Intel has started requesting motherboard makers to implement its "Default Settings" for 14th & 13th Gen CPUs as BIOS defaults.
Intel Motherboard & System Partners Tackle 14th & 13th Gen CPU Stability Issues By Reverting To "Intel Default Settings" So while the stability issues on the Intel 14th & 13th Gen CPUs continue to mount, motherboard makers took the first step in resolving or fixing them by implementing new BIOS profiles that set the CPUs to the default "Baseline" settings recommended by Intel.
Now, Intel itself has requested motherboard makers and system vendors who are responsible for building PCs to implement new "Intel Default Settings" profiles as the default BIOS option which means that your motherboard will no longer push the CPU beyond its baseline configuration. Related Story Lenovo Enters The MoTD “Mobile on Desktop” Market: Launches Legion PCs With Intel 14th Gen HX CPUsPreviously, motherboard makers had their products tuned with the "Extreme" profile for both 13th and 14th Gen CPUs which raised the power limits beyond the baseline profile.
This resulted in lots of instability on these chips leading to crashes in games, applications and even PCs straight up just BSOD'ing.
Intel's own review guide had the chips set at "Extreme" configuration and showed vastly better performance but with these limits set to the default "baseline" profile, the performance drop is quite substantial as noted here.