of the way of major hardware.
Below is an example of where the motherboard manufacturer and model number may be:
As you can see from the examples above, most motherboards showcase their manufacturer and serial number – albeit not always in the same style or position. For those completely new to PC building, the easiest way to know whether you’re looking at those specific details is to simply familiarize yourself with some of the more popular brands and chipsets and form factor.
Popular motherboard manufacturers:
MSI
ASUS
GIGABYTE
ASRock
Biostar
Popular motherboard chipsets:
B360
H370
Z370
Z390
B450
X470
B550
X570
Despite the examples we used showing the manufacturer and model number next to each other, there are rare occasions where the brand and model number will be separated on the board. In those scenarios, simply look for a 4-digit code (similar to the popular chipsets above) to determine which motherboard you have.
Check what motherboard you have via Command Prompt
If opening your PC case and fiddling around amongst the cables and hardware all seems a little too time consuming and difficult, the following method saves you the hassle. Whilst many may not feel comfortable dabbling around in a command prompt window, or with the wmic baseboard command, it’s one of the easiest ways how to find out what motherboard you have.
The windows command prompt – sometimes referred to as ‘terminal’ like in Linux, is an incredibly useful tool if you know the correct commands to execute. You can easily find information on your graphics card, get a system summary, serial numbers, system models, anything you could ever want. But for now let’s just stick to the motherboard model, here’s the method:
1 Check what motherboard you have via Command Prompt If opening your PC case and fiddling around amongst the cables and hardware all seems a little too time consuming and difficult, the following method saves you the hassle. Whilst many may not feel comfortable dabbling around in the command prompt, it’s one of the easiest ways how to find out what motherboard you have. Here’s the method:
Step 1 CMD Start off by typing ‘CMD’ into the Windows search function – bottom left-hand corner for most users – and tap enter. Or again use Windows + R to open the RUN Box.
Step 2 Insert command Once inside command prompt, type in the following – ‘wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer’ and tap enter. This will reveal the Make & Model of your motherboard.
Use ‘System Information’
Despite the command prompt being a perfectly acceptable way of checking your system’s hardware, there are a few individuals that simply don’t like using it. For those individuals, you can always check the PC’s ‘System Information’ instead.
2 Use ‘System information’ to check what motherboard you have Inside ‘System Information’, you can find all sorts of information on your PC’s hardware, including the CPU, motherboard, available RAM, and a whole host of other useful specs. That being said, here’s how to navigate and check what motherboard you have via System Information:
Step 1 System Information Start off by typing ‘System Information’ into the Windows search function – bottom left-hand corner for most users Alternately you can press Windows key + R on your keyboard simultaneously to prompt the Run box, then type ‘msinfo32′ and hit enter
Step 2 Baseboard manufacturer Once inside System Information, simply scroll down until you see the ‘Baseboard manufacturer’ item. This will display the brand of the motherboard – Underneath this will be ‘Baseboard Product‘ and this will display the chipset and type of motherboard.
Simply close the window down once you are finished and have noted the information you require. It’s as easy as that.
One thing worth mentioning, however, is that this method doesn’t work for all users. Sometimes, for whatever reasons, certain bits of information aren’t displayed in the system information. If this is the case, you’ll have to proceed back to the above methods, or, do the following.
Use third-party hardware checking software
The final option is to download a piece of third-party software that displays all the information for you. Whilst there are a ton of these programs around, we like to stick with CPU-Z as it’s free and does the job perfectly.
3 Use third-party hardware like CPU-Z Hardware monitoring tools such as CPU-Z often have dedicated sections to displaying the hardware and components installed in your PC. Here’s how to find out your motherboard manufacturer make and model by using CPU-Z
Step 1 Download CPU-Z Firstly, if you haven’t already, download CPU-Z from here
Step 2 Using CPU-Z to determine motherboard make and model Once downloaded and installed, simply load the program by double-clicking the CPU-Z desktop icon. Once open, from the navigation bar at the top, select the ‘Mainboard’ tab listed.
We suggest this is the best way to go if you’re looking to sell your current PC. CPU-Z not only showcases the motherboard specs, but pretty much every other hardware spec too – including CPU, RAM, and graphics too.
Related pages
Motherboards can be an extremely complicated piece of hardware if you are new to custom PC building. For that reason, we’ve created a bunch of handy articles over the years that help builders understand better how motherboards work. Here are some of our most popular:
Conclusion
So, there you have it, our complete guide on how to check what motherboard I have. Ultimately, the process of checking your hardware is actually extremely simple. As shown, there are a number of different ways in which you can check these details – all of which require very little technical knowledge or know-how.
All being said, we hope this article has helped you in your quest to find out what motherboard your PC has. If you’re still struggling to determine which board is in your PC, why not drop us a comment in the section below and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. Better still, why not head on over to our Community Hub where you can discuss everything motherboard related with like-minded individuals.
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