SPEC CPU2017 Platform Settings for ASUSTek Systems

Firmware / BIOS / Microcode Settings

Patrol Scrub:

Enable/Disable Patrol Scrub

Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d):

Enable/Disable Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) by reporting the I/O device assignment to VMM through DMAR ACPI Tables.

Hyper-Threading[ALL]:

Enables Hyper Threading(Software Method to Enable/Disable Logical Processor threads.

SNC:

AUTO supports 1-cluster or 2-clusters depending on IMC interleave. SNC and IMC interleave both AUTO will support 1-cluster (XPT/KTI Prefetch enable) 2-IMC way interleave. SNC Enable supports Full SNC (2 clusters) and 1-way IMC interleave.

IMC Interleaving:

select IMC Interleaving setting

SR-IOV Support:

If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support.

ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_CFG mode:

Use input from ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_CONFIG mode selection. PERF/Balanced Perf/Balanced Power/Power

CPU C6 report:

Enable/Disable CPU C6(ACPI C3) report to OS

Package C State:

Package C State limit