User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Knowing BIOS
- 2. BIOS setup program
- 3. My Favorites
- 4. Main menu
- 5. Ai Tweaker menu
- 6. Advanced menu
- 6.1 Platform Misc Configuration
- 6.2 CPU Configuration
- 6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 6.4 PCH Configuration
- 6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 6.7 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 6.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 6.9 USB Configuration
- 6.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 6.11 NVMe Configuration
- 6.12 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 6.13 APM Configuration
- 6.14 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 6.15 Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
- 7. Monitor menu
- 8. Boot menu
- 9. Tool menu
- 10. Exit menu
- 11. Updating BIOS
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Hardware Prefetcher
Allows you to enable or disable the MLC streamer prefetcher.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
Allows you to prefetch adjacent cache lines, reducing the DRAM loading time and improving
the system performance.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology
When set to [Enabled], VMX can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by
Vanderpool Technology.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Active Performance Cores
Allows you to select the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] [1] - [7]
Active Efficient Cores
Allows you to select the number of Efficient cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] [0] - [3]
Number of Cores and Efficient Cores are looked at together. When both are {0,0}, Pcode
will enable all cores.
Hyper-Threading
Allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two logical processors, allowing the
operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.
[Enabled] For two threads per activated core.
[Disabled] For only one thread per activated core.
Per Core Hyper-Threading
The items in this submenu allow you to enable or disable Hyper-Threading for each core.
Hyper-Threading of Core 0-7
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Total Memory Encryption
Allows you to configure the Total Memory Encryption (TME) to protect DRAM data from
physical attacks.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
CPU - Power Management Control
The items in this submenu allow you to manage and configure the CPU’s power.
Boot performance mode
Allows you to select the performance state that the BIOS will set starting from the
reset vector.
Configuration options: [Max Battery] [Max Non-Turbo Performance]
[Turbo Performance] [Auto]