PC Tuning

Optimizationmaxxing

Live v0.2.1

100

tweaks · zero placebos

One hundred tweaks. Zero placebos.

100 sourced tweaks. 3.6 MB. One UAC prompt to apply the whole preset. Snapshot revert at any time, any tweak.

Download for Windows Release notes

The receipts

One hundred tweaks. All cited.

01 · The Audit

Every tweak prints its source.

Microsoft Learn doc. Vendor whitepaper. NVIDIA dev note. The other tuners don't cite because they can't. We open the citation in your browser before you flip the switch.

02 · The Size

3.6 MB. Hone is 200.

Tauri-on-Rust ships smaller than your discord avatar. No Electron. No 300 MB Chromium binary. Opens in 200 ms.

Hone.gg 200 MB

Paragon Tweaks 81 MB

Optimizationmaxxing 3.6 MB

Installer size · lower is better · 56× smaller than Hone

03 · The Undo

One UAC. Full revert.

Whole preset applies behind a single elevation prompt. Every tweak snapshots its pre-state. Roll any change back at any time — undo isn't a paid tier.

04 · The Presets

10 presets. Or roll your own.

Esports · BR · Streamer · Frame Pacing · Tournament FPS · five more. Each one a curated bundle. Each tweak still toggleable. Build a custom preset in the same panel.

05 · The Measure

Live DPC. Live ping. Live frame time.

DPC latency sparkline. Bufferbloat probe. PCIe link-state readout. We show the before, the after, and the delta — not a "trust me" toggle.

06 · The Hardware

Knows your rig before you do.

Detects CPU vendor, RAM kit, OS build, laptop vs desktop. Hides every tweak that doesn't apply. Laptops never see PCIe ASPM off. AMD rigs never see Intel-only flags.

Citation of the day

RAM Microsoft Learn

Standby list scheduled clean

Periodic SetSystemFileCacheSize-driven flush. Killed the stutter window in long sessions.

Cited: Cache Manager + working set APIs docs · validated against RAMMap behaviour

Display NVIDIA Dev

Disable Multi-Plane Overlay (MPO)

Dual-monitor + DWM overlay stutter source. Single registry value, instantly reversible.

NVIDIA driver-team forum responses + Hardware Unboxed multi-monitor coverage

Network Microsoft Learn

TCP: immediate ACK + Nagle off

Per-NIC: TcpAckFrequency=1 and TCPNoDelay=1. Real win for low-jitter game traffic.

Microsoft KB on Nagle's algorithm + competitive Apex/CS2 routing threads

Network Microsoft Learn

QoS: DSCP packet tagging for game traffic

New-NetQosPolicy tags Fortnite/CS2/Valorant/Apex traffic DSCP 46. Pairs with router QoS.

New-NetQosPolicy cmdlet docs + pro-circle Discord shared-WAN guides

Process Microsoft Learn

Disable Game DVR & Game Bar

Background-recording CPU thief. Reliably recovers 1–3% sustained CPU.

Xbox Game Bar docs · validated against Paragon + Hone presets

Display Microsoft Learn

Fullscreen-exclusive over borderless

Removes the DWM compositor path that adds ~1 frame of input latency.

DXGI swapchain presentation modes docs

NVIDIA NVIDIA Dev

Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling off

HAGS regresses frame pacing on most NVIDIA + Intel CPU combos in competitive titles.

NVIDIA driver release notes · frame-time analysis on Hardware Unboxed

NVIDIA NVIDIA Dev

NVIDIA Reflex preset (per-game)

Forces Reflex on at the driver level for supported titles where the in-game toggle is missing.

NVIDIA Reflex SDK developer docs

RAM Microsoft Learn

MMAgent prefetch + standby tuning

Suppresses prefetcher churn on 32 GB+ rigs where the cache outlives the launch.

Memory Manager (MMAgent) PowerShell reference

Timer Microsoft Learn

HPET (High Precision Event Timer) off

BCD store: useplatformclock=No. Lets the TSC carry timer load — lower DPC latency.

