Updated 30th November for Windows 11.
CRITICAL FIX FOR Windows 11
I've been told my custom power plans for Ryzen are quite popular also for Intel CPUs (thx @robolee).
These plans are not optimized for Intel and while may be better than the standard Windows plans, they are not even remotely the best.
Especially when used with 12th & 13th Gen with E-Cores.
But same goes for the standard Windows plans, they are terrible and not properly configured for the P-Cores.
I've spent a few hours optimizing and benchmarking on a 12600K a new set of dedicated plans.
They should work as well on 11th Gen and priors but I can't be sure.
Probably works also on Windows 11 but I can't be sure of that as well.
The Windows 11 plans have not been tested (but they should work).
Big big thanks to my rat-lab friend ZioGualty who left me his rig that I abused as guinea pig for this work
Installer Download
ManniX_Custom_Power_Plans_V2.zip
Windows 10:
These plans are very similar to their AMD counterparts.
They all are more performant than the Balanced plan.
The Balanced Snappy and High Performance plans are more performant in MT than the High Performance standard plan (50-60 points in CPU-z and 100-200 points in GB).
The Balanced LowPower is faster than anything else in ST (5-10 points in CPU-z and 20-40 in GB5) but it loses quite some in MT.
Windows 11:
If you are using Windows 11 and care about performance and latency use the Ultimate Performance or Ultimate LowPower plans.
There's a bug in W11 power management which is causing all plans except Ultimate to have increased and spotty latency and low boost peak clocks.
I have verified it on AMD but I think, based on reports from Intel users, the issue is hitting Intel too.
You can verify testing with AIDA64 memory latency test.
AIDA does not work really well with W11, it will give you very often spotty and inconsistent results.
Test only at fresh boot, close all the open tabs in Edge before rebooting or else they'll be loaded in background.
Don't run the whole benchmark with Cache & Memory, double click only on the Latency box in Memory row.
The first run should give you the peak boost clock, not always though. Mine went to up to 5125 MHz for the first time while it was stuck to 5075 MHz before.
The latency on the first run is usually bogus; wait 10 seconds, repeat, wait, repeat, etc.
You should get a much better latency on average, more consistent between runs, and some much lower scores than with any other plan.
I managed to get a 54.7ns, which is only slightly above the 54.4ns result from Win10, while with any other plan I couldn't go below 55.2ns (with very often 57-58-61-66ns).
The Ultimate LowPower is excellent; better average power consumption with a small edge in idle but still same great latency and boost and same benchmark scores as the full Ultimate.
The Ultimate Performance is as expected with minimal power savings, very consistent results.
Custom plans for Windows 11
Intel Core™ Ultimate LowPower
For Windows 11
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't the Power Slider.
It's a performance oriented plan with excellent latency but still has a lot of performance saving features enabled with great savings and lower temperatures.
Highly recommend as daily driver.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate LowPower Win11 v1-Backup-2022.30.11-20.06.32.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate Performance
For Windows 11
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't the Power Slider.
It's a performance oriented plan with excellent latency, almost no compromise but still delivers good idle power consumption and low temperatures.
Recommend as daily driver if you want always the max and don't care about power savings.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate Performance Win11 v1-Backup-2022.30.11-20.06.40.pow
Custom plans for Windows 10
Intel Core™ Balanced LowPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Balanced plan so it has the Power Slider.
Best for single thread loads, quite responsive.
Version v1:
Intel Core Balanced LowPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.40.19.pow
Intel Core™ Balanced Snappy
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Balanced plan so it has the Power Slider.
Best for multi threaded loads, very responsive but still good power saving.
Version v1:
Intel Core Balanced Snappy 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.14.pow
Intel Core™ High Performance
For Windows 10
Modified out of the High Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Best for multi threaded loads, very responsive and no power saving.
Version v1:
Intel Core High Performance 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.19.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate LowPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Maximizes power saving, quite responsive but sacrifices some performances.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate LowPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.28.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate HighPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Almost no power saving, max performances.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate HighPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.24.pow
CRITICAL FIX FOR Windows 11
I've been told my custom power plans for Ryzen are quite popular also for Intel CPUs (thx @robolee).
