User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Knowing BIOS
- 2. BIOS setup program
- 3. My Favorites
- 4. Main menu
- 5. Extreme Tweaker menu
- 6. Advanced menu
- 6.1 Platform Misc Configuration
- 6.2 CPU Configuration
- 6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 6.4 PCH Configuration
- 6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 6.7 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 6.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 6.9 USB Configuration
- 6.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 6.11 NVMe Configuration
- 6.12 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 6.13 APM Configuration
- 6.14 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 7. Monitor menu
- 8. Boot menu
- 9. Tool menu
- 10. Exit menu
- 11. Updating BIOS
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ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA BIOS Manual
4-Core Ratio Limit
Enter [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 4-core ratio limit that must be lower than or equal to the second
biggest core’s Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for 4-Core Ratio Limit, do not set the 1-Core Ratio Limit, 2-Core
Ratio Limit, and 3-Core Ratio Limit to [Auto].
5-Core Ratio Limit
Enter [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 5-core ratio limit that must be lower than or equal to the second
biggest core’s Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for 4-Core Ratio Limit, do not set the 1-Core Ratio Limit, 2-Core
Ratio Limit, 3-Core Ratio Limit, and 4-Core Ratio Limit to [Auto].
6-Core Ratio Limit
Enter [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 6-core ratio limit that must be lower than or equal to the second
biggest core’s Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for 4-Core Ratio Limit, do not set the 1-Core Ratio Limit, 2-Core Ratio
Limit, 3-Core Ratio Limit, 4-Core Ratio Limit, and 5-Core Ratio Limit to [Auto].
7-Core Ratio Limit
Enter [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 7-core ratio limit that must be lower than or equal to the second
biggest core’s Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for 4-Core Ratio Limit, do not set the 1-Core Ratio Limit, 2-Core
Ratio Limit, 3-Core Ratio Limit, 4-Core Ratio Limit, 5-Core Ratio Limit, and 6-Core Ratio
Limit to [Auto].
8-Core Ratio Limit
Enter [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 8-core ratio limit that must be lower than or equal to the second
biggest core’s Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for 4-Core Ratio Limit, do not set the 1-Core Ratio Limit, 2-Core
Ratio Limit, 3-Core Ratio Limit, 4-Core Ratio Limit, 5-Core Ratio Limit, 6-Core Ratio Limit,
and 7-Core Ratio Limit to [Auto].
The following items appear only when CPU Core Ratio is set to [AI Optimized].
Optimized AVX Frequency
Select Normal Use for typical use cases, select Heavy AVX for extreme
loads such as Prime 95 AVX.
Configuration options: [Normal use] [Heavy AVX]