Bundled Applications

Included Applications

  • ASUS AI Suite 3
  • ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 5 with 5-Way Optimization
  • TPU (Turbo Processing Unit)
  • EPU (Energy Processing Unit)
  • DIGI+ Power Control
  • Fan XPert 3
  • Turbo App
  • Ai Charger+
  • USB Charger+
  • USB 3.1 Boost
  • Disk Unlocker
  • USB BIOS Flashback Wizard
  • ASUS Wi-Fi GO!
  • ASUS CPU-Z
  • Turbo LAN
  • DAEMON Tools Pro Standard
  • ASUS WebStorage
  • ASUS Home Cloud
  • Google Chrome
  • Norton Internet Security

AI Suite 3

The AI Suite 3 application is a bundling mechanism for all the included ASUS designed utilities, providing a centralized panel from which to access and run the applets. The other applets can be accessed by clicking on the tile icon in the upper right corner of the window. The AI Charger+ and USB Charger+ applets configure the USB port for optimized fast-charging of Apple-specific or generic USB-based devices. The USB 3.1 Boost applet supercharges your USB 3.0 ports, allowing for enhanced read and write performance with the amount of performance gain based on the USB 3.0 device in use. The USB BIOS Flashback Wizard creates a BIOS file that can be used in conjunction with the BIOS Flashback functionality built into the board to re-flash the BIOS without the need for booting. This is functionality that I wish more motherboard vendors would embrace because it is easier than you think to corrupt a BIOS. Normally, the board is toast if you cannot boot into the BIOS or reset it successfully. This BIOS Flashback function gives you another option and has saved my bacon in at least one instance in the recent past. The ASUS Dr. Power applet works in conjunction with integrated Dr. Power hardware to display real-time status on power and PSU-related issues.

The main app opens to the Dual Intelligent Processors 5 page, organized into separate sections for each of the five 5-Way Optimization features. The overclocking settings are housed in the TPU section. The EPU section houses power saving related settings. The DIGI+ Power Control section houses settings specific to the board power circuitry, and the Fan Xpert3 section contains fan controls. The Turbo App section houses application specific performance, network priority, and audio settings. Along the bottom of the app are real-time monitoring display settings.

5-Way Optimizations page, TPU section

5-Way Optimizations page, TPU / EPU / Fan sections

5-Way Optimizations page, Fan section

5-Way Optimizations page, Fan section continued

5-Way Optimization Wizard, TPU tuning in progress

5-Way Optimization Wizard, Fan Xpert 3 tuning in progress

5-Way Optimization Wizard, EPU tuning in progress

5-Way Optimization Wizard, Digi+ Power Control tuning in progress

5-Way Optimization Report, TPU and EPU sections

5-Way Optimization Report, Fan section

TPU, CPU Frequency settings page

TPU, CPU Strap settings page

Fan Xpert3 page

Fan Xpert3, Fan details page

DIGI+ Power Control, CPU settings page

DIGI+ Power Control, DRAM settings page

Turbo App page

EPU page

USB 3.1 Boost

The USB 3.1 Boost applet enables USB 3.1 devices attached to the USB 3.1 ports to perform in enhanced speed modes – Turbo mode for non-UASP capable devices and UASP mode for UASP-capable devices. Both modes offer increased performance over stock operating mode by enabling burst-mode style data transfer over the USB 3.1 data channels.

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