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.
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.
- Free— the 4 essentials
- Basic— the latency / FPS core
- Extreme— safe debloat + deep
- Pro— the 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.
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 = offDisable CPU power throttling
Marginal on a desktop (throttling rarely engages without a battery). Harmless.
HKLM\…\Power\PowerThrottling\PowerThrottlingOff = 1Game 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 = 0Game Bar background capture fully off
Disables AppCapture and historical (background) recording. Overlay still works; removes capture overhead.
HKCU\…\GameDVR\AppCaptureEnabled = 0HistoricalCaptureEnabled = 0MMCSS 'Games' task profile
Raises the games multimedia scheduling class. Low risk; modest real benefit.
…\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games\GPU Priority = 8Priority = 6Scheduling Category = HighSystem 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 = offNIC 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 offNetworkThrottlingIndex = disabled
DEBATED: helps throughput, not ping; can raise DPC latency on some rigs. Off by default.
…\SystemProfile\NetworkThrottlingIndex = 0xffffffffDisable 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)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, 1.0.0.1Disable 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)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 = disabledPrivacy 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 = 0Set 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, … = demandWindows Search service → Manual
Frees indexing CPU/disk but disables fast Start-menu/Explorer search.
WSearch start = demandClear temp files
Deletes %TEMP% and C:\Windows\Temp (in-use files are skipped). Does NOT touch Prefetch.
del %TEMP%\*del %SystemRoot%\Temp\*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)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)Snappier menus & instant startup apps
MenuShowDelay=0 and removes the artificial startup-app delay. Pure responsiveness.
Control Panel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay = 0Serialize\StartupDelayInMSec = 0Disable telemetry scheduled tasks
Disables CEIP / Compatibility Appraiser / error-report-upload tasks. (Big Windows updates may re-enable them.)
Microsoft Compatibility AppraiserConsolidatorQueueReportingNo 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 1MSI 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 = 1Ensure 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 0Cut 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 removedDisable 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 toastFortnite 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)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)Force exclusive fullscreen (global FSE behavior)
Can lower latency in true fullscreen but worsens alt-tab for some titles.
GameConfigStore\GameDVR_FSEBehavior = 2Faster shutdown (force-close hung apps)
WARNING: closes apps without a 'save?' prompt on shutdown → can lose unsaved work.
Desktop\AutoEndTasks = 1WaitToKillAppTimeout = 2000Disable 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 1Disable 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 = 5Disable 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 offUSB selective suspend OFF
Stops USB ports powering down — helps flaky mouse/controller dropouts. Otherwise neutral on a desktop.
USB selective suspend = 0 (active plan)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 yesWant 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.