Laptop configuration

[djsubtronic]

OK I'm with you. That's a decent undervolt.

Yea, so I hear, apparently these 10th gen chips don't undervolt really well so guess I got lucky. I chose 100 EPP as it gives slightly better performance than the default 128, and didn't really see any difference in performance going from 100 to 0, but the temps go up a lot.

Also, I've been gaming for about 2 hours and the avg CPU temp during this time was 80.9 C (with the undervolt). GPU avg was been 68.7 C. Bear in mind it's Overwatch so not particularly demanding, but should give a guideline at least.

 

[Macco26]

I chose 100 EPP as it gives slightly better performance than the default 128, and didn't really see any difference in performance going from 100 to 0, but the temps go up a lot.

You seems very informed about Throttlestop. I've never heard of 'EPP Speedstep'. Have you some reference link where anybody can document with and understand a bit more those parameters?
I only understand PL4, PL2, PL1, undervolt (core and cache) and that's all, really.

 

[djsubtronic]

You seems very informed about Throttlestop. I've never heard of 'EPP Speedstep'. Have you some reference link where anybody can document with and understand a bit more those parameters?
I only understand PL4, PL2, PL1, undervolt (core and cache) and that's all, really.

On the contrary, the EPP is literally the only thing I understand

It's this setting here:

Basically the range goes from 0-255. The lower the number, the higher the CPU clock tries to be. So for instance if you keep at 0 you will almost always be running close to max boost speeds even with no load. 128 is the default, it tries to find a middle ground. Higher number means lower clocks. On my "battery" profile, I put the EPP to 230 and disabled Turbo, so the clock speed stays around 1.6 GHz max.

Not sure if this is needed on 10th gen, but for Speed Shift to work you also need to enable this setting in the TPL settings (I think):

Here's an in-depth guide:

The ThrottleStop Guide (2024): Lower Temperatures, Increase Performance and Battery Life

Author's Note: I wrote the first edition of this ThrottleStop guide for UltrabookReview as part of a short undervolting/tweaking guide several years ago. I

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[djsubtronic]

Turns out, my CPU was actually throttling a little bit during benchmarks when running at full load (instead of holding 4 GHz on all cores it would eventually drop down to 3.3-3.4 GHz). So I elevated the back and enabled max fans, this improved the scores noticeably:

 

[DarkPaladin]

Yea, so I hear, apparently these 10th gen chips don't undervolt really well so guess I got lucky. I chose 100 EPP as it gives slightly better performance than the default 128, and didn't really see any difference in performance going from 100 to 0, but the temps go up a lot.

Also, I've been gaming for about 2 hours and the avg CPU temp during this time was 80.9 C (with the undervolt). GPU avg was been 68.7 C. Bear in mind it's Overwatch so not particularly demanding, but should give a guideline at least.

Just out of curiousity, how active are your fans when playing Overwatch? I usually have my fans on full when gaming to keep temps as low as possible, and my Overwatch performance (i7-8700K, RTX 2080, 32GB RAM) is around 60-70C (maximum) on the CPU and 55-60C (maximum) GPU when playing on Epic/Ultra settings

 

[Bhuna50]

If possible those with a new laptop, could you take part in the benchmark survey here (if you haven’t done so already) please:

Real Users' Benchmarks - Rank of PCS Laptops

Hi, I would like to share my Firestrike results with you all (especially as my build is a bit uncommon) and, with your help, also create a consolidated thread with benchmarks of most PCS laptops. Hopefully, this will be of help to future buyers looking to compare their current builds and...

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It will help people when asking about performance especially re the new 3000 series GPU laptops.

Thanks.


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[djsubtronic]

Just out of curiousity, how active are your fans when playing Overwatch? I usually have my fans on full when gaming to keep temps as low as possible, and my Overwatch performance (i7-8700K, RTX 2080, 32GB RAM) is around 60-70C (maximum) on the CPU and 55-60C (maximum) GPU when playing on Epic/Ultra settings

Using the EC automatic fan profile, they are always on, but nowhere near max speed. I'd say between 50% - 75% mostly.