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Menu Item Description
Energy Efficient Policy Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy.
The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the
processor and determines whether to target higher performance or
better power savings.
Number of Turbo Boot
Enabled Cores for Processor
1
NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the system, you see an
entry for Number of Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2.
Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for processor 1. By
default, the maximum number of cores is enabled.
Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. By default, the
Monitor/Mwait option is set to Enabled for all system profiles, except
Custom.
NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in
Custom mode is set to disabled.
NOTE: When C States set to Enabled in Custom mode, changing
the Monitor/Mwait setting does not impact system power/
performance.
System Security Settings screen
The System Security screen allows you to perform specific functions such as setting the system
password, setup password, and disabling the power button.
To view the System Security Settings in the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS →
System Security Settings.
Menu Item Description
Intel AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and
decryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set and is
set to Enabled by default.
System Password Allows you to set the system password. This option is set to Enabled by
default and is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the
system.
Setup Password Allows you to set the setup password. This option is read-only if the
password jumper is not installed in the system.
Password Status Allows you to lock the system password. By default, the Password Status
option is set to Unlocked.
TPM Security
NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is
installed.
Allows you to control the reporting mode of the Trusted Platform
Module (TPM). By default, the TPM Security option is set to Off. You can
only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation , and Intel TXT fields if the
TPM Status field is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements or On
without Pre-boot Measurements.
TPM Information Allows you to change the operational state of the TPM. By default, the
TPM Activation option is set to No Change.
TPM Status Displays the TPM status.
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