Download Quick CPU and set core parking to 100% preformance.
Then all cores will be used
Why is Windows trying to use only "efficency" cores?
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I have an Intel CPU with 8 hi-performance (hyper-threadable) cores and 4 low-performance "efficiency" cores.
I'm running a CPU intensive task ( a 3D renderer) that uses multiple cores but I find that Window 10 (fully updated) is assigning it to the efficiency cores and leaving the high performance cores mostly unused.
See the resource monitor screen shot...
This was not a problem before, I've had the computer for more than six months now. But now it is a problem.
I already have my "Power Option" set to a high performance plan that should run the CPU at 100% but I'm not getting 100%. I used to get 100% but am no longer
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2023-02-08T22:40:27+00:00 Pardon my ignorance but didn't Microsoft say you would get a better performance of E/P cores with Windows 11?
Microsoft may have said that but I must continue using Windows 10 as I have a crucial hardware device for which no Windows 11-compatible drivers are available, and Windows 10 is still a supported Microsoft OS, anyway.
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Sumit D - IA 166.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor2023-01-24T03:13:32+00:00 Hi Rob,
I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.
Pardon my ignorance but didn't Microsoft say you would get a better performance of E/P cores with Windows 11? I have seen some similar issues on Reddit and here too.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...
You may check for BIOS updates - or try uninstalling 22H2 but I doubt there would be a difference.