Option
Description
System Memory
Displays the system memory voltage.
Voltage
Video Memory
Displays the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options
Testing
are Enabled and Disabled. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Memory
Specifies the memory operating mode. The available option is Optimizer Mode.
Operating Mode
Processor Settings screen details
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specific functions
such as enabling virtualization technology, hardware prefetcher and logical processor idling.
To view the Processor Settings screen, click System Setup Main Menu → System BIOS → Processor
Settings.
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical
processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical
processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical
processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Virtualization
Enables or disables the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization.
Technology
This option is set to Enabled by default.
Adjacent Cache
Optimizes the system for applications that require high utilization of sequential
Line Prefetch
memory access. This option is set to Enabled by default. You can disable this
option for applications that require high utilization of random memory access.
Hardware
Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by
Prefetcher
default.
DCU Streamer
Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is
Prefetcher
set to Enabled by default.
DCU IP Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
Configurable TDP
Enables you to reconfigure the processor Thermal Design Power (TDP) levels
during POST based on the power and thermal delivery capabilities of the system.
TDP verifies the maximum heat the cooling system is required to dissipate. This
option is set to Nominal by default.
X2Apic Mode
Enables or disables the X2Apic mode.
Dell Controlled
Controls the turbo engagement. Enable this option only when System Profile is set
Turbo
to Performance.
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NOTA: This option is only available on certain stock keeping units (SKUs) of the
processors.
NOTA: Depending on the number of installed CPUs, there may be up to four
processor listings.