SPEC CPU2017 Platform Settings for AMD-based systems

Firmware / BIOS / Microcode Settings

Power Policy Quick Settings

Allows the user to set an overall power and performance policy for the system.

[Best Performance] Optimization is strongly toward performance, even at the expense of energy efficiency.

[Standard] Weights optimization toward energy conservation, with good performance.

[Power Saving] Optimization is strongly toward energy efficiency

NUMA Nodes Per Socket

Specifies the number of desired NUMA nodes per socket.

[NPS0]Zero will attempt to interleave the two sockets together.

[NPS1]Specify one NUMA node per socket

[NPS2]Specify two NUMA nodes per socket

[NPS4]Specify four NUMA nodes per socket