CPU-Z Readme file

-----------------Version 1.72
February 2015
Contact : [email protected]
Web page: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Validation page : http://valid.canardpc.com
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CPUID SDK : http://www.cpuid-pro.com/products-services.php
Configuration file (cpuz.ini)
-----------------------------The configuration file must be named cpuz.ini and be present at the same directo
ry level
as cpuz.exe. It contains the following :
[CPU-Z]
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 : Font used for the information boxes.
- TextFontSize : Size of the font used for the information boxes.
- TextFontColor : Color of the font used for the information boxes. Value is exp
ressed in hexadecimal, and consists in a classic Red/Green/Blue color code : RRG
GBB
- LabelFontName : Font used for the label boxes.
- LabelFontSize : Size of the font used for the label boxes.
- Sensor : Set to OFF (or 0) disables sensor chip detection and voltages measure
ment. 1 to enable.
- PCI : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the PCI information. This disables chipset, S
PD and, depending on the hardware, sensoring information. 1 to enable.
- MaxPCIBus : Sets the maximum PCI bus to scan. Default value is 256.
- DMI : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) inform
ation. This concerns BIOS vendor and version, motherboard vendor and revision. 1
to enable.
- SMBus : Set to OFF (or 0) disables SMBus information : SPD, and, depending on
the hardware, sensoring information. 1 to enable.
- Display : Set to OFF (or 0) disables the video card information reported in th
e validator. 1 to enable.
- UseDisplayAPI : Set to 1, uses the display driver to read the display adapters
information.

- BusClock : Set to 1, uses the bus clock as primary clock source. Set to 0 to u
se an alternate method.
- Chipset : set to OFF (or 0) disables the memory controller and southbridge inf
ormation. 1 to enable.
- SPD : set to 0 to disable SPD reading. 1 to enable.
- CheckUpdates : set to 0 to disable the new version checker at startup. 1 to en
able.
Parameters
----------txt=filename : Launch CPU-Z in ghost mode (no interface appears) and generates
the register dump file (.txt)
in the same directory as the exe file.
-html=filename : Same as "-txt" except it generates the html report.
-core=id : Displays clock speed of core #id (id can be set from 0 to Number of c
ores minus one).
Keys
---F5 : save the current tab in a bmp file
F6 : save the current tab in the clipboard
F7 : save cvf file in the current directory
Cache Latency Tool
-----------------The cache latency tool can be downloaded at that address : http://www.cpuid.com/
medias/files/softwares/misc/latency.zip
History
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.72 - February 2015
- Preliminary support for Intel Skylake.
- Fixed support for Windows 10 build 9926.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.71.1 - November 2014
- Intel Core M processors (1.71.1)
- New CPU-Z logo (1.71.1)
- AMD Athlon X2 450, Athlon X4 840 and Athlon X4 860K (Kaveri).
- AMD FX-8370, FX-8370E, FX-8320E (Vishera).
- Improved support for Intel X99 chipset.
- Support for Microsoft Windows 10.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.70 - July 2014
- Intel i7-5960X, i7-5930K, i7-5820K, i7-4790K, i5-4690K, Pentium G3258.
- TSX instructions set support (including RTM and HLE subparts).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.69.2 - April 2014

