cpuz_readme

CPUZReadmefile

Version1.70
July2014
Contact:cpuz@cpuid.com
Webpage:http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpuz.html
Validationpage:http://valid.canardpc.com
HallofFame:http://valid.canardpc.com/records.php
Forum:http://forum.canardpc.com/forumdisplay.php?f=74
CPUIDSDK:http://www.cpuidpro.com/productsservices.php

Configurationfile(cpuz.ini)

Theconfigurationfilemustbenamedcpuz.iniandbepresentatthesame
directorylevel
ascpuz.exe.Itcontainsthefollowing:
[CPUZ]
TextFontName=Verdana
TextFontSize=13
TextFontColor=000060
LabelFontName=Verdana
LabelFontSize=13
PCI=1
MaxPCIBus=256
DMI=1
Sensor=1
SMBus=1
Display=1
UseDisplayAPI=1
BusClock=1
Chipset=1
SPD=1
CheckUpdates=1

TextFontName:Fontusedfortheinformationboxes.
TextFontSize:Sizeofthefontusedfortheinformationboxes.
TextFontColor:Colorofthefontusedfortheinformationboxes.Valueis
expressedinhexadecimal,andconsistsinaclassicRed/Green/Bluecolorcode:
RRGGBB
LabelFontName:Fontusedforthelabelboxes.
LabelFontSize:Sizeofthefontusedforthelabelboxes.
Sensor:SettoOFF(or0)disablessensorchipdetectionandvoltages
measurement.1toenable.
PCI:SettoOFF(or0)disablesthePCIinformation.Thisdisableschipset,
SPDand,dependingonthehardware,sensoringinformation.1toenable.
MaxPCIBus:SetsthemaximumPCIbustoscan.Defaultvalueis256.
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DMI:SettoOFF(or0)disablestheDMI(DesktopManagementInterface)
information.ThisconcernsBIOSvendorandversion,motherboardvendorand
revision.1toenable.
SMBus:SettoOFF(or0)disablesSMBusinformation:SPD,and,dependingon
thehardware,sensoringinformation.1toenable.
Display:SettoOFF(or0)disablesthevideocardinformationreportedin
thevalidator.1toenable.
UseDisplayAPI:Setto1,usesthedisplaydrivertoreadthedisplay
adaptersinformation.
BusClock:Setto1,usesthebusclockasprimaryclocksource.Setto0to
useanalternatemethod.
Chipset:settoOFF(or0)disablesthememorycontrollerandsouthbridge
information.1toenable.
SPD:setto0todisableSPDreading.1toenable.
CheckUpdates:setto0todisablethenewversioncheckeratstartup.1to
enable.
Parameters

txt=filename:LaunchCPUZinghostmode(nointerfaceappears)andgenerates
theregisterdumpfile(.txt)
inthesamedirectoryastheexefile.
html=filename:Sameas"txt"exceptitgeneratesthehtmlreport.
core=id:Displaysclockspeedofcore#id(idcanbesetfrom0toNumberof
coresminusone).

Keys

F5:savethecurrenttabinabmpfile
F6:savethecurrenttabintheclipboard
F7:savecvffileinthecurrentdirectory

CacheLatencyTool

Thecachelatencytoolcanbedownloadedatthataddress:
http://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/softwares/misc/latency.zip

History

1.70July2014
Inteli75960X,i75930K,i75820K,i74790K,i54690K,PentiumG3258.
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TSXinstructionssetsupport(includingRTMandHLEsubparts).

1.69.2April2014
IntelHaswellEprocessors(1.69.2)
PreliminarysupportforDDR4memory(1.69.2)
AMDFCHdetectionimproved(1.69.2)
AMDA66420K,A46320,A44020.
AMDAthlon5350&5150,Sempron3850&2650Kabini.
IntelCorei74770RandCorei54570RCrystalWell.
Addedgraphiccardvendor.