BCDEdit timer settings reference

Timer Intel

Invariant TSC + tscsyncpolicy=Enhanced

Pins the OS to the invariant TSC clock source for sub-microsecond timing on supported CPUs.

Intel SDM Vol 3B · CPUID feature flag 80000007h:EDX[8]

Registry Microsoft Learn

Foreground priority boost

Win32PrioritySeparation = 26 (6/2/2). Foreground gets longer quantums, less preemption.

Process Scheduling internals · Russinovich Windows Internals chapter 4

Process Microsoft Learn

Click-to-pin CPU Sets API

NtSetSystemInformation CPUSets binds a game to specific cores at runtime. No reboot, fully reversible.

CPU Sets Win32 API docs · Xbox dev-day session on per-process scheduling

Network Vendor Doc

RSS queue + interrupt moderation

Per-NIC: enable Receive-Side Scaling, tune RxIntModeration. Cuts packet-handling jitter on >1 GbE.

Intel + Realtek NIC tuning whitepapers

BCD Microsoft Learn

Per-process speculative-execution mitigations off

Selective off via Set-ProcessMitigation for game executables. Recovers ~5–8% on Intel pre-Alder Lake.

Set-ProcessMitigation cmdlet + Spectre/Meltdown mitigation docs

Power Microsoft Learn

Ultimate Performance power plan

Unlocks the workstation-class power plan on consumer SKUs via powercfg /duplicatescheme.

powercfg reference + Windows 10 IT Pro power plan docs

Registry Microsoft Learn

SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB tune

On low-RAM rigs, merges service host processes to recover idle memory pressure.

SvcHost grouping behaviour · Windows 10 v1703 release notes

Display Microsoft Learn

Per-display refresh-rate lock

Forces preferred refresh in registry so DWM never round-trips through DDC at session start.

Display Driver Model (WDDM) reference · monitor PNP key paths

Process Microsoft Learn

Disable Win11 Efficiency Mode for game .exes

IFEO entry stops Windows from demoting backgrounded game processes to EcoQoS.

Image File Execution Options (IFEO) + PowerThrottling docs

Network Vendor Doc

DNS-over-HTTPS off + Cloudflare 1.1.1.1

DoH adds median 8–14 ms on first resolve. Direct UDP + Cloudflare matches resolve latency to pings.

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 docs · DNS resolve-time benchmarks

Showing 20. The remaining 67 ship with the build — every one cited inline in the app.

100

tweaks · zero placebos

Tune what you measured. Revert what didn't help.

Download for Windows

Three questions you were going to ask anyway

Is this just registry voodoo?

No. Every tweak cites a Microsoft Learn doc, NVIDIA dev note, or vendor whitepaper before you flip the switch. Twenty live on this page; the other 67 ship cited inside the build. Hone publishes none of theirs. Paragon publishes none of theirs.

Will it brick my PC?

No. Every action snapshots its pre-state to a local SQLite ledger before applying. One-click revert at any time, any tweak. Zero BIOS writes, zero kernel drivers — that line is a hard refusal in the engine.

What's the catch?

Free. 3.6 MB. The catch is that a handful of the more aggressive tweaks (CPU set pinning, certain registry deep cuts) live behind a one-time $8 VIP unlock. Everything else — including full undo — is unlocked from the install.

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Communication

Discordmaxxer

Live

Stock Discord uses 1,041 MB on this machine. Ours uses 288. Same servers, same friends, same pings — we just stripped the part where it pretended to be a browser running a chat app.

v0.7.28 Open

Content

Clipmaxxer

Coming soon

Calibrated on the viral creators in your game — not on generic audio-volume rules. Three platform-ready clips on your phone by morning.

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Fortnite

Dropmaxxer

Beta

Community drop data when it exists. Cited physics when it doesn't. Current-season POIs only.

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