Reference Guide

Option Description
Energy Efficient
Policy
Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy option.
The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to
target higher performance or better power savings. This option is set to Balanced Performance by
default.
Number of Turbo
Boost Enabled
Cores for
Processor 1
NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the system, you will see an entry for Number of
Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2.
Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for Processor 1. The maximum number of cores is
enabled by default.
Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all system
profiles, except Custom by default.
NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to
disabled.
NOTE: When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting
does not impact the system power or performance.
CPU
Interconnect Bus
Link Power
Management
Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by
default.
PCI ASPM L1 Link
Power
Management
Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Intel Persistent
Memory CR QoS
Enables you to select the tunning Method 1 for QoS knobs and is recommended for 2-2-2 memory
configuration in active directory, Method 2 for QoS knobs and is recommended for other memory
configuration in active directory or Method 3 for QoS knobs and is recommended for 1 DIMM per channel
configuration. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Intel Persistent
Memory
Performance
Setting
Enables you to select the NVMe performance settings depending on the workload behavior. If this option
is set to BW Optimized, the performance is optimized for DDR and DDRT bandwidth. If this option is set
to Latency Optimized, the performance is better DDR latency. This option is set to BW Optimized by
default.
System Security
You can use the System Security screen to perform specific functions such as setting the system password, setup password
and disabling the power button.
Viewing System Security
To view the System Security screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click System Security.
Pre-operating system management applications
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