4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Processor Settings
.
Processor Settings details
The
Processor Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical
processors. If this option is set to
Enabled
, the BIOS displays all the logical
processors. If this option is set to
Disabled
, the BIOS displays only one logical
processor per core. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
QPI Speed
Enables you to control QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings.
Virtualization
Technology
Enables or disables the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization.
This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Adjacent Cache
Line Prefetch
Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential
memory access. This option is set to
Enabled
by default. You can disable this
option for applications that need high utilization of random memory access.
Hardware
Prefetcher
Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to
Enabled
by
default.
DCU Streamer
Prefetcher
Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is
set to
Enabled
by default.
DCU IP Prefetcher
Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Configurable TDP
Enables you to reconfigure the processor Thermal Design Power (TDP) levels
during POST based on the power and thermal delivery capabilities of the system.
TDP verifies the maximum heat the cooling system is needed to dissipate. This
option is set to
Nominal
by default.
NOTE: This option is only available on certain stock keeping units (SKUs) of the
processors.
X2Apic Mode
Enables or disables the X2Apic mode.
Dell Controlled
Turbo
Controls the turbo engagement. Enable this option only when
System Profile
is set
to
Performance
.
NOTE: Depending on the number of installed CPUs, there may be up to four
processor listings.
Number of Cores
per Processor
Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to
All
by default.
Processor 64-bit
Support
Specifies if the processor(s) support 64-bit extensions.
Processor Core
Speed
Specifies the maximum core frequency of the processor.
Processor 1
The following settings are displayed for each processor installed in the system:
Option
Description
Family-Model-
Stepping
Specifies the family, model, and stepping of the processor
as defined by Intel.
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