Asus Z170M-E D3 - 2.6 Advanced Menu; 2.6.1 CPU Configuration

2.6 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.
2.6.1 CPU Configuration
TheitemsinthismenushowtheCPU-relatedinformationthattheBIOSautomatically
detects.
TheitemsshowninsubmenumaybedifferentduetotheCPUyouinstalled.
Active Processor Cores [All]
ThisitemallowsyoutoselectthenumberofCPUcorestoactivateineachprocessor
package.Congurationoptions:[All][1][2][3]
Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled]
Whensetto[Enabled],aVMMcanutilizetheadditionalhardwarecapabilitiesprovidedby
VanderpoolTechnology.Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
ThisitemallowstheCPUtoprefetchcommandsanddataintheL2cache,reducesthe
DRAMloadingtimeandimprovesthesystemperformance.Congurationoptions:[Disabled]
[Enabled]
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