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Windows boot, session saving, hybrid sleep and disk space usage depend on power settings.

Hibernation and Fast Startup

When disabling frees up space and provides a full shutdown, and when it is more important to keep hibernation and Fast Startup.

By device type

Power plans

Section titled “Power plans”
Balanced

A reasonable baseline for everyday work; use performance modes selectively.

As needed
High performance

Minimum CPU state 100 % for desktop PCs on AC power.

As needed
Ultimate performance

Minimum idle time and micro-latency at the cost of power draw and heat.

As needed
Power saver

For battery, quiet sessions and weak cooling; not for games.

As needed
PowerX v2.1

BoosterX performance plan; desktop only with sufficient cooling.

As needed
PowerX v3.1

Turbo Boost under load without maximum at idle; for Intel without overclocking.

As needed

Additional settings

Section titled “Additional settings”
NVIDIA P-States

Locking the GPU in a high state during P-State switching stutters.

Leave as default
Ability to import .pow files

Double-clicking a .pow imports the plan into the Windows plan list.

As needed

Choose a plan based on test results. Compare clock speeds, temperature, power draw, FPS and frametime in the same scenario: a plan’s name alone is not enough to choose it. On a laptop, test AC power and battery operation separately.