Ryzen power plans

[alexnt]

Why ryzen balanced has minimum processor state at 99%???

[HanZie82]

2 minutes ago, ganja7 said:

Why ryzen balanced has minimum processor state at 99%???

What did you expect or want it to be?
I would prefer 100%, but some ppl have expencive power or batteries (notebooks and such) to deal with so they might want to set it a lot lower.

(It's the minimum speeds allowed for your CPU in windows btw).

[alexnt]

Just now, HanZie82 said:

What did you expect or want it to be?
I would prefer 100%, but some ppl have expencive power or batteries (notebooks and such) to deal with so they might want to set it a lot lower.

(It's the minimum speeds allowed for your CPU in windows btw).

Something lower like windows balanced which is set at 5%

[HanZie82]

4 minutes ago, ganja7 said:

Something lower like windows balanced which is set at 5%

Ah ok, well you can set it that yourself.
As for why it was set like that i have no idea. Most of the time when i check the power plan it is indeed at 5% in balanced... So yes kinda weird.

[alexnt]

I m just wondering if lowering it has any impact on performance

[HanZie82]

23 hours ago, ganja7 said:

I m just wondering if lowering it has any impact on performance

It shouldn't, its just to conserve power when the CPU isn't doing anything. Kinda like down-clocking but not really.
I'm not 100% sure so i bet there's some very knowledgeable person on this forum that can explain in great detail.

[Mark Kaine]

On 12/21/2019 at 6:16 PM, ganja7 said:

I m just wondering if lowering it has any impact on performance

If you're on windows update 1903 and up, latest info is to use "windows balanced" for best performance,  at least with Ryzen 3000 series. 

 

Also it's not advised to play around with the settings within the power plan, unless you know exactly what you're doing. 

 

PS: tested it myself on 1903 and got by far best performance with "windows balanced".