- Intel Haswell-E processors (1.69.2)
- Preliminary support for DDR4 memory (1.69.2)
- AMD FCH detection improved (1.69.2)
- AMD A6-6420K, A4-6320, A4-4020.
- AMD Athlon 5350 & 5150, Sempron 3850 & 2650 Kabini.
- Intel Core i7-4770R and Core i5-4570R Crystal Well.
- Added graphic card vendor.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.68 - January 2014
- AMD Kaveri APUs (A10-7850K, A10-7800, A10-7700K, A8-7600, A6-7400K, A4-7300).
- Intel i7-4790, i5-4690, i5-4590, i5-4460 (Haswell refresh).
- Intel Celeron Haswell (G1830, G1820).
- Intel serie 9 chipset (Z97).
- Nuvoton NCT6106 and SMSC SCH5636 SIOs (Fujitsu mainboards).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.67.1 - November 2013
- Fix several validations issues (1.67.1).
- Improved support of Intel Silvermont (Bay Trail).
- New validation.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.66 - August 2013
- Intel Core i7-4xxx MQ/MX processors (1.66.1)
- Fixed BCLK jump bug and validation issue (1.66.1)
- Intel Xeon E5-2600 V2, Core i3-4xxx, Core i7-3910K processors.
- Intel Atom Bay Trail-T preliminary support.
- Intel Ivy Bridge-E/EP/EX support improved.
- AMD Opteron 3200 and 3300 series.
- ITE IT8603 and IT8623 SIOs (Asus FM2+ mainboards).
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Windows Blue).
- New version checker.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.65 - June 2013
- AMD Opteron X1150 and X2150.
- AMD FX-9590 and FX-9370.
- Intel 4xxxHQ "Crystalwell" CPUs.
- Intel Pentium "Haswell" G3430, G3420, G3220.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.64 - April 2013
- Intel Atom Cloverview.
- Intel Ivy Bridge-E/EP/EX.
- AMD Richland APUs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.63 - February 2013
- Intel Pentium & Celeron "Ivy Bridge" CPUs.

AMD Athlon X4 750K.

FMA3 & 4 instructions sets.
Support for systems with more than 64 CPUs.
Report TDP in validation pages.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.62 - October 2012

- AMD "Vishera" processors.
- Intel Haswell & Ivy Bridge E/EP preliminary support.
- Reduce CPU utilization.
- Improved validation process.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.61 - July 2012
- Fix wrong clock speed report (1.61.3).
- Intel CedarTrail platform.
- VIA VX11 chipset.
- Intel Xeon E5 processors.
- Fix wrong CPU clock speed under Win8.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.60 - March 2012
- Intel Core i5 2550K, 2450P and 2380P with no GPU.
- Intel Core i3/i5/i7 "Ivy Bridge" (37xx, 35xx, 34xx, 33xx, 32xx).
- Intel Xeon E3 (SandyBridge-WS).
- Intel Z77 platform.
- AMD FX-8140, FX-4150.
- AMD "Trinity" APU Preliminary support.
- Windows 32/64-bit information.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.59 - November 2011
- AMD Opteron Interlagos and Valencia (Bulldozer).
- AMD SR56x0 I/O bridge and SP5100 southbridge (Maranello).
- Intel Core i7-3960X, 3930K and 3820 (SandyBridge-E).
- Intel X79 chipset (Jaketown).
- VIA Nano 1000/2000/3000, Eden X2, Nano X2/X3, QuadCore.
- Support for Windows 8.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.58 - June 2011
- AMD FX "Bulldozer" processors family (K15).
- AMD Llano processors family (K12).
- Intel Sandy Bridge-EP processors preliminary support.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.57 - February 2011
- Intel Xeon "Westmere-EX" support.
- GPU frequency report on Intel Sandy Bridge processor.
- AMD Zacate/Ontario processors support.
- Report TDP on main page when available.
- Cores clocks on floating menu.
- P67/H67 stepping report.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.56 - October 2010

