Great test, learned some things! Would be interesting to see a similiar test, but with a CPU that has 8 or 16 cores and limiting core number down to 4 or 6. I think around 4 or 6 cores is pretty sweat spot for light activities like web surfing or probably even office work. Thanks!
i have a laptop i7 9750H(6cores with hyper treadyng) and i have disabled 8 core,i didnt noticed any difference in every day usage(study),exept a better battery life,when i want to use heavy programs or game i just reenable the disabled cores(i use it for study and for gaming)
I have to disagree with you. I am using a linux where you can turn off the cores, turboboost and you can measure load of the system. If you are carefull in the begining you can create profiles to match these load conditions. What was working for me: At boot the system can use the full performance of the notebook. After the bootup process I am usually leaving two physical cores as a minimum if I am not doing something demanding. If the system load demands more power the cores can be turned on demand and if needed the turbo boost can be turned as well. I noticed at least 50% improvement on battery time compared to the original settings on linux. (Note: Linux quite not so kind on the battery as a default) If I compare it when I was using Windows I was able to gain around 20% extra. (Which is quite funny because I lost 14% due to wear and tear on the battery) So in total with the used state of the battery I was able to produce 6%.
Man, you deserve more views. I have an MSI GL63 laptop with i7 9750h with a TDP of 45W. It's a 6 core 12 thread processor. They offer to use an ECO mode when on battery power. What is does is it limits all the cores to 1.2 GHz max. It does save a lot of power. I didn't notice it until watching your video that 1.2 GHz is actually 30 of the maximum all core frequency. On 30% utilisation it does take a little more time, but hey you have to compromise somewhere right? Your video made me relate. Actually I keep tweaking the processor using intel XTU and I was get so angry that the cpu never goes to 4.5 GHz max single core frequency. I also keep observing the difference in the profiles in dragon center app and the balanced mode slider. They are somewhat similar, yet different. Good luck man.
thanx, i was looking for improve the battery life of my dell g15, i want more battery life and i thought to disabling cores was a good option but i didn't want to test it out, so here i am, thanks for the info :3
@@animeflix7657 no, what i do is to enable optimus when i work with battery and configure from the control panel > power management > advanced settings minimum cpu state with battery 5% and maximum 40%. with this i have managed to increase my time at least 40 minutes and without my laptop getting slow.
I have Lenovo IdeaPad gaming 3 ryzen 7 5800h 45 TGP with rtx 3050 (85 TGP) 8 core 16 threads 45wh battery, it hardly give backup backup of 1:30 hour even after disable the gpu, and I also dual boot windows and Linux mint, Use Linux give slightly more battery backup still I was not satisfied, but after setting cpu to 30% got almost 2.5 to 3 hour battery backup, thanks 👍
Very interesting vid and to find that Microsoft actually supplies the solution FOR NOTHING was logical to do but also a mild shock considering the way they operate. As a strictly desktop pc user, I've never been compelled to set up a power saving profile, but will do now to get savings. The problem is that people don't read into power saving profiles or use them enough on their PC's, no matter whether it's a laptop or desktop.
I have Dell Precision 5510 with a 6820, a very similar system as yours. Thanks for doing this test for me! The power life is awful for these systems lol. Fix your shirt buttons!
unless it's a super old mac it's not possible as apple locks everything down. unless you work for apple there is no real way and even then i doubt they have much support for it at all
your laptop is an overheating monster your cpu should not be 99c its throttling its speed then to maintain a temp below 100c might want to open that up repaste the cpu
Thanks for the info. I'm planning to upgrade my laptop's CPU from a dual-core to a quad-core but energy comsumption and heat are very important concerns on a laptop, unlike on desktop PCs. After watching this (lengthy) video in it's entirety, I have concluded that using the Windows power manager and limiting the CPU to about 40~50% when running on battery is the way to go. Of course different CPUs will have different "sweet spots" but judging from my own experience, it's a worthy trade-off and this video kind of validates that.
just bring as many laptop batteries as you can...oh wait its 2018 and laptops dont have removable batteries wait i know CHILD LABOR, just get a kid on a bike or some sort of manual energy production thingamabob plug it into your laptop and badda bing badda boom
Because his intensity stays the same throughout and the edits are too tight for important information to stand out within the 'full steam ahead' dialogue. This makes it hard to follow and easy to tune out.
Great test, learned some things!
Would be interesting to see a similiar test, but with a CPU that has 8 or 16 cores and limiting core number down to 4 or 6.
I think around 4 or 6 cores is pretty sweat spot for light activities like web surfing or probably even office work.
