12.4.7.20: Performance mode has preference over StartWithPowerPlan=Balanced

[ranko]

Happy new year, very satisfied Process Lasso Pro user here. Thanks that you are putting so many efforts into this product.
Once I need to buy a new PC I will be glad, to have more control over Intels "Big/Little" design what comes to efficiency cores and what not.
Surely very useful for recording and other stuff. Now to the topic:

My Process Lasso Pro (PLP) setup, v12.4.7.20, see config below.
The strategy is
- to start with a balanced energy profile (StartWithPowerPlan=Balanced)
- IDLE saver is activated to enable "energy saving" if there is no user interaction after 15s
- Gaming mode is active and also certain applications activate ultimate performance
- for some applications performance mode is activated to disable IDLE saver, to keep ultimate performance

Sometimes I enable performance mode manually and forget to disable it.
When restarting the PC I see that Performance mode is still active and leads to Ultimate Performance.

The issue here is, that activated performance mode is being remembered across reboots and StartWithPowerPlan=Balanced doesn't become active.
So, Performance mode has a wrong preference during fresh start of Windows over the feature StartWithPowerPlan.

The expected behaviour is, that on a fresh Windows Reboot (or maybe also start of PLP in general) that PLP checks whether performance mode needs to be disabled if StartWithPowerPlan=xyz has been configured.

