Regardless of whether overclock settings have been manually set in Intel® XTU or the BIOS environment, the Intel® XTU stress test provides an intensive workload. Other users’ settings can be imported and applied from the “Profiles” tab.Ī built-in CPU stress test lets users check stability and system temperatures with their overclock settings. The built-in benchmark tool can be used to compare CPU speed before and after overclocking, then check it against the scores of other overclockers online. Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility provides easy access to the basic overclocking “tuning knobs” that control CPU speed (such as the Processor Core Ratio and the Processor Cache ratio), allowing more hands-on overclocking. It works with unlocked Intel® CPUs designated with a “K”, dating back to 3rd Gen models, as well as enthusiast processors from the Intel® Core™ X-series processor family. Designed to help users configure and test their overclocks, Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) is CPU optimization software that provides a hub for benchmarks, stress tests, and system monitoring with live Trendline graphs.
