HPE workload profile is one of the HPE Intelligent System Tuning (IST) features and allows you to tune the resources in your HPE ProLiant server by choosing a preconfigured workload profile. The server will automatically configure the BIOS settings to match the selected workload12.

According to the information I found on the web, here is how you can match the preconfigured HPE workload profile with its definition:

General power efficient compute: This is a default out-of-the-box profile that uses the most common performance settings seen across most application workloads. It also enables power management settings that have minimal impact to overall performance. This profile is recommended for customers that do not typically tune their BIOS for their workload1.

IO throughput: This profile is intended for configurations that depend on maximum throughput between IO and memory. It disables power management settings that are known to have impact on maximum achievable bandwidth. It also applies settings that benefit NUMA awareness, as best throughput is achieved when the workload is also NUMA aware and optimized1.

Graphics processing: This profile is intended for configurations that use GPUs and depend on maximum bandwidth between IO and memory. It disables power management settings that are known to have impact on maximum achievable bandwidth. It also applies settings that benefit NUMA awareness, as best throughput is achieved when the workload is also NUMA aware and optimized1.

Virtualization —Max Performance: This profile setting will ensure that all available virtualization technologies are enabled and configured for maximum performance. It disables power management settings in favor of delivering maximum performance. Certain virtualization technologies can have possible performance impacts to nonvirtualized environments and can be disabled in other profiles