Performance Tuning Guide
Intel
®
Desktop Board DP55KG and Intel
®
Desktop Board DP55SB Extreme Series
Performance Tuning Guide
7
Intel Core i7
or Intel Core i5
Processor
PCH
Clock Generator
DDR3 Dual
Channel
PCIe x16 / x8
PCI Express BusDMI BUS
133 MHz
PCIe x8
USB 2.0
SATA
DIMM 1 Channel A
DIMM 0 Channel A
DIMM 1 Channel B
DIMM 0 Channel B
100 MHz
100 MHz
Figure 2. Intel Desktop Board DP55KG/DP55SB Block Diagram
All desktop board components are driven from a single 133 MHz host clock (BCLK). The
resulting processor frequency is generated by applying a multiplier value to the host clock
(BCLK).