Asus Z170-WS Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 3:
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................................. 3-2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.3 My Favorites ............................................................................................. 3-12
3.4 Main menu ................................................................................................ 3-14
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu ...................................................................................... 3-16
3.6 Advanced menu ....................................................................................... 3-31
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.4
3.6.5
3.6.6
3.6.7
3.6.8
3.6.9
3.6.10
3.6.11
3.7 Monitor menu ........................................................................................... 3-46
3.8 Boot menu ................................................................................................ 3-52
3.9 Tool menu ................................................................................................. 3-57
3.9.1
3.9.2
3.9.3
3.9.4
3.9.5
3.10 Exit menu .................................................................................................. 3-61
3.11 Updating BIOS .......................................................................................... 3-62
3.11.1
3.11.2
3.11.3
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BIOS Setup
EZ Mode...................................................................................... 3-3
Advanced Mode .......................................................................... 3-4
QFan Control............................................................................... 3-7
EZ Tuning Wizard ....................................................................... 3-9
CPU Configuration .................................................................... 3-32
Platform Misc Configuration ...................................................... 3-34
System Agent (SA) Configuration ............................................. 3-36
PCH Configuration .................................................................... 3-37
PCH Storage Configuration....................................................... 3-38
USB Configuration .................................................................... 3-40
Network Stack Configuration..................................................... 3-41
Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................ 3-41
APM Configuration .................................................................... 3-44
HDD/SSD SMART Information ................................................. 3-45
Intel(R) Thunderbolt Configuration ............................................ 3-45
ASUS EZ Flash 3 Utility ............................................................ 3-57
Secure Erase ............................................................................ 3-57
ASUS Overclocking Profile ....................................................... 3-59
ASUS SPD Information ............................................................. 3-60
Graphics Card Information ........................................................ 3-60
EZ Update ................................................................................. 3-62
ASUS EZ Flash 3 ...................................................................... 3-63
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 .......................................................... 3-65