Thanks!
i have a laptop i7 9750H(6cores with hyper treadyng) and i have disabled 8 core,i didnt noticed any difference in every day usage(study),exept a better battery life,when i want to use heavy programs or game i just reenable the disabled cores(i use it for study and for gaming)
I have to disagree with you.
I am using a linux where you can turn off the cores, turboboost and you can measure load of the system.
If you are carefull in the begining you can create profiles to match these load conditions.
What was working for me:
At boot the system can use the full performance of the notebook.
After the bootup process I am usually leaving two physical cores as a minimum if I am not doing something demanding.
If the system load demands more power the cores can be turned on demand and if needed the turbo boost can be turned as well.
I noticed at least 50% improvement on battery time compared to the original settings on linux. (Note: Linux quite not so kind on the battery as a default)
If I compare it when I was using Windows I was able to gain around 20% extra. (Which is quite funny because I lost 14% due to wear and tear on the battery)
So in total with the used state of the battery I was able to produce 6%.
Man, you deserve more views.
I have an MSI GL63 laptop with i7 9750h with a TDP of 45W. It's a 6 core 12 thread processor. They offer to use an ECO mode when on battery power. What is does is it limits all the cores to 1.2 GHz max. It does save a lot of power. I didn't notice it until watching your video that 1.2 GHz is actually 30 of the maximum all core frequency. On 30% utilisation it does take a little more time, but hey you have to compromise somewhere right?
Your video made me relate.
Actually I keep tweaking the processor using intel XTU and I was get so angry that the cpu never goes to 4.5 GHz max single core frequency.
I also keep observing the difference in the profiles in dragon center app and the balanced mode slider. They are somewhat similar, yet different.
Good luck man.
6:48 45W TDP (Thermal Design Power), 53W PPT (Package Power Tracking) is the no. you are reading for the whole CPU.
thanx, i was looking for improve the battery life of my dell g15, i want more battery life and i thought to disabling cores was a good option but i didn't want to test it out, so here i am, thanks for the info :3
Bro did you get any alternative solution?
@@animeflix7657 no, what i do is to enable optimus when i work with battery and configure from the control panel > power management > advanced settings minimum cpu state with battery 5% and maximum 40%. with this i have managed to increase my time at least 40 minutes and without my laptop getting slow.
I have Lenovo IdeaPad gaming 3 ryzen 7 5800h 45 TGP with rtx 3050 (85 TGP) 8 core 16 threads 45wh battery, it hardly give backup backup of 1:30 hour even after disable the gpu, and I also dual boot windows and Linux mint, Use Linux give slightly more battery backup still I was not satisfied, but after setting cpu to 30% got almost 2.5 to 3 hour battery backup, thanks 👍
Very interesting vid and to find that Microsoft actually supplies the solution FOR NOTHING was logical to do but also a mild shock considering the way they operate.
As a strictly desktop pc user, I've never been compelled to set up a power saving profile, but will do now to get savings. The problem is that people don't read into power saving profiles or use them enough on their PC's, no matter whether it's a laptop or desktop.
I have Dell Precision 5510 with a 6820, a very similar system as yours. Thanks for doing this test for me! The power life is awful for these systems lol.
Fix your shirt buttons!
any ideas on how to do this on mac?
unless it's a super old mac it's not possible as apple locks everything down. unless you work for apple there is no real way and even then i doubt they have much support for it at all
your laptop is an overheating monster your cpu should not be 99c its throttling its speed then to maintain a temp below 100c might want to open that up repaste the cpu
Great video! Thanks!
It diminishes processing speed it could increase power to increase clock speed I guess
Thanks for the info. I'm planning to upgrade my laptop's CPU from a dual-core to a quad-core but energy comsumption and heat are very important concerns on a laptop, unlike on desktop PCs.
After watching this (lengthy) video in it's entirety, I have concluded that using the Windows power manager and limiting the CPU to about 40~50% when running on battery is the way to go. Of course different CPUs will have different "sweet spots" but judging from my own experience, it's a worthy trade-off and this video kind of validates that.
just bring as many laptop batteries as you can...oh wait its 2018 and laptops dont have removable batteries
wait i know
CHILD LABOR, just get a kid on a bike or some sort of manual energy production thingamabob plug it into your laptop and badda bing badda boom
CHILD LABOR IS WRONG
get a few hamsters on a wheel. that's a more ethical approach
Employ child labor to charge your lapyop 😂🤣😂🤣
You are very good at PC things but why don't u get views?
Perhaps you can get all your friends on this channel ?
I am already trying to do it, already told 5 of them. I really appreciate your hard work
Because his intensity stays the same throughout and the edits are too tight for important information to stand out within the 'full steam ahead' dialogue. This makes it hard to follow and easy to tune out.
I can't tell if you're Aussie, New Zealander or English
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