Every tweak, documented

All 34 tweaks, on the table.

No black box. Every one of the 34 tweaks FrameForge can apply is listed here with what it touches and why — the registry key, the powercfg flag, the service it nudges — plus the tier it ships in and an honest safety label. Search it, filter it, read the debated ones before you flip them.

Reversible by defaultMirrors the app 1:1No invented claims

How to read this list

The tier dot

A glowing dot marks the lowest tier a tweak ships in. The four tiers are cumulative, so a tier always carries everything below it.

  • Freethe 4 essentials
  • Basicthe latency / FPS core
  • Extremesafe debloat + deep
  • Prothe advanced opt-ins

The safety label

The same label the app shows before it runs anything. It tells you whether a tweak is on by default and how much thought it needs.

  • SafeOn by default. Reversible. No known downside for gaming.
  • OptionalOff by default. Useful in specific cases, harmless otherwise.
  • AdvancedOff by default. Debated or situational — read the note before enabling.

The X+ badge

Each tweak carries a badge like Basic+. The plus means included from that tier upward — so a Basic+ tweak is in Basic, Extreme and Pro, but not Free. It is the cumulative rule, restated per row.

rebootmeans the change needs a restart to fully apply.

Tier
Safety

34 / 34 tweaks

Ultimate Performance plan + disable ALL power saving

Activates Ultimate Performance, then forces processor 100% min/max, aggressive boost, no core parking, PCIe ASPM off, and no disk/sleep/USB power-down. Reverts cleanly to your current plan.

powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-…SUB_PROCESSOR min/max = 100core parking = 100%PCIe ASPM = off
Basic+SafePower & CPU

Disable CPU power throttling

Marginal on a desktop (throttling rarely engages without a battery). Harmless.

HKLM\…\Power\PowerThrottling\PowerThrottlingOff = 1
Pro+OptionalPower & CPU

Game Mode on + Game DVR / background recording off

Prioritizes the foreground game and kills background capture overhead. Game Bar overlay stays installed.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar\AutoGameModeEnabled = 1System\GameConfigStore\GameDVR_Enabled = 0
Free+SafeGame Mode & Capture

Game Bar background capture fully off

Disables AppCapture and historical (background) recording. Overlay still works; removes capture overhead.

HKCU\…\GameDVR\AppCaptureEnabled = 0HistoricalCaptureEnabled = 0
Free+SafeGame Mode & Capture

MMCSS 'Games' task profile

Raises the games multimedia scheduling class. Low risk; modest real benefit.

…\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games\GPU Priority = 8Priority = 6Scheduling Category = High
Basic+SafeScheduling Priority

System responsiveness, foreground priority, visuals, mouse

SystemResponsiveness=10 (under 10 clamps to 20), foreground-favoring priority, best-performance visuals, mouse acceleration OFF.

SystemProfile\SystemResponsiveness = 10PriorityControl\Win32PrioritySeparation = 0x26Mouse acceleration = off
Basic+SafeResponsiveness & Inputreboot

NIC power-saving OFF (EEE/Green/Flow), RSS on, RSC off

Stops the network card idling-down (jitter), disables Energy-Efficient/Green Ethernet + Flow Control (only if the driver exposes them), and trims receive-coalescing latency.

Disable-NetAdapterPowerManagementEEE / GreenEthernet / FlowControl = 0RSS on, RSC off
Basic+SafeNetwork

NetworkThrottlingIndex = disabled

DEBATED: helps throughput, not ping; can raise DPC latency on some rigs. Off by default.

…\SystemProfile\NetworkThrottlingIndex = 0xffffffff
Pro+AdvancedNetwork

Disable Nagle's algorithm (TCP)

PLACEBO for UDP shooters like Fortnite (only helps some TCP games). Applied to the active adapter only.

TcpAckFrequency = 1TCPNoDelay = 1 (active adapter)
Pro+AdvancedNetwork

Set DNS to Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)

Speeds name resolution / page loads, NOT in-game ping. Revert resets to DHCP.

Set-DnsClientServerAddress 1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1
Pro+OptionalNetwork

Disable NIC Interrupt Moderation

Can shave a little network latency/jitter at the cost of more CPU interrupts. Off by default; applied only if the driver exposes it.

*InterruptModeration = 0 (if exposed)
Pro+AdvancedNetwork

Telemetry down, background apps off, stop bloat re-installs

Lowers diagnostic data, stops UWP apps running in background, blocks silent promo-app reinstalls, disables the DiagTrack service.

AllowTelemetry = 0GlobalUserDisabled = 1DiagTrack service = disabled
Extreme+SafePrivacy & Background

Privacy extras (ad ID, activity history, web search, Cortana, feedback)

Disables advertising ID, Timeline upload, tailored experiences, Start-menu web search, Cortana, and feedback nags. No perf/function downside.

AdvertisingInfo\Enabled = 0UploadUserActivities = 0BingSearchEnabled = 0
Extreme+SafePrivacy & Background

Set non-essential services to Manual

Manual (not Disabled) so anything that needs them still starts on demand. Skips Print Spooler and Windows Search. Never touches networking/audio/security/update.

