Power Plans: FPS & Latency Analysis

The 39 Windows power plans tested in the video, the script that applies any of them, and the raw measurement data (FPS and latency).

Warning

Some of these plans can trigger a blue screen (BSOD) or instability on certain hardware. Apply at your own risk. Create a System Restore Point first; the apply script does this for you. Recovery steps are in Restore to default.

Contents

Folder	Contents
apply-power-plans/	The 39 .pow plans and a one-click apply script.
performance-analysis/	Measurement data: FPS Analysis.xlsx, Latency Analysis.xlsx.
presentation/	Slide deck with the FPS/latency results.

Apply a plan

1. Download the repo (Code > Download ZIP).
2. Open apply-power-plans/ and run Apply Power Plan (Run as Admin).bat.
3. Select a plan by name. It is set as the active Windows power plan.

The script self-elevates to admin and offers to create a restore point before applying.

Import all plans at once

To register every plan in Windows Power Options in one pass, run Import All Power Plans (Run as Admin).bat in apply-power-plans/. It calls powercfg /import on each .pow file under plans/, giving every plan a fresh GUID so existing plans are not overwritten, then prints a per-plan result. After it finishes, all plans appear in Control Panel > Power Options (powercfg.cpl).

Re-running it creates duplicate copies of every plan, so run it once.

Inspect the plans

Open apply-power-plans/index.html in any browser. It lists every plan, its AC/DC values, and the similarity percentage between near-duplicate plans.

Tweaker plans often use hidden power settings that render as raw GUIDs. To resolve every setting name, run Resolve-PowerSettingNames.ps1 once (no admin required; it only reads the registry), then reopen index.html.

Measurement data

performance-analysis/ holds the results:

• FPS Analysis.xlsx: frames per second per plan.
• Latency Analysis.xlsx: input and system latency per plan.

Plan names are identical across the spreadsheets, index.html, and the .pow files, so each result maps directly to a plan.

Restore to default

• Re-run Apply Power Plan (Run as Admin).bat and press R to switch back to the Windows Balanced plan.

• If the system will not boot, enter Safe Mode (Shift + Restart > Troubleshoot > Advanced > Startup Settings > Restart > 4 / F4), open Command Prompt, and run:

  powercfg /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
  

  This reactivates the default Balanced plan.

Notes

Plans are kept under their original file names. Credit for each plan belongs to its author.