How to Turn Turbo Boost On/Off in One Click – Longer Battery Life, Lower Laptop Temperatures

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WHAT IS TURBO BOOST?

The working principle of Turbo Boost: it automatically adjusts the clock speed of each core independently to match the processing demand. Because of this, the computer runs more smoothly (getting 20% more power than normal) and uses less battery (since it only boosts performance when needed).
Simply put, a computer normally runs at 6 parts of its power; with Turbo Boost technology, when it runs heavy software, the computer steps up to 8 parts of its power (how much more depends on the computer’s CPU type).
Turbo Boost is a technology built into the CPU, so there is nothing to install or turn on/off; you just leave this job to the CPU to handle automatically. However, you can manage it using Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor, a utility provided by Intel that lets you monitor the operating status of the Turbo boost feature (on CPUs that support Turbo Boost).

How to Turn Off Turbo Boost

Why Turn Off Turbo Boost: 

If you need to save more battery, or you need the computer to run cooler after you’ve tried every cooling measure without success, you should turn off Turbo Boost. Once it’s turned off, the CPU only runs at the base clock speed set by the manufacturer and can no longer boost, which makes your computer run much cooler and increases battery life as well.

Step 1: Right-click the Battery icon and choose Power Options

Step 2: Click Change plan settings

Step 3: Click Change advanced power settings

Step 4:  When this panel appears, scroll down to Processor performance boost mode and set Disabled for the 2 options below (if you want to turn Turbo back on, switch back to Aggressive)

• On battery: Disabled => turns off Turbo boost on BATTERY (if you want to turn Turbo back on, switch back to Aggressive)
• Plugged in: Disabled => turns off Turbo boost when plugged in (if you want to turn Turbo back on, switch back to Aggressive)

If you don’t see the Processor performance boost mode option, see the guide below to unhide it. 

Enable the Hidden Processor performance boost mode Feature

It’s quite simple: just download this registry file and open it to unhide the feature.