new windows 10 build - speedstep/throttling advice please

[dave dove]

hey there
not done a windoze build since 2012 - i7-2700k seemed great back then
i just built i5 11600k on a z590 - asrock phantom 4 (best i could afford)

i'm seeing lots of seemingly conflicting advice
what is the best way to keep power constant without overclocking:
in bios or windows advanced settings?

latencymon wasn't happy until i set min/max at 100% in settings - as a custom power plan
and is now showing no serious issues
i have disabled c-states in bios
should i disable speedstep etc. or is that already done by the custom power plan

i've not had chance to do loads of testing yet
just trying to understand best way to configure

not interested in overclocking - just getting stable performance

thanks in advance
dave

[boxerdad]

Dave: You're on the right track. Comb through your MB BIOS and make sure that any processor Turbo Mode feature is turned off as well. Other things which can cause Latency Monitor issues are some video card drivers and WIFI wireless interface card drivers. I use the on-board motherboard's video output so I don't have to buy and use a separate video card. My current build has run in excess of 48 hours without issue from Latency Monitor. Search on line - there are several publications about optimizing a PC for real time audio applications. One can be found at Topten software (Cantabile). It's called Glitch Free and is available here https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/glitchfree/ Good luck!

[Pictus]

This is probably enough https://i.imgur.com/y9xVCPu.png

May also find some interesting stuff at viewtopic.php?p=7624448#p7624448

[kingozrecords]

In system device manager, also set your usb hubs so that MS cannot turn off usb devices to save power to ensure stable operation.
Furthermore in services (services.msc) make sure drive optimization service is also set to auto start.

Beyond that, avoiding things like like software designed to optimize windows makes it slower like the msi software. Leaving it off makes the system more stable. Only software that has a passive effect is desired.

Defragging and using a program to optimize your ssd's helps with a program designed to do that. I purchased the auslogics product to do that but now it has subs and is slow to finish. But I notice with an amd processor, it favors less multi threading and it is better at making more than one core attend to a single task; which is a good thing but a learning curve. Thankfully intel's pretty good at that but can spread the resources a bit thin and tug along.

I admit I miss that but I see the logic in either regard in a positive way. Have fun with your I5! I went with an oldschool FX 8350 because I like older things that are choice. It's a way of life, like fancy older cars.

[nucleox]

Yep, first step is to disable SpeedStep. It will only cut you off 50% of CPU capacity on audio tasks, so check that out first and then you can check on the overclock setups or windows power configurations.