Question about min/max processor state setting

So for the min/max for battery & plugged in, is it ok to have them all set to 100 percent? It is my understanding that setting it to 100 percent doesn't mean it's always using 100 percent of the processor state, it just means you're basically making it all available to use if it needs to.

I notice for the high performance profile it has everything set to 100 percent for this field except for min/battery, that is set to 5 percent but everything for "plugged in" is preset at 100 percent. So I just changed the min/battery to 100 percent, is this ok? Always wondered about this.

Thanks

 

Well in theory, you're right, but if you are on the Balanced plan and set it to 100%, it still won't clock to 100% because it's on the balanced plan

but keeping it at 100% even while on battery on the high performance plan should technically mean that the clocks would be at 100% no matter what the CPU load was, in a perfect world scenario that is. If this doesn't hold, it means you have other things to look at like voltage, ICC Power Max, Turbo Power limits, etc. Or some times, the battery doesn't or cannot provide enough juice to keep the CPU running at max clock speeds. But we set it to 100% anyway just for kicks.

Remember, Gaming laptops don't necessarily mean you can game on a battery or run high performance tasks on battery , while you can, it has its limitations. So think of the battery as a temporary backup while you are moving around or have to be in a meeting or cafe but not ideal for full power workflow

 

No, I created the high performance profile lol