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I gave Gemma 4, Qwen3.8 and Ministral 3 photos of my BIOS, and the slowest model gave the best advice

Can my local LLMs optimize my PC better than me?

I gave Gemma 4, Qwen3.8 and Ministral 3 photos of my BIOS, and the slowest model gave the best advice

Four different large language models were tested on optimizing a PC BIOS. Gemma 4 performed the best, correctly identifying three performance-enhancing settings: enabling the RAM's rated speed, raising the CPU ratio, and disabling Precision Boost Overdrive. The slowest model was Qwen3.8, which took 42 minutes and 51 seconds to complete the test.

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