Here’s the exact description from Intel’s site: This is a real godsend for people like me! I used to spend days tweaking my BIOS settings and running torture tests to make sure my CPU was running flawlessly and at maximum capacity.

It’s something that just happens and keeps your PC running at maximum speed, without you having to do any overclocking of your own. In perfect conditions, Turbo Boost is never something you have to even think about. Note that some higher-end computers are built to sustain the Turbo Boost and have higher performing cooling systems to compensate.

Your laptop’s battery will also last longer! Disabling it will make your PC run cooler and quieter. SPOILER ALERT: If you have a modern laptop that causes third-degree burns if you actually dare to rest it on your lap, it probably has a cooling system that isn’t sufficient, and Turbo Boost IS NOT helping the matter. Automatic boosts are nice, but perhaps having a button you can control isn’t such a bad idea … If you’ve got a modern computer and you’re running Windows, the odds are that you can pull up the performance tab of Task Manager and see that your processor’s frequency is changing dynamically-sometimes jumping far above the base clock speed. Intel’s Turbo Boost technology (or AMD’s Turbo Core) works on the same principle, but it’s all automatic. I’ve never actually touched a computer with a physical turbo button, but once upon a time it was common for computers to have a physical switch that would allow a processor to run at a higher speed, at the cost of increased heat and power usage.

How to enable turbo boost