These plans are not optimized for Intel and while may be better than the standard Windows plans, they are not even remotely the best.
Especially when used with 12th & 13th Gen with E-Cores.
But same goes for the standard Windows plans, they are terrible and not properly configured for the P-Cores.
I've spent a few hours optimizing and benchmarking on a 12600K a new set of dedicated plans.
They should work as well on 11th Gen and priors but I can't be sure.
Probably works also on Windows 11 but I can't be sure of that as well.
The Windows 11 plans have not been tested (but they should work).
Big big thanks to my rat-lab friend ZioGualty who left me his rig that I abused as guinea pig for this work
Installer Download
- Updated Intel Custom Plans
- Balanced LowPower, Snappy, High Performance are same, just changed naming schema
- Added Ultimate LowPower and Ultimate HighPower
ManniX_Custom_Power_Plans_V2.zip
Windows 10:
These plans are very similar to their AMD counterparts.
They all are more performant than the Balanced plan.
The Balanced Snappy and High Performance plans are more performant in MT than the High Performance standard plan (50-60 points in CPU-z and 100-200 points in GB).
The Balanced LowPower is faster than anything else in ST (5-10 points in CPU-z and 20-40 in GB5) but it loses quite some in MT.
Windows 11:
If you are using Windows 11 and care about performance and latency use the Ultimate Performance or Ultimate LowPower plans.
There's a bug in W11 power management which is causing all plans except Ultimate to have increased and spotty latency and low boost peak clocks.
I have verified it on AMD but I think, based on reports from Intel users, the issue is hitting Intel too.
You can verify testing with AIDA64 memory latency test.
AIDA does not work really well with W11, it will give you very often spotty and inconsistent results.
Test only at fresh boot, close all the open tabs in Edge before rebooting or else they'll be loaded in background.
Don't run the whole benchmark with Cache & Memory, double click only on the Latency box in Memory row.
The first run should give you the peak boost clock, not always though. Mine went to up to 5125 MHz for the first time while it was stuck to 5075 MHz before.
The latency on the first run is usually bogus; wait 10 seconds, repeat, wait, repeat, etc.
You should get a much better latency on average, more consistent between runs, and some much lower scores than with any other plan.
I managed to get a 54.7ns, which is only slightly above the 54.4ns result from Win10, while with any other plan I couldn't go below 55.2ns (with very often 57-58-61-66ns).
The Ultimate LowPower is excellent; better average power consumption with a small edge in idle but still same great latency and boost and same benchmark scores as the full Ultimate.
The Ultimate Performance is as expected with minimal power savings, very consistent results.
Custom plans for Windows 11
Intel Core™ Ultimate LowPower
For Windows 11
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't the Power Slider.
It's a performance oriented plan with excellent latency but still has a lot of performance saving features enabled with great savings and lower temperatures.
Highly recommend as daily driver.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate LowPower Win11 v1-Backup-2022.30.11-20.06.32.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate Performance
For Windows 11
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't the Power Slider.
It's a performance oriented plan with excellent latency, almost no compromise but still delivers good idle power consumption and low temperatures.
Recommend as daily driver if you want always the max and don't care about power savings.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate Performance Win11 v1-Backup-2022.30.11-20.06.40.pow
Custom plans for Windows 10
Intel Core™ Balanced LowPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Balanced plan so it has the Power Slider.
Best for single thread loads, quite responsive.
Version v1:
Intel Core Balanced LowPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.40.19.pow
Intel Core™ Balanced Snappy
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Balanced plan so it has the Power Slider.
Best for multi threaded loads, very responsive but still good power saving.
Version v1:
Intel Core Balanced Snappy 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.14.pow
Intel Core™ High Performance
For Windows 10
Modified out of the High Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Best for multi threaded loads, very responsive and no power saving.
Version v1:
Intel Core High Performance 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.19.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate LowPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Maximizes power saving, quite responsive but sacrifices some performances.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate LowPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.28.pow
Intel Core™ Ultimate HighPower
For Windows 10
Modified out of the Ultimate Performance plan so it doesn't have the Power Slider.
Almost no power saving, max performances.
Version v1:
Intel Core Ultimate HighPower 10-v1-Backup-2022.05.12-17.41.24.pow