1.68January2014
AMDKaveriAPUs(A107850K,A107800,A107700K,A87600,A67400K,A47300).
Inteli74790,i54690,i54590,i54460(Haswellrefresh).
IntelCeleronHaswell(G1830,G1820).
Intelserie9chipset(Z97).
NuvotonNCT6106andSMSCSCH5636SIOs(Fujitsumainboards).

1.67.1November2013
Fixseveralvalidationsissues(1.67.1).
ImprovedsupportofIntelSilvermont(BayTrail).
Newvalidation.

1.66August2013
IntelCorei74xxxMQ/MXprocessors(1.66.1)
FixedBCLKjumpbugandvalidationissue(1.66.1)
IntelXeonE52600V2,Corei34xxx,Corei73910Kprocessors.
IntelAtomBayTrailTpreliminarysupport.
IntelIvyBridgeE/EP/EXsupportimproved.
AMDOpteron3200and3300series.
ITEIT8603andIT8623SIOs(AsusFM2+mainboards).
MicrosoftWindows8.1(WindowsBlue).
Newversionchecker.

1.65June2013
AMDOpteronX1150andX2150.
AMDFX9590andFX9370.
Intel4xxxHQ"Crystalwell"CPUs.
IntelPentium"Haswell"G3430,G3420,G3220.

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1.64April2013
IntelAtomCloverview.
IntelIvyBridgeE/EP/EX.
AMDRichlandAPUs.

1.63February2013
IntelPentium&Celeron"IvyBridge"CPUs.
AMDAthlonX4750K.
FMA3&4instructionssets.
Supportforsystemswithmorethan64CPUs.
ReportTDPinvalidationpages.

1.62October2012
AMD"Vishera"processors.
IntelHaswell&IvyBridgeE/EPpreliminarysupport.
ReduceCPUutilization.
Improvedvalidationprocess.

1.61July2012
Fixwrongclockspeedreport(1.61.3).
IntelCedarTrailplatform.
VIAVX11chipset.
IntelXeonE5processors.
FixwrongCPUclockspeedunderWin8.

1.60March2012
IntelCorei52550K,2450Pand2380PwithnoGPU.
IntelCorei3/i5/i7"IvyBridge"(37xx,35xx,34xx,33xx,32xx).
IntelXeonE3(SandyBridgeWS).
IntelZ77platform.
AMDFX8140,FX4150.
AMD"Trinity"APUPreliminarysupport.
Windows32/64bitinformation.

1.59November2011
AMDOpteronInterlagosandValencia(Bulldozer).
AMDSR56x0I/ObridgeandSP5100southbridge(Maranello).
IntelCorei73960X,3930Kand3820(SandyBridgeE).
IntelX79chipset(Jaketown).
VIANano1000/2000/3000,EdenX2,NanoX2/X3,QuadCore.
SupportforWindows8.
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1.58June2011
AMDFX"Bulldozer"processorsfamily(K15).
AMDLlanoprocessorsfamily(K12).
IntelSandyBridgeEPprocessorspreliminarysupport.

1.57February2011
IntelXeon"WestmereEX"support.
GPUfrequencyreportonIntelSandyBridgeprocessor.
AMDZacate/Ontarioprocessorssupport.
ReportTDPonmainpagewhenavailable.
Coresclocksonfloatingmenu.
P67/H67steppingreport.

1.56October2010
IntelCorei3/i5/i7"2000"serieprocessors(SandyBridge)withnewlogos.
IntelCorei7970"Gulftown".
IntelP67chipset.
AMDPhenomII,AthlonIIandSempronII"Caspian"processors.

1.55July2010
VIAVX900/VX900MandVN1000/VN1000Mchipsets.
IntelCorei5760,Corei7875KandCorei5655Kprocessors.
IntelCorei7940XM,840QM,740QMmobileprocessors.
IntelCorei5450M,540UM,430UM,Corei3370Mmobileprocessors.
IntelPentiumP6000processor.
Newparameterincpuz.ini:UseDisplayAPI

1.54March2010
IntelCorei7880,Corei5680,Corei3550processors.
IntelXeon5600line(32nm)processors.
AMDPhenomIIX6,SempronII,TurionII,TurionIIUltraandAthlonIIMobile
"Caspian"processors.
NVIDIAGeForce320Mchipset.
AMD870/880G/890GX+SB800/SB850chipset.
Introductionofvalidationrooms.

