SPEC CPU2006 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