{"id":10733,"date":"2019-08-18T07:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T01:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:10:54","slug":"what-is-ultimate-performance-plan-in-windows-10-power-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/what-is-ultimate-performance-plan-in-windows-10-power-options\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ultimate Performance Plan in Windows 10\/11 Power Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ultimate Performance plan is a preset power scheme introduced in Windows 10 v1803<\/a> and higher. This power scheme is enabled by default for Windows for Workstations. But, it can be manually enabled in other Windows 10\/11 editions — Home, Pro, etc.<\/p>\n

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But, what exactly does the Ultimate Performance power scheme do?<\/p>\n

What is the Ultimate Performance Power Plan?<\/h2>\n

The Ultimate Performance plan is a preset power scheme that disables all the power management features that Windows normally has. Let’s say you have a 3.00GHz CPU. In the Balanced power scheme, the Minimum Processor state is set to 10% and the maximum to 90%. This means your processor speed might vary from 0.3GHz (10% of 3.00 GHz) and 2.7GHz (90% of 3.00GHz) P-state, depending upon the usage.<\/p>\n

However, a SuperUser<\/a> participant has an interesting observation:<\/p>\n

Also, depending on which P-states are supported, the actual clock speed might differ considerably from what you might expect from the percentage; specifying 50% in Windows power options doesn’t necessarily mean that your processor will run at 50% clock speed. For instance, on my Core 2 Duo T9550 with a nominal clock speed of 2.66 GHz, setting the processor state to 50% doesn’t give a clock speed of 1.33 GHz, as might be expected. Instead, Windows chooses the lowest supported multiplier (FID 6), which results in a clock speed of ~1.6 GHz (FSB 266 MHz \u00d7 multiplier 6 = 1596 MHz), or 60% of the nominal clock speed…<\/em><\/p>\n

In the Ultimate Performance plan, the Minimum Processor State<\/strong> is set to 100%<\/code>. This means your CPU will always be running at 100% power, even if some or all of its cores have nothing to do at the moment. The Turn off hard disk<\/strong> option is set to Never<\/strong>. Your hard disk will always be spinning, regardless of how long the system has been idle.<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Performance power scheme, as Microsoft<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n

Demanding workloads on workstations always desire more performance. As part of our effort to provide the absolute maximum performance, we\u2019re introducing a new power policy called Ultimate Performance. Windows has developed key areas where performance and efficiency tradeoffs are made in the OS. Over time, we\u2019ve amassed a collection of settings which allow the OS to quickly tune the behavior based on user preference, policy, underlying hardware or workload.<\/em><\/p>\n

This new policy builds on the current High-Performance policy, and it goes a step further to eliminate micro-latencies associated with fine-grained power management techniques. The Ultimate Performance Power plan is selectable either by an OEM on new systems or selectable by a user.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the power scheme is geared towards reducing micro-latencies it may directly impact hardware, and consume more power than the default balanced plan. The Ultimate Performance power policy is currently not available on battery-powered systems.<\/em><\/p>\n

With the Ultimate Performance scheme, your computer will use more power than it needs. For most users, especially home users, this scheme is not<\/strong> recommended.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Switch Power Plans Quickly via Desktop Right-click Menu<\/a><\/div>\n

Enabling Ultimate Performance Power Plan<\/h2>\n

To enable the Ultimate Performance power scheme, open an admin Command Prompt<\/a> and type:<\/p>\n

POWERCFG\u00a0 \/DUPLICATESCHEME e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61<\/pre>\n
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RELATED:<\/strong> Increase Lock Screen Display Off Timeout in Windows 10\/11<\/a><\/div>\n
Power Plans Comparison<\/h2>\n
Here’s a comparison between Balanced Vs. Power saver Vs. High-Performance Vs. Ultimate Performance power schemes (for desktop computers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Power Option Setting<\/th>\nBalanced<\/th>\nPower saver<\/th>\nHigh Performance<\/th>\nUltimate Performance<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Turn off hard disk after<\/td>\n20 minutes<\/td>\n20 minutes<\/td>\n20 minutes<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IE: Javascript Timer Frequency<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\nMaximum Power Savings<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Desktop Background Slideshow<\/td>\nAvailable<\/td>\nAvailable<\/td>\nAvailable<\/td>\nAvailable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WiFi adapter: Power saving mode<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\nMaximum Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sleep<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sleep after<\/td>\n30 minutes<\/td>\n15 minutes<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hibernate after<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\nNever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allow wake timers<\/td>\nEnable<\/td>\nEnable<\/td>\nEnable<\/td>\nEnable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USB settings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USB selective suspend<\/td>\nEnabled<\/td>\nEnabled<\/td>\nEnabled<\/td>\nEnabled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power button and lid<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power button action<\/td>\nShut down<\/td>\nShut down<\/td>\nShut down<\/td>\nShut down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sleep button action<\/td>\nSleep<\/td>\nSleep<\/td>\nSleep<\/td>\nSleep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PCI-E Link State Power Management<\/td>\nModerate power savings<\/td>\nMaximum power savings<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor power management<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minimum processor state<\/td>\n5%<\/td>\n5%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System cooling policy<\/td>\nActive<\/td>\nPassive<\/td>\nActive<\/td>\nActive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum processor state<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turn off display after<\/td>\n10 minutes<\/td>\n5 minutes<\/td>\n15 minutes<\/td>\n15 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multimedia settings<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When sharing media<\/td>\nPrevent idling to sleep<\/td>\nAllow the computer to sleep<\/td>\nPrevent idling to sleep<\/td>\nPrevent idling to sleep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video playback quality bias<\/td>\nVideo playback performance bias<\/td>\nVideo playback performance bias<\/td>\nVideo playback performance bias<\/td>\nVideo playback performance bias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When playing video<\/td>\nOptimize video quality<\/td>\nBalanced<\/td>\nOptimize video quality<\/td>\nOptimize video quality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
As you can see, the High performance and Ultimate performance power schemes are almost the same, with the exception of the “turn off hard disks” setting. For most desktop users, Balanced<\/strong> is the recommended power setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ultimate Performance plan is a preset power scheme introduced in Windows 10 v1803 and higher. This power scheme is enabled by default for Windows for Workstations. But, it can be manually enabled in other Windows 10\/11 editions — Home, Pro, etc. But, what exactly does the Ultimate Performance power scheme do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-10733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-power-options"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76307,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/power-options-only-balanced-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":10733,"position":0},"title":"Power Options Shows Only “Balanced” Plan","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open Power Options, only the Balanced plan will be shown. 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