1.53December2009
FixvalidationissuewithAMDPhenomprocessors(1.53.1).
PreliminarysupportforIntelPinetrailplatform(1.53.1).
IntelCorei7930&950,Corei7980X"Gulftown",XeonW3565.
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IntelMobileCorei7/i5/i3"Arrendale"(LVandULV).
Intel"Clarkdale"platformimprovedsupport.
AMDPhenomFX5000,AthlonIIX2/X3/X4,AthlonL110.
AMDAM3socketdetectionimproved.
VIAVX800andVX855chipsetssupport.
ATIRadeon2100andRadeonX1250support.
DirectX11detectionfix.
Hardwarevirtualizationsupportnowreportedasinstructionsset.
NewHTMLreportwithlessinformation.

1.52July2009
FixCorei7clockbug(1.52.2)
Newdesignwith"Graphics"tab.
NVIDIAnForce980achipsetsupport.
IntelCorei5andCorei3processors.
IntelAtomZ530,PentiumDCE6300(2.8GHz)andCore2Soloprocessors.
IntelP55andUS15Wchipsetspreliminarysupport.
AMDPhenomTWKRsupport.
AMDPhenomX2"Callisto"andAthlonX2"Regor"processors.
AMDOpteron6core"Istanbul"processor.
ImprovedsupportforWindows7.
NewIntellogos.
MD5checksum:pleaserefertohttp://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

1.51April2009
Newversionwithinstaller.
NVIDIAIONplatform.
Intel"Clarkdale"processorpreliminarysupport.
MD5checksum:pleaserefertohttp://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

1.50February2009
ImprovedsupportforAMDPhenomIIprocessor.
SupportforNVIDIA740ichipset.
Severalbugfixes.
MD5cpuz.exe(1.50):E1C827C54F527404EDDA6D65DA0280D8

1.49December2008
AMDPhenomIIprocessor.
NewIntelCore2models.
Improvedloadingtime.
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Newonlinevalidationprocess.
MD5cpuz.exe(1.49):B836E86B40D7AFAF99D9C512E8CC9FEF

1.48October2008
ImprovedsupportforIntelCorei7(Bloomfield&Gainestown).
IntelAtomdualcoreversionsupport.
AMDAthlon"Kuma"processorsupport.
Alternateclockcomputationmethodbasedon"dutycycles"forIntelCore2
processors(seeShowDutyCyclesincpuz.ini)
MD5cpuz.exe(1.48):DB78FBF1F99B7709240B495E59758CCE

1.47August2008
IntelCorei7processor.
IntelCore2DuoSMobileprocessors.
NVIDIAMCP79/7Achipset.
AMD790GX/SB750chipset.
MD5cpuz.exe(1.47):A7484EFA3C32BC968C248CB1237FF493

1.46June2008
AMDPumaplatform(Turion&TurionUltra"Griffin");
AMDBlackEditionprocessors.
IntelXeonEX"Dunnington".
MD5cpuz.exe(1.46):C47432C41EC26156128F7B8E09E884CF

1.45May2008
IntelAtomZ500/Z510/Z520/Z530/Z540processors.
IntelCore2DuoE7x00processor.
AMD45nmPhenom(Dened&Shanghai)processors.
IntelP45chipset.
MD5cpuz.exe(1.45):DD4E540C04297CF93DC721166C13446E

1.44.2Mars2008
NVIDIA650i,680i,750a/780a,750i,780i,790ichipsets(1.44.2)
IntelG35chipset(1.44.2)
UpdatedsupportforVIAchipsets(1.44.2)
Supportforthenewvalidator(1.44.1)
PreliminarysupportforVIAIsaiahprocessor.
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SupportforallVIAModelDprocessors:VIAC7M,VIAC7D,VIAEden,VIA
Eden.
MemorytimingsonIntel5400A/BMCH(Skulltrail).
FixAMDPhenomdetectionissueonWindowsVista64.
MD5(1.44.2):81FB48A6EC7355E8D0DD71ADC2157CF6

1.43January2008
IntelSkulltrailplatformsupport(Core2ExtremeQX9775+5400BMCH).
IntelX48chipsetdetection.
AMDAthlon64LE1600and1620support.
FixdetectionissuesonunlockedPhenom(ES/BE).

