Asus P8P67 REV 3.1 - Cpu Power Management

ASUS P8P67 REV 3.1 3-9
Chapter 3
Changing the values in this menu may cause the system to become unstable! If this
happens, revert to the default settings.
CPU Power Management
The sub-items in this menu allow you to set the CPU ratio and features.
CPU Ratio [Auto]
Allows you to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the BCLK Frequency. Use
<+> and <-> keys to adjust the ratio. The valid value ranges vary according to your CPU
model.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Enhanced Intel
®
SpeedStep Technology (EIST).
[Disabled] The CPU runs at its default speed.
[Enabled] The operating system controls the CPU speed.
Turbo Mode [Enabled]
This item appears only when you set the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable the Intel
®
Turbo Mode
Technology.
[Enabled] Allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specic
condition.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
The following three items appear only when you set the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
Technology and Turbo Mode items to [Enabled].
Turbo Ratio [Auto]
Allows you to manually adjust the Trubo CPU ratio.
[Auto] All Turbo ratio are set by Intel CPU default
settings
[By ALL Cores (Can Adjust in OS)] All numbers of active cores will be set to one
single Turbo ratio in OS
[By Per Core (Cannot Adjust in OS)] All numbers of active cores can be set to an
individual Turbo ratio in BIOS.
Maximum Turbo Ratio setting in OS [Auto]
This item appears only when you set the Turbo Ratio item to [By ALL Cores (Can
Adjust in OS)]. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.
1-/2-/3-/4-Core Ratio Limit
This item appears only when you set the Turbo Ratio item to [By Per Core (Cannot
Adjust in OS)]. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.
Long Duration Power Limit [Auto]
Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value.