UEFI Features

SUPERMICRO includes the latest version of their UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) with the the C7Z170-SQ motherboard. The UEFI offers full keyboard and mouse support while using the UEFI pages. However, right clicking the mouse has no affect on screen navigation, but does spawn a popup help for the selected UEFI setting when available. Also, SUPERMICRO chose not to include any type of imbedded screen capture functionality into the UEFI.

UEFI Notable Features

SUPERMICRO's UEFI design is simplified compared with many of the other manufacturer's UEFIs, using a single operational mode.

System Information section, Motherboard page

The UEFI opens to the System Information page with the Motherboard tab selected. Along the left side of the UEFI screen is a Navigation bar, giving access to the various UEFI settings logically divided by functional area. The Profiles button in the screen footer opens the Save and Load Profile page. The Save & Load button spawns the . The Save and Load button spawns the Save popup.

Save & Load page

Clicking the Save & Load button in the page footer opens the Save & Load page. The page contains multiple generic save and exit settings, as well as a Restore Defaults setting.

Save / Load Profiles page

SUPERMICRO supports the creation and use of two user defined profiles through the Save Profiles and Load Profiles options, accessed by clicking the Profiles button in the main screen footer. The profiles are statically named Profile 1 and Profile 2 with no option for user configurable names.

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page

Overclocking section, Internal Graphics Overclocking page

The board's overclocking-related settings are housed multiple pages in the Overclocking menu – the CPU Overclocking page, the Memory Overclocking page, and the Graphics Overclocking page.

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Automated overclocking settings

The UEFI automated overclocking settings are housed in the Load SMC CPU OC Setting option within the CPU Overclocking page. The settings displayed depend on the active processor in the board. These settings dictate processor speed and voltage settings when selected, but do allow for user tweaking of the pre-defined selections. Note that when any setting aside from Manual was selected. the CPU voltage was auto-set to 1.5V. Also, it was found in testing that the desired overclocking speed must be set via this setting or the board will ignore overclock settings manually entered by the user.

UEFI Walkthrough – Processor / CPU and Overclocking sections

Processor / CPU section, Information page

Processor / CPU section, Performance page

Processor / CPU section, Power Management page

Processor / CPU section, Power Management page, CPU Thermal Configuration page

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, CPU core settings

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Turbo mode settings

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Voltage settings

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Voltage settings continued

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, System Agent VR Domain page

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Core/IA VR Domain page

Overclocking section, CPU Overclocking page, Ring VR Domain page

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page, Memory Timing settings

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page, Memory Timing settings continued

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page, Memory Timing settings continued

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page, Memory Timing settings continued

Overclocking section, Memory Overclocking page, Memory Timing settings continued

Overclocking section, Graphics Overclocking page

Overclocking section, Graphics Overclocking page, GT-UnSliced Domain page

Overclocking section, Graphics Overclocking page, GT-Sliced Domain page

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