Every tweak, in four modules

What each module works on, how many tweaks it holds and how careful you need to be with them.

General (36 tweaks, free)

How Windows looks and behaves, tuned for gaming

  • Fewer tips, widgets and notifications in your way
  • Raw mouse and keyboard input, without acceleration
  • The game in front gets the CPU first
  • No forced restart or sleep in the middle of a match

Areas: Interface, Power, Scheduling, Input, Updates, Display. 11 recommended, 9 need a restart.

Performance (28 tweaks, Premium and Ultimate)

CPU, GPU, memory and storage

  • A CPU that stays awake instead of parking cores
  • Driver settings for NVIDIA, AMD and Intel graphics
  • More memory left for the game
  • Drives that do not fall asleep during a load

Areas: Storage, GPU, CPU, RAM. 6 recommended, 18 need a restart.

Network (21 tweaks, Premium and Ultimate)

Lower ping and packets sent without waiting

  • Small packets sent right away, not batched
  • Bandwidth Windows keeps for itself, given back
  • Faster name lookups
  • Network adapter power saving turned off

Areas: Bandwidth, Latency, DNS, Adapter, Protocols, Wireless. 5 recommended, 5 need a restart.

Privacy (32 tweaks, free)

What Windows sends to Microsoft, cut at the source

  • Telemetry and diagnostics cut at the source
  • No advertising ID and no sponsored app installs
  • Search stays on your PC, without Bing
  • Camera, microphone and files closed to apps you did not allow

Areas: App permissions, Telemetry, Search, Ads, Account. 12 recommended, 1 need a restart.

Each tweak is named and explained in the app, with what it changes, its impact and its risk, before you turn it on.

The tools around the tweaks

Cleanup, app removal, restore points, firmware and an assistant that knows your hardware.

  • Game Mode: The gaming tweaks gathered on one page
  • Cleaner: Deletes temporary files and caches
  • Debloat: Uninstalls 18 preinstalled Windows apps
  • Backups: Creates Windows System Restore points
  • BIOS: Writes firmware settings through AMI SCEWIN
  • Assistant: Knows your hardware and suggests tweaks to enable