1.42November2007
IntelWolfdale/Yorkfield/PenrynCPUssupport.
AMDPhenomandOpteronBarcelonasupportimproved.
Currentcoreselectionmenu(rightclickontheCPUpage).
Loadingprogress.

1.41September2007
NewCPUvoltagemonitoring.
IntelXeonTigertonsupport.
IntelIA64CPUssupport(Itanium/Itanium2)(specialthankstoRamiRadiand
RayHinchliffe).
AMDK10Phenompreliminarysupport.
NVIDIAMCP73support.
IntelXMPprofilessupport.
Memorymodulesnominalvoltage.

1.40.5July2007
NVIDIAnForce560chipsetsupport.
IntelDynamicFSBtechnologysupport.
Athlon64X2BE&SempronLE(TDP45W).
SiS671/FX/DX/MXnorthbridgesupport.
SiS968southbridgesupport.

1.40May2007
VIAP4M800CEchipsetsupport.
PreliminarysupportforIntelPenrynCPUsfamily(45nm).
IntelCore2DuoE6x20,PentiumE2140/2160processorsrecognition.
IntelP35,G33,G31,Q35,Q33,X38chipsetssupport.
IntelGL960/GM965/PM965chipsetssupport.
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AMDAthlon64"Lima"processorsupport.
AMDGeodeLXprocessorsupport.
NVIDIAnForce520chipsetsupport.
Newparameter"console"togenerateoutputinacommandprompt(WindowsXP
only).
Newicon.

1.39February2007
WindowsVista64support.
VIACX700/VX700chipset.
AddedMeromXE(X7900/X7800)
Added"PCI"and"MaxPCIBus"intheinifiletoconfigurePCIscanning.
Added"core"parametertodisplaytheclockspeedofthespecifiedcore.
Lotofbugfixes.

1.38November2006
VIAP4M890andP4M900chipsets.
NVIDIA650iand680ichipset.
AMDAthlon64FX7xprocessor.
Core2DuoE6850,E6750,E6650processors.
socket775Xeonprocessor.
Newparameters"txt"and"html"(seeabove).
Lotofbugfixes.

1.37October2006
IntelCore2Quad,Celeron360,MobileCore2DuoT5200support.
ChangedSSE4toSSSE3(SupplementalSSE3).
AddedVIAVT8237Asouthbridge.
NewHTMLreport.
Severalbugfixes.

1.36August2006
Newprocessorinformationdisplay.
Intel5000X/P/Z/VSPDsupport.
IntelPentiumD925&945.

1.35June2006
ATIRS350,RS400,RS480/RX480,RS482,RD580/RX580,RS600/RD600,RS690,RS700
chipsetssupport.
ATISB600southbridgesupport.
IntelP965chipsetsupport.
EngineeringsamplesCorebasedCPUsreport.
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WindowsVistaproductlinereport.

1.34.1May2006
AMDsocketAM2/S1/F(revF.)CPUssupport.
EnhancedPerformanceProfile(EPP)memoryinformationreport.
AddedTrc(bankcycletime)inDDR2SPDreport.
AddedTrc(bankcycletime)oni925,i945,i955,i975chipsets.
FBDIMMDDR2SPDinformationreport.
Core2Duonamesandlogosadded.
Turion64X2logoadded.
Severalbugfixed.

1.33.1April2006
Inteli965chipsetsupportadded.
FixSPDdetectionproblemonSiS964/965/966southbridges.
ODC(OddDivisorCorrect)forAthlon64revE.

