Chapter 3 – MSI B85-G41 PC Mate User Manual

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Chapter 3

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BIOS Setup

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher (MLC Streamer prefetcher).

[Enabled]

Allows the hardware prefetcher to automatically pre-fetch data

and instructions into L2 cache from memory for tuning the CPU

performance.

[Disabled]

Disables the hardware prefetcher.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]

Enables or disables the CPU hardware prefetcher (MLC Spatial prefetcher).

[Enabled]

Enables adjacent cache line prefetching for reducing the cache

latency time and tuning the performance to the specific application.

[Disabled]

Enables the requested cache line only.

CPU AES Instructions [Enabled]

Enables or disables the CPU AES (Advanced Encryption Standard-New

Instructions) support. This item appears when a CPU supports this function.

[Enabled]

Enables Intel AES support.

[Disabled]

Disables Intel AES support.

Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]

Enables or disables the Intel adaptive thermal monitor function to protect the CPU

from overheating.

[Enabled]

Throttles down the CPU core clock speed when the CPU is over the

adaptive temperature.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Intel C-State [Auto]

C-state is a processor power management technology defined by ACPI.

[Auto]

This setting will be configured automatically by BIOS.

[Enabled]

Detects the idle state of system and reduce CPU power consumption

accordingly.

[Disabled] Disable this function.

C1E Support [Disabled]

Enables or disables the C1E function for power-saving in halt state. This item

appears when "Intel C-State" is enabled.

[Enabled]

Enables C1E function to reduce the CPU frequency and voltage for

power-saving in halt state.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Package C State limit [Auto]

This item allows you to select a CPU C-state mode for power-saving when system

is idle. This item appears when "Intel C-State" is enabled.

[Auto]

This setting will be configured automatically by BIOS.

[C0~C7s]

The power-saving level from high to low is C7s, C7, C6, C3, C2,

then C0.

[No limit]

No C-state limit for CPU.

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