"High Performance" mode on Desktop

[SammyGoad]

So I was watching a video on Ryzen and CS:GO and the guy changed his desktop power profile in windows to High performance and gained frames. Naturally I did the same, what benchmark should I use to test cpu improvement and do you think it makes a difference?

[Gamerguy207]

If done benchmarks of my own and for me CPU clock improved by only 0.2 ghz so you shouldn't see that much of a boost unless your pc is struggling 

[ARikozuM]

If there were an easy way to peg the frequency to max when gaming, I would, but I don't feel like making a script for something like that.

[Gaussen]

Just now, rrubberr said:

All it does is always run the CPU at max clockspeeds, instead of letting them move up and down in frequency.

 

Any CPU benchmark will test the difference, but the difference is not one worth making for the extra heat and power consumption.

better than running at min all time right?

[SammyGoad]

Preach

[Dash Lambda]

From what I've read, a lot of the performance improvement is actually from minimizing Windows' aggressive core parking, meaning that the delay when ramping up a core improves dramatically. So, while it might not improve your results in normal benchmarks, it can affect responsiveness and consistency.

 

That being said, I've been playing around with power profiles a lot over the past couple days and haven't seen any parked cores whatsoever, regardless of power plan or settings. That could have something to do with even just having the Ryzen power plan and the drivers it comes with installed, but I have no idea.

 

Either way, the best way to test it is just to play some games and see how it responds.