Owners Manual

System Prole Settings
You can use the System Prole Settings screen to enable specic system performance settings such as power management.
Viewing System Prole Settings
About this task
To view the System Prole Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Prole Settings.
System Prole Settings details
The System Prole Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Table 33. System
Prole Settings
Option Description
System Prole Sets the system prole. If you set the System Prole option to a mode other than Custom,
the BIOS automatically sets the rest of the options. You can only change the rest of the
options if the mode is set to Custom.This option is set to Performance Per Watt
Optimized (DAPC) by default. DAPC is Dell Active Power Controller., other options include
Performance Per Watt (OS), Performance Per Watt (HWPM), Performance, and
Workstation Performance.
NOTE: All the parameters on the system prole setting screen are available only
when the System Prole option is set to Custom.
CPU Power Management Sets the CPU power management. This option is set to System DBPM (DAPC) by
default. DBPM is Demand-Based Power Management. Other options include OS DBPM,
Maximum Performance, and Hardware P States.
Memory Frequency Sets the speed of the system memory. You can select Maximum Performance, Maximum
Reliability, or a specic speed.
Turbo Boost Enables or disables the processor to operate in the turbo boost mode. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
Energy Ecient Turbo
Enables or disables the Energy Ecient Turbo option.
Energy Ecient Turbo (EET) is a mode of operation where a processor’s core frequency is
adjusted to be within the turbo range based on workload.
Installation and Service Manual
Pre-operating system management applications
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