User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Knowing BIOS
- 2. BIOS setup program
- 3. My Favorites
- 4. Main menu
- 5. Extreme 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 Thermal Configuration
- 6.8 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 6.9 Trusted Computing
- 6.10 UEFI Variables Protection
- 6.11 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 6.12 USB Configuration
- 6.13 Network Stack Configuration
- 6.14 NVMe Configuration
- 6.15 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 6.16 APM Configuration
- 6.17 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 6.18 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]
Per P-Core Control
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following items appear only when Per P-Core Control is set to [Enabled].
P-Core 0~7
Do not disable all P-core options simultaneously or P-core options will reset after reboot.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Do not disable all P-core options simultaneously or P-core options will reset after reboot.
Per E-Core Control
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following items appear only when Per P-Core Control is set to [Enabled].
E-Core 0~15
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
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] - [15]
Number of Cores and Efficient Cores are looked at together. When both are {0,0}, Pcode
will enable all cores.