HackPro X99 System

Until Apple blesses us with the MacPro7,1 – this is for those who require tools to do their work. An appropriate bicycle for the mind.

Build

X99-8D3 Xeon V3 Haswell-EP Clover Mojave 10.14.6

Hardware:

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 (12 core, 2.5 GHz / 3.3 GHz Boost) Motherboard: SZMZ X99-8D3 RAM: 16GB DDR3-14900R 1866Mhz ECC RDIMM modules GPU: Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB Storage: Phison E12 m.2 NVMe PCI-E 3.0 x4 SSD Water blocks: BARROW CPU + GPU Radiator: 360mm x 25mm slim Pump: DDC

Case dimensions: 431 mm x 342 mm x 177 mm

Software

macOS Mojave 10.14.6

BIOS

Reset to defaults (F9)

Clover

Install Clover_v2.5k_r5066 (tested).

If you try a newer version, post your experience.

UEFI

ApfsDriverLoader.efi
HFSPlus.efi
AptioMemoryFix.efi
SMCHelper.efi
AudioDxe.efi

Kexts

Lilu
WhateverGreen
FakeSMC
AppleALC
RealtekRTL8111
USBInjectAll

config.plist

ACPI > DSDT > Patches > "change AZAL to HDEF"

Boot > Arguments = Debug: -v dart=0 npci=0x2000 keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 Production: dart=0 npci=0x2000

CPU > Type = 0x0A01

KernelAndKextPatches > KernelToPatch

xcpm_pkg_scope_msrs © Pike R. Alpha

find <31d2e8b4 fcffff>

replace <31d29090 909090>

xcpm performance_patch © Pike R. Alpha

find <c1e30848 63d389d0 48c1ea20>

replace <c1e308b8 00ff0000 31d29090>

_xcpm_SMT_scope_msrs 1 © Pike R. Alpha

find <be0b0000 005de908 000000>

replace <be0b0000 005dc390 909090>

_xcpm_SMT_scope_msrs 2 © Pike R. Alpha

find: <31d2e87e fcffff>

replace: <31d29090 909090>

KernelAndKextPatches > KextsToPatch

IOPCIFamilyPatch ©PMHeart

find: <483d0000 0040>

InfoPlistPatch: NO

name: IOPCIFamily

replace: <483d0000 0080>

RtVariables

BooterConfig: 0x28

CsrActiveConfig: 0x67

ROM: UseMacAddr0

************************** [ IMPORTANT ] **************************

Must specify: SMBIOS > Memory > Modules

Otherwise, system will not boot past / get stuck at / freeze at :

End RandomSeed

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Benchmarks

MacPro 6,1

XCPM OFF XCPM ON

iMacPro1,1 OpenCL

NVMe

Win 10 x64 v1809 AIDA64 - Cache & Memory

Geekbench 5 benchmarks

current: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/207919 

    Single-Core Score: 757

    Multi-Core Score: 4681


(Possible) all core unlocked : https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/213050 

    Single-Core Score: 776

    Multi-Core Score: 7589

Reference

iMacPro1,1 / Intel Xeon W-2195 2300 MHz (18 cores) https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/241767 

    Single-Core Score:  1149

    Multi-Core Score:  13586

iMacPro1,1 / Intel Core i9-7920X 2904 MHz (12 cores)  https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/241618 

    Single-Core Score:  1160

    Multi-Core Score:   13030

Project Status

Whats working

Video Sleep / Wake XCPM / Idle, TurboBoost

Issues

TODO

• USB SSDT
• FileVault 2
• Boost 3.3 GHz Memory read Win 10 x64 ~ 55,204 MB/s (3.3GHz) macOS 10.14 ~ 34,000 MB/s (3.0 GHz)
• All core 3.3GHz boost
• Resume from sleep not instant, takes ~ 20s
• Overclock

Changelog

2019-09-25 add geekbench 5 benchmarks

2019-09-19 initial guide

Thank you

Apple

뉴해킨

sixflow

ZISQO

Clover developers

acidanthera

Diego

Anyone else I forgot