- Intel Core i3/i5/i7 "2000" serie processors (Sandy Bridge) with new logos.
- Intel Core i7 970 "Gulftown".
- Intel P67 chipset.
- AMD Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron II "Caspian" processors.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.55 - July 2010
- VIA VX900/VX900M and VN1000/VN1000M chipsets.
- Intel Core i5-760, Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K processors.
- Intel Core i7-940XM, 840QM, 740QM mobile processors.
- Intel Core i5-450M, 540UM, 430UM, Core i3-370M mobile processors.
- Intel Pentium P6000 processor.
- New parameter in cpuz.ini : UseDisplayAPI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.54 - March 2010
- Intel Core i7-880, Core i5-680, Core i3-550 processors.
- Intel Xeon 5600 line (32nm) processors.
- AMD Phenom II X6, Sempron II, Turion II, Turion II Ultra and Athlon II Mobile
"Caspian" processors.
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M chipset.
- AMD 870/880G/890GX + SB800/SB850 chipset.
- Introduction of validation rooms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.53 - December 2009
- Fix validation issue with AMD Phenom processors (1.53.1).
- Preliminary support for Intel Pinetrail platform (1.53.1).
- Intel Core i7 930 & 950, Core i7 980X "Gulftown", Xeon W3565.
- Intel Mobile Core i7/i5/i3 "Arrendale" (LV and ULV).
- Intel "Clarkdale" platform improved support.
- AMD Phenom FX-5000, Athlon II X2/X3/X4, Athlon L110.
- AMD AM3 socket detection improved.
- VIA VX800 and VX855 chipsets support.
- ATI Radeon 2100 and Radeon X1250 support.
- DirectX 11 detection fix.
- Hardware virtualization support now reported as instructions set.
- New HTML report with less information.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.52 - July 2009
- Fix Core i7 clock bug (1.52.2)
- New design with "Graphics" tab.
- NVIDIA nForce 980a chipset support.
- Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processors.
- Intel Atom Z530, Pentium DC E6300 (2.8GHz) and Core 2 Solo processors.
- Intel P55 and US15W chipsets preliminary support.
- AMD Phenom TWKR support.
- AMD Phenom X2 "Callisto" and Athlon X2 "Regor" processors.
- AMD Opteron 6-core "Istanbul" processor.
- Improved support for Windows 7.
- New Intel logos.

MD5 checksum : please refer to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.51 - April 2009
- New version with installer.
- NVIDIA ION platform.
- Intel "Clarkdale" processor preliminary support.
MD5 checksum : please refer to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#history
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.50 - February 2009
- Improved support for AMD Phenom II processor.
- Support for NVIDIA 740i chipset.
- Several bug fixes.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.50) : E1C827C54F527404EDDA6D65DA0280D8
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.49 - December 2008
- AMD Phenom II processor.
- New Intel Core 2 models.
- Improved loading time.
- New online validation process.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.49) : B836E86B40D7AFAF99D9C512E8CC9FEF
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.48 - October 2008
- Improved support for Intel Core i7 (Bloomfield & Gainestown).
- Intel Atom dual-core version support.
- AMD Athlon "Kuma" processor support.
- Alternate clock computation method based on "duty cycles" for Intel Core 2 pro
cessors (see ShowDutyCycles in cpuz.ini)
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.48) : DB78FBF1F99B7709240B495E59758CCE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.47 - August 2008
- Intel Core i7 processor.
- Intel Core 2 Duo S Mobile processors.
- NVIDIA MCP79/7A chipset.
- AMD 790GX / SB750 chipset.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.47) : A7484EFA3C32BC968C248CB1237FF493
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.46 - June 2008
- AMD Puma platform (Turion & Turion Ultra "Griffin");
- AMD Black Edition processors.
- Intel Xeon EX "Dunnington".
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.46) : C47432C41EC26156128F7B8E09E884CF

