Performance Tuning Guide

Intel

Desktop Board DP55KG and Intel

Desktop Board DP55SB Extreme Series

2. Intel

Core™ i7 and Intel

Core i5™

Processors and Intel

P55 Express Chipset

General Concepts

2.1. Architecture

The Intel Desktop Board DP55KG/DP55SB platform consists of an Intel

Core i7-800 or

Intel

Core i5-700 processor series and the Intel

P55 Express Chipset component—the Intel

P55 Platform Controller Hub (PCH). For a detailed description of the complete platform, refer to

the Intel Desktop Board DP55KG Technical Product Specification or the Intel Desktop Board

DP55SB Technical Product Specification available at

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboard

The processor now integrates the system memory controller and accesses DDR3 memory

through two independent memory channels. The processor also provides support for one full

PCI Express* 2.0 x16 graphics slot or switches to two PCI Express 2.0 x8 slots. The processor

connects to the PCH via the Direct Media Interface (DMI) interconnect bus. The PCH provides

support for SATA (3.0 Gb/s), USB 2.0, and other system interfaces. Figure 2 shows a block

diagram of the Intel Desktop Board

DP55KG/DP55SB platform.