[Administration]
Version=5910700
ConfigPasswordMD5=
[OutOfControlProcessRestraint]
OocOn=true
ExcludeChildrenOfForeground=true
DisableProBalanceWhenSysIdle=false
ProBalanceDropOneRandomCore=false
DoNotAdjustAffinityIfCustomized=true
OocDisableCoreParkingWhileIn=false
UseEfficiencyMode=false
DisableProBalanceIfSysIdleThisManyMS=30000
TotalProcessorUsageBeforeRestraint=10
PerProcessUsageBeforeRestraint=5
TimeOverQuotaBeforeRestraint=900
PerProcessUsageForRestore=2
PlayOnRestraint=C:\WINDOWS\media\Windows Pop-up Blocked.wav
PlayOnRestore=C:\WINDOWS\media\Windows Feed Discovered.wav
MinimumTimeOfRestraint=4200
MaximumTimeOfRestraint=0
TameOnlyNormal=true
LowerToIdleInsteadOfBelowNormal=false
ExcludeServices=true
PlaySoundOnRestraint=false
PlaySoundOnRestore=false
RestrainByAffinity=false
RestraintAffinity=
ExcludeForegroundProcesses2=true
DoNotLowerPriorityClass=false
LowerIOPriorityDuringRestraint=false
MatchExclusionsByPathnameToo=false
ChangeTrayIconOnRestraint=true
OocExclusions=
OocHardCodedExclusionOverrides=
[GUI]
ClearLogAtExit=false
ShowCPUCoreUtilGraphs=true
ShowGraphLegend=true
ShowGraphCPU=true
ShowGraphResponsiveness=true
ShowGraphMemoryLoad=true
ShowGraphProBalanceEvents=true
ShowGraphSelectedProcessesCPUHistory=true
ProBalanceCountersOnGraph=true
ShowGraphLicenseName=true
ShowPowerProfile=true
GraphShowTooltips=true
ShowCPUUtilityAsPrimary=true
[Advanced]
AutomaticUpdate=false
[Performance]
DefaultsLevel=327942
GracefulWaitTimeInMs=5000
UpdateSpeedGUI=1000
UpdateSpeedCore=1000
[Sampling]
SamplingEnabled=false
SamplingIntervalSeconds=900
SamplingOutputPath=
SamplingIncludePattern=
SamplingExcludePattern=
[Performance]
ManageOnlyCurrentUser=false
ExitOnCloseWindow=false
SoundsOff=true
IsConfigWritable=true
ForcedMode=false
IgnoreProblematicProcesses=false
IgnoreSuspendedProcesses=false
SetTimerResolutionAtStartup=0
[ForegroundBoosting]
BoostForegroundProcess=false
ForegroundBoostPriorityClass=0x8000
BoostOnlyNormal=true
ForegroundBoostExclusions=
[SystemTrayIcon]
UseStaticIcon=false
ShowResponsivnessInTrayInsteadOfProcessorUsage=true
[Logging]
LogDisable=false
IncludeCommandLines=false
LogSmartTrim=true
LogCPULimiter=true
LogEfficiencyMode=true
LogGroupExtender=true
LogCPUSets=true
LogProBalanceParkingChanges=true
LogProcessExecutions=false
LogProcessTerminations=false
LogProcessesDisallowed=true
LogDefaultPriorityAdjustments=true
LogDefaultAffinityAdjustments=true
LogProBalanceBegin=true
LogProBalanceEnd=true
LogInstanceLimitTerminations=true
LogPowerProfileChanges=true
[MemoryManagement]
SmartTrimIsEnabled=true
SmartTrimWorkingSetTrims=false
SmartTrimClearStandbyList=false
SmartTrimClearFileCache=false
ClearStandbyFreeRAMThresholdMB=1024
ClearStandbyOnlyInPerfMode=true
SmartTrimExclusions=astrox imperium.exe,bg3_dx11.exe,cubase12.exe,cyberpunk2077.exe,eac.exe,freefilesync_x64.exe,latmon.exe,vortex.exe,wavelabpro11.exe,x4.exe
SmartTrimAutoMinimumRAMLoad=65
MinimumProcessWSSInMb=196
SmartTrimIntervalMins=15
[SysTrayBalloons]
EnableSystemTrayNotification=false
BalloonTipDuration=10000
ShowBalloonsForOocPriorityRestoration=false
[ProcessAllowances]
ApplyInstanceCountLimitsToAllUsers=false
AllowedProcesses=
DisallowedProcesses=
InstanceLimitedProcesses=
InstanceManagedCPUAffinities=
ProcessThrottles=
OneTimeProcessThrottles=
CPULimitRules=
[ProcessDefaults]
DefaultPriorities=reflectbin.exe,idle
DefaultIOPriorities=
DefaultMemoryPriorities=
DisableThreadPriorityBoost=
DefaultAffinitiesEx=reflectbin.exe,0,2-15
CPUSets=
KeepRunningProcesses=
[ProcessAllowances]
EfficiencyMode=
[ProcessDefaults]
MatchWildcardsToPathnames=true
MatchOnCommandLine=false
[AdvancedRules]
DivideCPUPercentThresholdsBySystemCPUCount=false
ProcessorGroupExtended=
ProhibitInternetExplorerExceptWhenAny=
WatchdogRules2=
[GamingMode]
GamingModeEnabled=false
GamingChangePowerPlan=true
TargetPowerPlan=Ultimative Leistung
GamingModeEngageForSteam=true
AutomaticGamingModeProcessPaths=astrox imperium.exe,bg3_dx11.exe,cubase12.exe,cyberpunk2077.exe,eac.exe,freefilesync_x64.exe,latmon.exe,reflectbin.exe,vortex.exe,wavelabpro11.exe,x4.exe,cubase13.exe,starcitizen.exe
[PowerManagement]
StartWithPowerPlan=Ausbalanciert
Display=
PC=
[ProcessDefaults]
DefaultPowerSchemes=astrox imperium.exe;ultimative leistung,bg3_dx11.exe;ultimative leistung,cubase12.exe;ultimative leistung,cyberpunk2077.exe;ultimative leistung,eac.exe;ultimative leistung,freefilesync_x64.exe;ultimative leistung,latmon.exe;ultimative leistung,reflectbin.exe;ultimative leistung,vortex.exe;ultimative leistung,wavelabpro11.exe;ultimative leistung,x4.exe;ultimative leistung,cubase13.exe;ultimative leistung,starcitizen.exe;ultimative leistung
[PowerSaver]
PowerSaver_IdleTime=15
EnergySaverEnabled=true
EnergySaverForceActivePowerProfile=false
EnergySaverUpPowerProfileName=
EnergySaverEvents=true
DisableEnergySaverDuringGamingMode=true
PowerSaver_TargetGUID=Energiesparmodus
PowerSaver_Exclusions=

[Jeremy Collake]

You're right that manually induced Performance Mode will persist across reboots and override the 'Start with' power plan. I created a ticket to consider not persisting it when 'Start with' is in use. We'll also consider adding a tray notification message when Performance Mode is re-engaged when the app starts.

Thanks for the feedback!

[ranko]

Great, many thanks Jeremy

[BenjaminWalker]

I am a big fan of using 'Balanced' mode and IDLE saver, as it helps save energy and protect the environment. However, the default Performance mode that is retained after rebooting can be an unnecessary power drain. I think this feature can be improved to make it easier for users to switch between modes without worrying about forgetting to turn off Performance mode.