Basic parking settings in Windows are implemented as settings for power plans (also known as power profiles). Their interest was in conserving energy, even if it meant a slight decrease in productivity.Ī number of complex parameters control when the core should be parked, and Microsoft has placed a lot of emphasis on saving power. The problem is that the default Windows power profiles are set too aggressively when it comes to basic power, especially on workstations.

This technology is very similar to frequency scaling in that it attempts to limit the processor's idle time. Disabled cores are enabled again when CPU load increases again. Core Parking dynamically turns off CPU cores to save power while in standby mode. Features of ParkControl Pro FullĬore Parking is a sleep state (C6) supported by most new x86 processors and new releases of Windows. Bitsum developed ParkControl because basic parking settings are hidden in Windows but can have a significant impact on performance, especially under CPU-intensive loads (the most common type).

ParkControl Pro can be downloaded free of charge from our software library.