Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX - Chapter 3: BIOS Setup; 3.6 Advanced Menu Overview; 3.6.1 CPU Configuration

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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.