1.33April2006
MemoryCommandRatetimingadded.
ImprovedsupportforIntelConroe/MeromCPUs.
CeleronM420/430Yonah.
XeonDualcoreDempsey.
VIAC7MCPUdetectionadded.
VIAPT880,PT880Pro,K8T900chipsetssupport.
nVidianForce550/560/570(MCP55)chipsetsupport.
VIAVT8251southbridgesupport.
FixedHyperTransportinformationmisreports(indumpfile).
AddedK62andK6IIIlogos.

1.32.1March2006
NewIntellogos.
AddedPentiumD925,PentiumEE965.
Severalbugsfixed.

1.32February2006
AthlonFX60detectionadded.
Athlon64newmemorydividers.
Celeron35xCedarMill,PentiumD805.
CoreSolo&CoreDuodetectionimproved.
VIAC7CPUdetectionadded.
Inteli975X,i945GTchipsetssupport.
ATIRD580chipsetsupport.
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ULismbussupportimproved.
FixsmbusconflictwithClockGen.

1.31November2005
ImprovedsupportforATIRS480/482chipsets.
GeForce6100/6150(nForce410/430)chipsetssupport.
IntelE7520chipsetsupport.
NewCPUssupport:AMDOpteronsocket939,IntelPentium4CedarMilland
Presler,
IntelXeonPaxville,IntelPentiumMYonahSC&DC.
Severalbugfixed.

1.30August2005
LatestSempronandTurionsupportimproved.
IntelXeonPotomac,PentiumM780support.
ImprovedWindowsversionreport.
SupportforSMBusonlatestSiSbridges(964,965,966)andULibridges.
Increasedclocksrefreshrate.
Severalbugfixed.

1.29June2005
NewPCIdevicesreport.
SwitchforVCorereportin.inifile.
VCorereportonsomeuGurumainboards.
Improvedclockscomputation.
ImprovedsupportforlatestAMDCPUs,CeleronD3x1(EM64T).
ImprovedsupportforSiS649,650and656chipsets,Intel915PMchipset.
ImprovedstabilitywhenseveralinstancesofCPUZarerunninginthesame
time.
Restoredhtmlreportinghostmode(see"Parameters"chapterabove).

1.28.6March2005
SupportforAthlon64X2CPUs
Supportfori955Xchipset
Bunchofbugs

1.28March2005
SupportforSiSchipsetsimproved:648FX,649,655FX,655TX,656
SupportfornVidianForce4SLIIntelEdition
SupportforIntelPentiumD,PentiumXE,AMDTurion,Opteron252
NewF7keytosimplifiythecreationofthevalidationfile
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1.27February2005
SupportforIntelPentium46xxCPUs.
Newvalidationsystem.
Hundredofbugfixes.

1.26December2004
VCoredisplayonPentiumMCPUs.
NewCPUclockcomputation.
ImprovedsupportofTransmetaCPUs.
Severalbugsfixed.

1.25November2004
nVidianForce4chipsetsupport
IntelPentium4Jsupport
Newbuttontorefreshmemorytimings
Severalbugsfixed

1.24September2004
AMDSempronsupport
NewmemorySPDpage
PCIExpressgraphicinterfacesupport
Configurationfile
Externalcachelatencytool
Restoredhtmlreport
Fixseveralbugs

1.23June2004
Inteli915P/G,i925Xchipsetssupport
IntelLGA775CPUssupport
Intel'sCPUnumberdisplay
NewAMDAthlon64steppings
Newreportinonefile

1.22April2004
NewCPUs:XeonNocona,CeleronPrescott
DDR2memorysupport
Clockmodewheniconized

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1.21January2004
onefilepackage
Windows64support
newchipsetssupport
newCPUsupport:CeleronM,Pentium4"Prescott"

1.20aOctober2003
memoryfrequencyandratioonnForce2
KT600support
W83627THFVRMmode
SPDreadimprovement
Fixsomememoryleaks(DMI)
Fixmemorysizereport
FixAGPsidebandstatus

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