Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E Manual page 42

Hardware Prefetcher
This item allows you to enable or disable the MLC streamer prefetcher.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
This item allows you to prefetch adjacent cache lines, reducing the DRAM loading time and
improving the system performance.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology
When set to [Enabled], VMX can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by
Vanderpool Technology.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores
This item allows you to select the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor
package.
Configuration options: [All] [1] - [7]
Hyper-Threading
This item allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two logical processors, allowing
the operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Per Core Hyper-Threading
The items in this submenu allow you to enable or disable Hyper-Threading for each core.
Hyper-Threading of Core 0-7
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
MonitorMWait
This item allows you to enable or disable MonitorMWait.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
CPU Power Management Configuration
This item allows you to manage and configure the CPU's power.
Boot performance mode
This item allows you to select the CPU performance state during system boot before
the operating system takes control. The CPU runs at a selected performance ratio
based on CPU configuration.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Max Battery] [Max Non-Turbo Performance]
[Turbo Performance]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm)
This item allows more than two frequency to be supported.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled]
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For two threads per activated core.
For only one thread per activated core.
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