Asus VANGUARD B85 User Manual page 64

Hyper-threading [Enabled]
The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two
logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two
threads or processes simultaneously.
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Intel Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
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[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Boot performance mode [Max Non-Tu...]
This item allows you to select the boot performance mode. Configuration options: [Max Non-
Turbo Performance] [Max battery] [Turbo Performance]
CPU Power Management Configuration
This item allows you to manage and configure the CPU's power.
EIST [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Enhanced Intel
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
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Two threads per activated core are enabled.
Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
Disables this function.
Enables the No-Execution Page Protection Technology.
Forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero (0).
Allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating systems separately
and simultaneously, enabling one system to virtually function as several
systems.
Disables this function.
Allows a hardware platform to automatically analyze the requirements and
prefetch data and codes for the CPU.
Disables this function.
Allows a hardware platform to perform adjacent cache line prefetching.
Disables this function.
The CPU runs at its default speed.
The operating system controls the CPU speed.
SpeedStep Technology (EIST).
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