DiagTrack, dmwappushservice, MapsBroker, … = demand
Extreme+SafeServices

Windows Search service → Manual

Frees indexing CPU/disk but disables fast Start-menu/Explorer search.

WSearch start = demand
Pro+AdvancedServices

Clear temp files

Deletes %TEMP% and C:\Windows\Temp (in-use files are skipped). Does NOT touch Prefetch.

del %TEMP%\*del %SystemRoot%\Temp\*
Free+SafeCleanup

Remove safe bloatware apps (reinstallable)

Removes promo/3rd-party stubs and unused MS apps for the current user. KEEPS Store, Xbox, runtimes, shell. Reinstall any from the Store.

Remove-AppxPackage (known bloat list only)
Extreme+SafeDebloat

Stop removed apps returning (deprovision)

Deprovisions known bloat so it doesn't reinstall for new profiles/updates. Only touches a known bloat list; keeps Store/Xbox/runtimes/shell.

Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage (known bloat list)
Extreme+SafeDebloat

Snappier menus & instant startup apps

MenuShowDelay=0 and removes the artificial startup-app delay. Pure responsiveness.

Control Panel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay = 0Serialize\StartupDelayInMSec = 0
Free+SafeSmall tweaks

Disable telemetry scheduled tasks

Disables CEIP / Compatibility Appraiser / error-report-upload tasks. (Big Windows updates may re-enable them.)

Microsoft Compatibility AppraiserConsolidatorQueueReporting
Extreme+SafeSmall tweaks

No P2P update sharing + faster NTFS access

Delivery Optimization set to no peer sharing, and disables NTFS last-access timestamp writes.

DODownloadMode = 0fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
Basic+SafeSmall tweaks

MSI mode for GPU & network card

Ensures the GPU and NIC use Message-Signaled Interrupts (lower DPC latency). Often already on; safe to verify. Reboot to take effect. (Only touches GPU + PCI NIC.)

…\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties\MSISupported = 1
Extreme+SafeDeep tweaksreboot

Ensure SSD TRIM is enabled

Verifies/enables NTFS TRIM so the SSD stays fast. Leaves Windows' beneficial SSD ReTrim schedule alone (disabling that is a myth).

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0
Basic+SafeDeep tweaks

Cut background processes (Edge + OneDrive autostart)

Disables Edge startup-boost/background processes and OneDrive auto-start. Files and apps are untouched; both still open normally.

Edge StartupBoostEnabled = 0OneDrive Run key removed
Extreme+SafeDeep tweaks

Disable more background scheduled tasks

Disables Edge auto-update, Office telemetry, Maps, and onboarding tasks (apps still work/update normally). Tasks that don't exist are skipped.

MicrosoftEdgeUpdate*OfficeTelemetry*Maps toast
Extreme+SafeDeep tweaks

Fortnite tuning (auto-detected)

Sets Fortnite process priority to High (pre-staged even if not installed). If config is found: backs it up, writes competitive low-latency settings, locks it read-only.

IFEO PerfOptions\CpuPriorityClass = 3GameUserSettings.ini (backed up)
Basic+SafeFortnite

Stop Epic Games Launcher auto-start

Removes the Epic launcher from startup so it isn't idling in the background. Only acts if present.

Run\EpicGamesLauncher removed (if present)
Basic+SafeFortnite

Force exclusive fullscreen (global FSE behavior)

Can lower latency in true fullscreen but worsens alt-tab for some titles.

GameConfigStore\GameDVR_FSEBehavior = 2
Pro+AdvancedAdvanced

Faster shutdown (force-close hung apps)

WARNING: closes apps without a 'save?' prompt on shutdown → can lose unsaved work.

Desktop\AutoEndTasks = 1WaitToKillAppTimeout = 2000
Pro+AdvancedAdvanced

Disable 8.3 short filename creation

Tiny NTFS write win on new files; a few very old installers rely on short names.

fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1
Pro+AdvancedAdvanced

Disable MPO (Multiplane Overlay) — flicker/stutter fix

Known fix for RX 580 desktop flicker/stutter, but a workaround: disables VRR in protected video (Netflix). Reboot needed.

Dwm\OverlayTestMode = 5
Pro+AdvancedAdvancedreboot

Disable hibernation (frees disk = RAM size)

Reclaims a multi-GB hiberfil.sys but turns off Fast Startup. On SSD the boot difference is tiny.

powercfg -h off
Pro+OptionalAdvanced

USB selective suspend OFF

Stops USB ports powering down — helps flaky mouse/controller dropouts. Otherwise neutral on a desktop.

USB selective suspend = 0 (active plan)
Pro+OptionalAdvanced

Disable dynamic tick (experimental timer)

The ONLY BCD/timer tweak worth exposing — tiny, debated latency effect, costs idle power. All other timer/HPET/useplatformclock tweaks are myths or hurt Ryzen, so they are deliberately excluded. Reboot needed.

bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes
Pro+AdvancedAdvancedreboot

Want this mapped to tiers instead?

The Programs page lays the same 34 tweaks out as a feature matrix, column by column, so you can see exactly where each one lands. And every default-on change here is reversible — the Safety page spells out the restore point, the backup folder and the Revert.bat in full.