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.45 - May 2008

- Intel Atom Z500/Z510/Z520/Z530/Z540 processors.
- Intel Core 2 Duo E7x00 processor.
- AMD 45 nm Phenom (Dened & Shanghai) processors.
- Intel P45 chipset.
MD5 cpuz.exe (1.45) : DD4E540C04297CF93DC721166C13446E
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.44.2 - Mars 2008
- NVIDIA 650i, 680i, 750a/780a, 750i, 780i, 790i chipsets (1.44.2)
- Intel G35 chipset (1.44.2)
- Updated support for VIA chipsets (1.44.2)
- Support for the new validator (1.44.1)
- Preliminary support for VIA Isaiah processor.
- Support for all VIA Model D processors: VIA C7-M, VIA C7-D, VIA Eden, VIA Eden
.
- Memory timings on Intel 5400A/B MCH (Skulltrail).
- Fix AMD Phenom detection issue on Windows Vista 64.
MD5 (1.44.2) : 81FB48A6EC7355E8D0DD71ADC2157CF6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.43 - January 2008
- Intel Skulltrail platform support (Core 2 Extreme QX9775 + 5400B MCH).
- Intel X48 chipset detection.
- AMD Athlon 64-LE 1600 and 1620 support.
- Fix detection issues on unlocked Phenom (ES/BE).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.42 - November 2007
- Intel Wolfdale/Yorkfield/Penryn CPUs support.
- AMD Phenom and Opteron Barcelona support improved.
- Current core selection menu (right click on the CPU page).
- Loading progress.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.41 - September 2007
- New CPU voltage monitoring.
- Intel Xeon Tigerton support.
- Intel IA64 CPUs support (Itanium / Itanium2)(special thanks to Rami Radi and R
ay Hinchliffe).
- AMD K10 Phenom preliminary support.
- NVIDIA MCP73 support.
- Intel XMP profiles support.
- Memory modules nominal voltage.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.40.5 - July 2007
- NVIDIA nForce 560 chipset support.
- Intel Dynamic FSB technology support.
- Athlon 64 X2 BE & Sempron LE (TDP 45W).

- SiS671/FX/DX/MX northbridge support.

- SiS968 southbridge support.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.40 - May 2007
- VIA P4M800CE chipset support.
- Preliminary support for Intel Penryn CPUs family (45 nm).
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6x20, Pentium E2140/2160 processors recognition.
- Intel P35, G33, G31, Q35, Q33, X38 chipsets support.
- Intel GL960/GM965/PM965 chipsets support.
- AMD Athlon 64 "Lima" processor support.
- AMD Geode LX processor support.
- NVIDIA nForce 520 chipset support.
- New parameter "-console" to generate output in a command prompt (Windows XP on
ly).
- New icon.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.39 - February 2007
- Windows Vista 64 support.
- VIA CX700/VX700 chipset.
- Added Merom XE (X7900/X7800)
- Added "PCI" and "MaxPCIBus" in the ini file to configure PCI scanning.
- Added "-core" parameter to display the clock speed of the specified core.
- Lot of bug fixes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.38 - November 2006
- VIA P4M890 and P4M900 chipsets.
- NVIDIA 650i and 680i chipset.
- AMD Athlon 64 FX-7x processor.
- Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750, E6650 processors.
- socket 775 Xeon processor.
- New parameters "-txt" and "-html" (see above).
- Lot of bug fixes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.37 - October 2006
- Intel Core 2 Quad, Celeron 360, Mobile Core 2 Duo T5200 support.
- Changed SSE4 to SSSE3 (Supplemental SSE3).
- Added VIA VT8237A southbridge.
- New HTML report.
- Several bug fixes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.36 - August 2006
- New processor information display.
- Intel 5000X/P/Z/V SPD support.
- Intel Pentium D 925 & 945.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.35 - June 2006
- ATI RS350, RS400, RS480/RX480, RS482, RD580/RX580, RS600/RD600, RS690, RS700 c
hipsets support.

ATI SB600 southbridge support.

Intel P965 chipset support.
Engineering samples Core based CPUs report.
Windows Vista product line report.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.34.1 - May 2006

