laptop vs pc spikes

[clyde.cf]

I run ver 2.3.1 on a new asus vivobook s14 and i getting quite a few cpu spikes compared to old pc. On the task manager its says the the cpu usage is around 29% on the laptop and around 41% on the pc. The benchmarks show the the laptop has 8953 and the pc with an old amd cpu at 6389 so i know the laptop has a better cpu. Is there any way to pinpoint the issue and can it be solved?

[clyde.cf]

asus vivobook s14 specs:intel core i7 8565, 8 gb ram, very fast ssd
pc:amd fx6300, 8 gb ram, slow 1tb hdd

[ThomasHelzle]

The usual suspects:
Run it plugged it in, run it at highest performance with no CPU throttling or energy saving, make sure it doesn't overheat, make sure there isn't a ton of crap installed by Asus that runs in the background, make sure you have latest drivers installed...

Cheers,

Tom

[Yokai]

The biggest culprit for spikes is always the Windows "Power Plan". By default Windows runs in a "Balanced" power plan, which puts idle cores to sleep, and that's a huge source of CPU spikes in any DAW.

Settings > System > Power & Sleep > Additional Power Settings. Then choose "High Performance". Always run in High Performance mode when using any DAW.

Then also check other important things described in this article from Audient:
https://support.audient.com/hc/en-us/ar ... -For-Audio

[clyde.cf]

Thanks for the tips... I will give it a go and report back...

[clyde.cf]

just changed the power plan to high... spikes are gone ...thanks...

[ThomasHelzle]

You're welcome.
I guess bitwig support answers this question about a hundred times a day

Cheers,

Tom

[Yokai]

So do we, lol

[Hidenori]

You might give it a try to turn off your WiFi.

[Taika-Kim]

Google also undervolting, you can make a laptop run a lot better that way.