On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> The Windows 10 power settings appear to set the minimum CPU frequency at 5% > or 10% of maximum. When I cranked this up to 100%, artifact build time > dropped from ~170s to ~77s and full build configure dropped from ~165s to > ~97s! > > If you are a Windows user with Xeons in your desktop, you may want to visit > Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings > -> Change advanced power settings -> Process power management -> Minimum > processor state and crank that up and see what happens. Note: running your > CPU at 100% all the time may impact your power bill! > FWIW, in my windows 10 Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options I had 3 preset power profiles: * Balanced (default selected) * Power Saver * Performance The "Balanced" profile has the 5% minimum clock speed. The "Performance" profile set that to 100%. Ben _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform