User Guide

ASUS MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME
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Chapter 4
Turbo Processing Unit (TPU)
TPUallowsyoutomanuallyadjusttheCPUfrequency,CPUcache,corefrequencies,DRAM
frequency,andrelatedvoltagesforanenhancedsystemstabilityandaperformanceboost.
RefertotheCPUdocumentationbeforeadjustingCPUvoltagesettings.Settingahigh
voltagemaydamagetheCPUpermanently,andsettingalowvoltagemayleadtoan
unstablesystem.
Forsystemstability,theTPUsettingsarenotsavedintheBIOSandarenotloadedduring
systembootup.SaveyouroverclockingsettingsasaTPUproleandmanuallyloadthis
proleaftersystembootup.
Using TPU
CPU Frequency
• SettheCPURatioSettingiteminBIOSto[Auto]beforeusingtheCPUFrequencyin
TPU.RefertotheBIOS chapterofyourmotherboard’suserguidefordetails.
• TheCPUFrequencybarsshowthestatusoftheCPUcores,whichvarywithyour
CPUmodel.
Click to undo the adjustments
Tick to enable
Group Tuning
Click or to adjust the Base
Clock Frequency, CPU Ratio, and
CPU Cache Ratio
Click or to select the
number of cores to adjust
Click to save the adjustment into a profile
Click to load the
saved profile
Click to apply the
adjustments
CPU Cache Voltage
adjustments
CPU Core Voltage
adjustments