- AMD socket AM2/S1/F (rev F.) CPUs support.
- Enhanced Performance Profile (EPP) memory information report.
- Added Trc (bank cycle time) in DDR2 SPD report.
- Added Trc (bank cycle time) on i925, i945, i955, i975 chipsets.
- FB-DIMM DDR2 SPD information report.
- Core 2 Duo names and logos added.
- Turion 64 X2 logo added.
- Several bug fixed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.33.1 - April 2006
- Intel i965 chipset support added.
- Fix SPD detection problem on SiS 964/965/966 southbridges.
- ODC (Odd Divisor Correct) for Athlon64 rev E.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.33 - April 2006
- Memory Command Rate timing added.
- Improved support for Intel Conroe/Merom CPUs.
- Celeron M 420/430 Yonah.
- Xeon Dual core Dempsey.
- VIA C7-M CPU detection added.
- VIA PT880, PT880 Pro, K8T900 chipsets support.
- nVidia nForce 550/560/570 (MCP55) chipset support.
- VIA VT8251 southbridge support.
- Fixed HyperTransport information misreports (in dump file).
- Added K6-2 and K6-III logos.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.32.1 - March 2006
- New Intel logos.
- Added Pentium D 925, Pentium EE 965.
- Several bugs fixed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.32 - February 2006
- Athlon FX-60 detection added.
- Athlon64 new memory dividers.
- Celeron 35x Cedar Mill, Pentium D 805.
- Core Solo & Core Duo detection improved.
- VIA C7 CPU detection added.
- Intel i975X, i945GT chipsets support.
- ATI RD580 chipset support.
- ULi smbus support improved.
- Fix smbus conflict with ClockGen.
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1.31 - November 2005

- Improved support for ATI RS480/482 chipsets.
- GeForce 6100/6150 (nForce 410/430) chipsets support.
- Intel E7520 chipset support.
- New CPUs support : AMD Opteron socket 939, Intel Pentium 4 Cedar Mill and Pres
ler,
Intel Xeon Paxville, Intel Pentium M Yonah SC & DC.
- Several bug fixed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.30 - August 2005
- Latest Sempron and Turion support improved.
- Intel Xeon Potomac, Pentium M 780 support.
- Improved Windows version report.
- Support for SMBus on latest SiS bridges (964, 965, 966) and ULi bridges.
- Increased clocks refresh rate.
- Several bug fixed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.29 - June 2005
- New PCI devices report.
- Switch for VCore report in .ini file.
- VCore report on some uGuru mainboards.
- Improved clocks computation.
- Improved support for latest AMD CPUs, Celeron D 3x1 (EM64T).
- Improved support for SiS 649, 650 and 656 chipsets, Intel 915PM chipset.
- Improved stability when several instances of CPU-Z are running in the same tim
e.
- Restored html report in ghost mode (see "Parameters" chapter above).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.28.6 - March 2005
- Support for Athlon 64 X2 CPUs
- Support for i955X chipset
- Bunch of bugs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.28 - March 2005
- Support for SiS chipsets improved : 648FX, 649, 655FX, 655TX, 656
- Support for nVidia nForce4 SLI Intel Edition
- Support for Intel Pentium D, Pentium XE, AMD Turion, Opteron 252
- New F7 key to simplifiy the creation of the validation file
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.27 - February 2005
- Support for Intel Pentium 4 6xx CPUs.
- New validation system.
- Hundred of bug fixes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.26 - December 2004
- VCore display on Pentium M CPUs.
- New CPU clock computation.
- Improved support of Transmeta CPUs.

- Several bugs fixed.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.25 - November 2004
- nVidia nForce4 chipset support
- Intel Pentium 4J support
- New button to refresh memory timings
- Several bugs fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.24 - September 2004
- AMD Sempron support
- New memory SPD page
- PCI-Express graphic interface support
- Configuration file
- External cache latency tool
- Restored html report
- Fix several bugs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.23 - June 2004
- Intel i915P/G, i925X chipsets support
- Intel LGA775 CPUs support
- Intel's CPU number display
- New AMD Athlon 64 steppings
- New report in one file
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.22 - April 2004
- New CPUs : Xeon Nocona, Celeron Prescott
- DDR2 memory support
- Clock mode when iconized
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.21 - January 2004
- one file package
- Windows 64 support
- new chipsets support
- new CPU support : Celeron M, Pentium 4 "Prescott"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.20a - October 2003
- memory frequency and ratio on nForce2
- KT600 support
- W83627THF VRM mode
- SPD read improvement
- Fix some memory leaks (DMI)
- Fix memory size report
- Fix AGP side band status
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