Technical Product Specification

BIOS Setup Interface Intel® Server Board S2600WP TPS
5.4.2.5
Power and Performance Policy
The Power and Performance screen allows the user to specify a profile that is optimized in the
direction of either reduced power consumption or increased performance.
To access this screen from the Main screen, select Advanced > Power and Performance. To
move to another screen, press the <Esc> key to return to the Advanced screen, then select the
desired screen.
Advanced
Power & Performance
CPU Power and Performance Policy
Performance / Balanced Performance /
Balanced Power / Power
[Performance] Optimization is strongly toward performance, even at the expense of energy efficiency.
[Balanced Performance] Weights optimization toward performance, while conserving energy.
[Balanced Power] Weights optimization toward energy conservation, with good performance.
[Power] Optimization is strongly toward energy efficiency, even at the expense of performance.
Figure 26. Power and Performance Configuration Screen
Table 31. Setup Utility – Power and Performance Configuration Screen Fields
Setup Item
Options
Comments
CPU Power and
Performance Policy
Performance
Optimization is strongly toward performance, even at the expense
of energy efficiency.
Balanced Performance
Weights optimization toward performance, while conserving energy.
Balanced Power
Weights optimization toward energy conservation, with good
performance.
Power
Optimization is strongly toward energy efficiency, even at the
expense of performance.
When the user selects a “Power and Performance Policy” in Setup, there is a list of
complementary settings which are made. These can be individually overridden after the policy
setting has been selected and the profile settings performed. The profile settings are listed in
the following table.
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