Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX User Manual

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
Internal CPU Power Management
ThesubitemsinthismenuallowyoutosettheCPUratioandfeatures.
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm)
Allowstheoperatingsystemtodynamicallyadjusttheprocessorvoltageandcores
frequencytodecreasetheaveragepowerconsumptionanddecreaseaverageheat
production.
Congurationoptions:[Auto][Enabled][Disabled]
Turbo Mode
Allowsyoutoenableyourprocessorcorestorunfasterthanthebaseoperating
frequencywhenitisbelowpower,currentandspecicationlimit.Congurationoptions:
[Disabled][Enabled]
3.6 Advanced menu
TheAdvancedmenuitemsallowyoutochangethesettingsfortheCPUandothersystem
devices.
BecautiouswhenchangingthesettingsoftheAdvancedmenuitems.Incorrecteldvalues
cancausethesystemtomalfunction.
CPU Power Management Configuration
ThisitemallowsyoutomanageandconguretheCPUspower.
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm)
Thisitemallowsmorethantwofrequencytobesupported.
Congurationoptions:[Auto][Enabled][Disabled]
Turbo Mode
ThisitemallowsyoutoautomaticallysettheCPUcorestorunfasterthanthebase
operatingfrequencywhenitisbelowtheoperatingpower,currentandtemperature
specicationlimit.
Congurationoptions:[Enabled][Disabled]
CPU C-States
ThisitemallowsyoutosetthepowersavingoftheCPUstates.
Congurationoptions:[Auto][Disabled][Enabled]
3.6.1 CPU Configuration
TheitemsinthismenushowtheCPU-relatedinformationthattheBIOSautomatically
detects.
TheitemsinthismenumayvarybasedontheCPUinstalled.

Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Socket	LGA 1151
Chipset	Intel Z270
Memory Slots	4
Max Memory Support	64 GB
Memory Type	DDR4
PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots	2
PCIe x16 Slots	2
PCIe 3.0 x4 Slots	1
PCIe x1 Slots	1
SATA 6Gb/s Ports	6
M.2 Slots	2
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A	2
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C	1
USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports	2
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports	6
USB 2.0 Ports	6
USB Ports	14
Audio	SupremeFX
LAN	Intel I219-V
RAID Support	0, 1, 5, 10
Multi-GPU Support	NVIDIA 2-Way SLI, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX