SPEC CPU2006 Platform Settings for Intel-based systems
- Hardware Prefetch:
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This BIOS option allows the enabling/disabling of a processor mechanism
to prefetch data into the cache according to a pattern-recognition algorithm
In some cases, setting this option to Disabled may improve performance.
Users should only disable this option after performing application benchmarking
to verify improved performance in their environment.
- Adjacent Sector Prefetch:
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This BIOS option allows the enabling/disabling of a processor mechanism
to fetch the adjacent cache line within a 128-byte sector that contains the
data needed due to a cache line miss.
In some cases, setting this option to Disabled may improve performance.
Users should only disable this option after performing application benchmarking
to verify improved performance in their environment.
- High Bandwidth:
- Enabling this option allows the chipset to defer memory transactions and
process them out of order for optimal performance.