I just discovered Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Knowing nothing, I ran the XTU Benchmark. I've tweaked my setup over many years on this old Asus MB PC, so there are I'm sure many settings that are not the original ones. I built my PC on an Asus B85M-E R2. I put an Intel Core i5-4570 CPU @3.20 GHz in it, with AMI 0303 BIOS from 4/18/13 running in UEFI mode. PCR7 configuration binding fails on it. Asus documentation told me that there is a TPM port on board and that I could buy a chip for it, but none I tried worked. The BIOS did not recognize any of them (I returned them all). Therefore, it doesn't pass the Windows encryption requirements to install Windows 11. So, I'm running W 10 Pro (64 bit), 22H2, build 19045.5131 (6/24/23). The board has DDR3 32G.
So, my XTU Benchmark was saved and uploaded as
Anonymous 789 marks with Core i5 4570@ 3470 MHz
It's at https://hwbot.org/submission/5720867.
I was pleasantly surprised that my configuration ranked nicely in comparison to other similar motherboards & systems using the i5-4570, and that actually mine on the B85M-E was the TOP one!
What I'd like to know is what can I tweak to improve my benchmark. I am not overclocking at all. I will appreciate any suggestions and help, before I move on to some of my newer builds on different motherboards (MSI for example).
