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Microsoft Windows Tip – How to enable Ultimate Performance Power Plan

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If you are looking get the maximum performance out from your high-powered computer, you can enable “Ultimate Performance” option in your Power Plan. The only downside is that it is not energy efficient.

To launch the Power Plan configuration window, run the following command from your run dialog box.
powercfg.cpl

Command prompt command to enable Ultimate Performance Battery Plan.
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

Show you list of available Power Plan on your PC.
powercfg /list

To activate Power Plan use the GUID from the “powercfg /list” command.
powercfg /setactive GUID
For example if your (High Performance GUID is “381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e”), this what your command will look like.
powercfg /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e

Common Power Scheme GUID Windows 11
381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced GUID)
8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance GUID)
a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver…