How To Optimize Windows 10 for Gaming & Performance in 2020: The Truth about the Ultimate Power Plan
5,614There are many How to optimize Windows 10 for gaming & performance in 2020 tutorials misleading people about the true effects of the ultimate performance power plan. In this video, I contacted Microsoft who confirmed selecting this power plan on a laptop will cause your battery to malfunction sooner. I also provide benchmarks showing the real differences between the power saver, balanced, high performance and ultimate power plans. Thanks to Microsoft, I’m able to recommend you the perfect power plans for laptops and desktop PCs. If you’re wondering why the ultimate performance power plan is missing or not showing, scroll down to get the cmd prompt/powershell script/code. In future videos I will focus on Windows 10 tips and tricks, tweaks, beginners’ guides, Win 10 optimization/customization guides to increase fps in games, hidden features (Easter eggs) and settings that will truly speed up and optimize Windows 10 for gaming and performance. If you’re wondering how to optimize your PC for gaming to stop it being laggy and slow – be sure to stick around for my next video which will be an updated How to Optimize Nvidia Control Panel for Gaming video.
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ATTENTION: Only add the ultimate power plan if you’re on a desktop.
To Add "Ultimate Performance":
1. Open command prompt and run as administrator
2. Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter.
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
To Unhide the ‘Processor Power Management’ settings (DO NOT CHANGE FROM DEFAULT!)
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 8baa4a8a-14c6-4451-8e8b-14bdbd197537 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 36687f9e-e3a5-4dbf-b1dc-15eb381c6863 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 4e4450b3-6179-4e91-b8f1-5bb9938f81a1 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR cfeda3d0-7697-4566-a922-a9086cd49dfa -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 06cadf0e-64ed-448a-8927-ce7bf90eb35d -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 12a0ab44-fe28-4fa9-b3bd-4b64f44960a6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 40fbefc7-2e9d-4d25-a185-0cfd8574bac6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 4b92d758-5a24-4851-a470-815d78aee119 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 7b224883-b3cc-4d79-819f-8374152cbe7c -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 943c8cb6-6f93-4227-ad87-e9a3feec08d1 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 619b7505-003b-4e82-b7a6-4dd29c300971 -ATTRIB_HIDE
To rehide, put a + instead of - before each ATTRIB_HIDE Example: +ATTRIB_HIDE
Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. Windows has these power options:
Power saver - Saves power by reducing PC performance and screen brightness. If you're using a laptop / notebook, this plan can help you get the most from a single battery charge.
Balanced - Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don't. This is the best power plan for most people.
High performance – If used on a laptop / notebook, this power plan will reduce your laptop battery’s lifespan due to it requiring more power than a laptop battery can handle. On a desktop PC this plan offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don't. This plan has exactly the same configuration settings as the ‘Ultimate Performance power setting which allows it to reduce or eliminate micro-latencies in the same way.
Ultimate Performance – Offers the exact same results as the ‘High performance’ plan. Compare the ‘Processor power management’ settings to high and you’ll see it’s exactly the same. As the high and ultimate power plan schemes are geared towards reducing micro-latencies they may directly impact hardware; and will consume more power than the default balanced plan.
Windows 10 Advanced power settings options:
Hard Disk - Turn Off Hard Disk After
Note: This setting works only for HDDs not SSDs.
Internet Explorer - JavaScript Timer Frequency
Desktop Background Settings - Slide Show
Wireless Adapter Settings - Power Saving Mode
Sleep - Sleep After, Hibernate After, Allow Hybrid Sleep, Allow Wake Timers.
USB Settings - USB Selective Suspend Setting
Intel R Graphics Settings - Intel R Graphics Power Plan
Power Buttons and Lid - Power Button Action, Lid Close Action, Sleep Button Action.
PCI Express - Link State Power Management
Processor Power Management - System Cooling Policy, Maximum Processor State / Minimum Processor State
Display - Turn Off Display After
Multimedia Settings - When Sharing Media, Video Playback Quality Bias, When Playing Video
Battery - Critical Battery Notification, Critical Battery Action, Critical Battery Level, Low Battery Level, Low Battery Notification, Low Battery Action, Reserve Battery Level.