Windows 10: Windows 10 Ultimate Performance mode

Hi, I enabled the Ultimate Performance mode on my Windows 10 laptop (21H1 update) and ran Cinebench R23 to check the performance of the CPU in this mode. However, I was left quite disappointed. The Multi-core and Single-core scores I got was exactly the same that I had got when I had run with High Performance mode enabled. One thing I observed was the all CPU cores was being run at its highest frequency (3.4 GHz) even when the laptop was idling in Ultimate mode. Can anyone explain how the Ultimate mode works and in which scenarios it might prove handy? Regards,

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Microsoft Adding "Ultimate Performance Mode" To Windows 10

In a blog post, Microsoft detailed some new features that have become available for Microsoft's Insider Program Fast Ring users, of which the titular "Ultimate Performance Mode" certainly wrings the most attention. The Ultimate Performance Mode is really a performance plan integrated into Windows, which basically throws all power saving features out the Window to make sure that the underlying hardware is always running at its peak performance. Microsoft says that latencies and microstutters should be reduced as much as possible, thus allowing users to wring "ultimate performance" from their systems.

Microsoft says this is focused on the Workstation market, and should be especially deployed in mission critical scenarios where every second counts (wait, doesn't gaming qualify by this measure?) As a result of this re-balancing on idle and power states, power consumption goes up; the main reason why Microsoft isn't making this feature available for battery-powered devices - at least for now. The consumer side of the equation is being left out in the cold, for now, when it comes to this Ultimate Performance Mode; but users should remain optimistic. There's no reason why Microsoft would leave this option to Workstation environments only, so a consumer-focused release (be it in the Insider Fast Ring or on the regular Windows 10 update cycles) is still out in the open.

 

How to enable Ultimate Performance Power Plan in Windows 10?

The "Ultimate Performance" power plan exists since Windows 10 Version 1803.
To activate the Power Plan, the following steps must be taken:

1. Open cmd.exe as Administrator
   
2. Duplicate the scheme with: powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
   
3. Copy the guid from ultimate plan
   
4. Set the ultimate plan active with: powercfg /setactive <GUID>
   

 

Ultimate Performance Mode on a laptop

HI, I realize that the Ultimate Performance Power Mode isn't enabled for devices with batteries but, is there a way to force enable it anyways?