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The ASUS UEFI enters straight into the EZ Mode splashscreen which has a selection of frequently used settings including XMP profiles, boot device order and fan speeds. Pressing F7 takes the user into the advanced section of the UEFI but there are some additional tools that can be accessed from the splash screen.
Q-Fan Control is a must-use utility since it will calculate the fan speed ranges of all PWM or DC fans on the 3 controllable fan headers (CPU, CHA1, AIO_PUMP). Once the voltage-to-fan-speed values have been calculated the user can then assign a preferred profile to each fan from the four presets (standard, silent, turbo, full speed) or simply set a custom profile using manual mode.
The EZ Tuning Wizard is the ASUS automated overclocking utility which will tune both the CPU and DRAM. Like most automated utilities a user of modest overclocking prowess can manage better but it’s handy for getting setup with an overclock in a hurry.
AI Tweaker is the UEFI tab which contains the vast majority of performance tuning settings pertaining to the CPU and DRAM. From here you can set XMP profiles, overclock the CPU, set all the various voltages and voltage operation modes, change the Load Line Calibration and considerably more.
There is a significant selection of performance and compatibility parameters to be found under the Advanced section should the need arise. As well as a number of other peculiar settings related to the functions of onboard devices, LEDs, USB and storage controllers and much more.
Users needing to update the UEFI (via the EZ Flash Utility), save, import or export BIOS settings, or secure erase a storage drive should refer to the Tool tab.
The Monitor tab will allow you to instruct the UEFI how to handle temperature data from the various sensors as well as what to do with fan speed profiles. For example where a fan speed profile is temperature dependant you can choose which temperature sensor to use.
On the whole we find the ASUS UEFI environment to be intuitive and endowed with all the options users may need to achieve the vast majority, if not all, of performance- and compatibility-related issues. It also helps that ASUS hasn’t significantly overhauled the design of its UEFI in a long-while, some of its rivals have done this and it can be confusing for end-users. The ASUS UEFI is one of the strongest UEFI implementations on the market.
This needs to be released as a x370, and I would buy it instantly.