If you leave core parking enabled then you can fine tune it by setting the minimum cores that must remain active at all times. If enabled, a live graph of CPU use will show you the results: green bars represent active cores, solid grey ones are currently parked.Īt a minimum, you can now disable core parking to improve performance, or enable it to save energy, click 'Apply', and the graph should immediately update to show you what's happening. Windows adjusts core parking settings when you choose a new power plan, but by default you're not able to see or control them yourself - and that's where ParkControl comes in.ĭownload and launch the program and it displays the parking settings for your current power plan. This saves energy, but may cut performance as it takes time for cores to be reenabled. Core Parking is a CPU power saving feature which disables individual processor cores when your system is idle, turning them back on as activity picks up.
