Intel Extreme Tuning Utility 7.7.0.12 - Description

Intel XTU is a Windows-based performance-tuning software that enables novice and experienced enthusiasts to overclock, monitor, and stress a system. The software interface exposes a set of robust capabilities common in most enthusiast platforms along with new features available on new Intel application processors and Intel motherboards.

Future Platform Support:

- Added per-core OC TVB support
- Added package OC TVB support
- Added Intel Speed Optimizer support
- Added VF Curve support

Enhanced AlderLake – S Support:

- Additional SKU support for Intel Speed Optimizer
- Added Efficient TVB support

Changes:

- Core Isolation Memory Integrity, Virtual Machine State, and Hyper-V state detection and notification updates
- Processor family and model naming conventions updated in the System Information tab

Known Issues:

- In some cases, XTU incorrectly detects the status of Core Isolation Memory Integrity if it has been turned on but the Group Policy setting for Device Guard Virtualization is manually set to disabled. This only occurs after the first reboot when changing this setting. The result is that XTU runs but cannot set valid real-time overclocking values. The solution is to reboot one additional time so that the group policy settings correctly set the state.
- Core Isolation Memory Integrity, Hyper-V, and Virtual Machine State are incompatible with XTU. XTU is unable to function when these features are enabled.
- HWBot Compare Online feature misidentifies 10850Ks as engineering samples

Drivers included in this release:

- IOCBIOS Device Driver 7.7.0.2
- Intel XTU Extension Device 7.7.0.2
- Intel XTU Component Device 7.7.0.12
- Watchdog Device Driver 11.7.0.1004

This download is valid for the products listed below:

- Intel Core i9-11980HK Processor (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-12900HK Processor (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-12900KF Processor (30M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-12900K Processor (30M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-12700KF Processor (25M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-12700K Processor (25M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-12600KF Processor (20M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (20M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10980HK Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-10700KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-10600KF Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-10700K Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10900KF Processor (20M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10900K Processor (20M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-10600K Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10850K Processor (20M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-11900KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-11900K Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-11600K Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-11700K Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-11700KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-11600KF Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6820HK Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-6600K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-7700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9900K Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-8086K Processor (12M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-8950HK Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
- Intel Core i3-7350K Processor (4M Cache, 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-7820HK Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i3-9350K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-9600K Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9980HK Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-8700K Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-9700K Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-8600K Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i3-8350K Processor (8M Cache, 4.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-7600K Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9900KS Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9900KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10940X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, 3.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-9800X X-series Processor (16.5M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-7940X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-5820K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9940X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-5930K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-7920X X-series Processor (16.5M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-7820X X-series Processor (11M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9900X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-7900X X-series Processor (13.75M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9920X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9960X X-series Processor (22M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9820X X-series Processor (16.5M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-7800X X-series Processor (8.25M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-9700KF Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-7740X X-series Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition Processor (24.75M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-7640X X-series Processor (6M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6900K Processor (20M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10920X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, 3.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition Processor (24.75M Cache, 3.00 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6800K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor (24.75M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-7960X X-series Processor (22M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-5960X Processor Extreme Edition (20M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz)
- Intel Xeon W-3175X Processor (38.5M Cache, 3.10 GHz)
- Intel Core i9-10900X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, 3.70 GHz)
- Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz)
- Intel Core i5-9600KF Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
- Intel Core i3-9350KF Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)

This package contains the files needed for installing the Intel Serial IO driver. If it has been installed, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix problems, add new functions, or expand existing ones. Even though other OSes might be compatible as well, we do not recommend applying this release on platforms other than the ones specified.

Driver Installation via Installer:

- Copy and unzip the Intel Serial IO Driver onto the Platform under test.
- Locate the “SetupSerialIO.exe” file.
- Right click on the executable and select ‘Run as administrator’ option from the menu to start the installer and then click on ‘Yes’ button in User Account Control pop-up window.
- You should see welcome screen with component details. Click ‘Next >’ button to continue the installation.
- Next, you should see license agreement screen. Please review the license agreement and if you accept the license terms then check the check-box on “I accept the terms in the license Agreement” and click on the “Next >” button to continue the installation.
- Next, you can select the folder location where the driver will be installed. By default, the driver will be installed in c:program FilesIntelIntel Serial IO. Click on “Next >” button to continue installation.
- Next, a list of driver components that will be installed by the installer is displayed. Click on ‘Next >’ button to continue.
- After successful installation, you should see setup completion screen. Click on ‘Finish’ button to complete the installation.

Silent Driver Installation via Installer

- Copy and unzip the Intel Serial IO Driver onto the Platform under test.
- Open a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) with administrator rights (ie. Run as administrator). Click on ‘Yes’ button in User Account Control pop-up window.
- Change the directory to where you unzipped the driver in Step 1 and then change to the “Driver_Installer” directory.
- To see all available options for the Installer, run command “SetupSerialIO.exe -?”
- You should see a window pop-up. For the “-l <LCID>” option which specifies the language of the setup dialogs, the LCID list is shown in below table. Click OK to continue.
- Run command “SetupSerialIO.exe –b –s” to start the silent installation. (Where as x represents the particular version number.) This process should take about 1 min to complete. When silent installation is complete, the system will automatically reboot.
- After the system has booted, you can refer to section 0 to check the driver version.

Manual Installation via INF File:

- Copy and unzip the Intel Serial IO Driver onto the Platform under test.
- Locate the INF files. (iaLPSS_GPIO.inf, iaLPSS_I2C.inf, iaLPSS_SPI.inf, iaLPSS_UART2.inf)
- Right click on the INF file and select ‘Install’ option from the menu to start the installation and then click on ‘Yes’ button in pop-up window.
- After the installation of all the drivers, reboot the system.

About Serial IO Drivers:

If you install this package, your device will be properly recognized by compatible systems, and might even benefit from new features or various bug fixes.

Please note that, even though other operating systems might also be compatible, we do not recommend you apply any software on platforms other than the specified ones. Doing so might cause the installation to crash, which could even render the device unusable.

When it comes to installing the package, the steps should not be much of a hassle because each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible; usually, you must make check for compatibility, get the package, run the available setup, and follow the instructions displayed on-screen.

However, due to the large number of devices out there and the various ways for applying these packages, it would be best if you refer to the installation manual first, to be sure of a successful update.

That being said, click the download button, and apply the present software on your product. Also constantly check with our website to stay up to speed with latest releases.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.