Chapter 3, Important – MSI Z97 XPOWER AC User Manual
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Chapter 3
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BIOS Setup
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BIOS Setup
▶EIST [Enabled]*
Enables or disables the Enhanced Intel
®
SpeedStep Technology. This item will be
available when "Adjust CPU Ratio" is set to [Auto].
[Enabled]
Enables the EIST to adjust CPU voltage and core frequency dynami-
cally. It can decrease average power consumption and average heat
production.
[Disabled] Disables EIST.
▶Intel Turbo Boost [Enabled]*
Enables or disables the Intel
®
Turbo Boost. This item appears when the installed CPU
supports this function.
[Enabled]
Enables this function to boost CPU performance automatically above
rated specifications when system request the highest performance state.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
▶Legacy Tweaking [Disabled]*
Enables or disabled to improve performance for legacy benchmarking application like
3DMark 01.
[Enabled]
Enables this function for improving 3DMark 01 performance.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
▶OC Genie Function Control [By Onboard Button]
Enables the OC Genie function by virtual button in BIOS or physical button on moth-
erboard. Enabling OC Genie function can automatically overclock the system with MSI
optimized overclocking profile.
[By BIOS Options] OC Genie function is enabled by clicking the virtual OC Genie
button at the top left corner of BIOS setup screen.
[By Onboard Button]OC Genie function is enabled by pressing the physical OC Genie
button on the motherboard.
▶OC Genie Switch [Gear1]
Selects a kind of overclocking profiles for OC Genie Function. This item appears when
"OC Genie Function Control" sets to [By BIOS Options].
[Gear1]
Enables Gear1 overclocking profile for overclocking. For normal users
using original fan.
[Gear2]
Enables Gear2 overclocking profile for extreme overclocking. or OCers
using better heat dissipation fan such as liquid cooling or customized
one.
Important
•
We recommend that you do not to make any modification in OC menu and do not to
load defaults after enabling the OC Genie function.
•
Updating BIOS or clearing CMOS is not allowed in OC Genie mode, and it may
cause OC Genie function fail or other effect.