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ASUS MAXIMUS IX CODE BIOS Manual
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Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
This item allows the mid level cache (L2) to prefetch adjacent cache lines, reducing the
DRAM loading time and improves the system performance.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Boot Performance Mode
This item allows you to select the CPU performance state during system boot before the
operating system takes control. The CPU runs at a selected performance ratio based on CPU
conguration.
Conguration options: [Max Battery] [Max Non-Turbo Performance] [Turbo Performance]
[Auto]
SW Guard Extensions (SGX)
This item allows you to enable or disable Software Guard Extensions (SGX).
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Software Controlled]
Tcc Offset Time Window
This item allows you to set the TCC Offset Time Window for Running Average Temperature
Limit (RATL) feature. RATL allows setting an average max thermal temperature.
Temperatures within the time window can get higher than the temperature threshold but only
the average is used to cause frequency clipping.
Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [5 ms] - [448 sec]
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]
The following item appears only when you set Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) to [Auto] or
[Enabled].
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]