Show the hidden "Processor performance boost mode" setting

Show the hidden "Processor performance boost mode" setting — via Microsoft Learn

Commandlow riskNeeds adminWindows 11Windows 10

Windows hides a power setting that controls how aggressively the CPU turbo-boosts. Unhiding it adds it to Power Options → Advanced settings → Processor power management, where you can set it per plan for battery and plugged in — e.g. Disabled to keep a hot laptop cool and quiet.

Takes effect right away

The easy way

Run the command, then open powercfg.cpl → Change plan settings → Change advanced power settings → Processor power management → Processor performance boost mode.
Or set it directly without the UI, for the active plan (0 = Disabled in this example): powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE 0 (plugged in) and powercfg /setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE 0 (battery), then powercfg /setactive scheme_current.

Command

Run in an administrator Command Prompt / Terminal window.

powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTMODE -ATTRIB_HIDE

Undo

powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTMODE +ATTRIB_HIDE

Microsoft documents indexes 0 Disabled, 1 Enabled, 2 Aggressive, with 3 and 4 behaving like 1 and 2 (the UI calls them Efficient Enabled and Efficient Aggressive). The setting GUID is be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7. The undo command (the same command with +ATTRIB_HIDE) is the widely used way to hide it again, but Microsoft's online powercfg reference doesn't document /attributes; run powercfg /attributes /? to check. Hiding it again doesn't change the value you chose, so set it back to Enabled or Aggressive first if you want the default behaviour.

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