UnofficialOS provides a variety of settings that allow you to optimize for battery life or performance globally, on a per system and per game basis. For emulating 6th generation and later systems, we recommend installing UnofficialOS on internal storage if available to reduce IO bottlenecks reading and writing shader cache.
Optimizing For Performance
Optimizing for performance will have significant impact on battery life, however it will also provide the best experience for more demanding emulators.
Recommended Global Settings
AMD / Intel based devices
Enabled CPU Threads
CPU Scheduler
Energy Performance Preference
GPU Performance Profile
Enhanced Power Saving
Cooling Profile
WIFI Power Saving
All
Schedutil
Balanced Performance
Balanced
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
Note: The UnofficialOS team DOES NOT recommend the "BEST PERFORMANCE" GPU profile on AMD devices as it sets the profile_peak GPU profile which can lead to poor performance and kernel panics, use "BALANCED" instead.
GLMark
DEVICE @ TDP
4w
6w
9w
15w
18w
24w
28w
Loki Max (6800U)
2082
3068
4910
7266
8600
9990
10319
Loki Zero (3050e)
515
1303
1943
3195
3466
3615
3618
Atari VCS (R1606G)
534
565
1055
1342
1376
1378
1376
AYANEO 2S (7840U)
1784
2341
4646
8109
9049
9699
9844
AYANEO Air Plus (6800U)
854
2051
4192
5946
7340
9325
9674
AYANEO Air Pro (5560U)
878
1405
3543
5193
5716
5874
5892
7z
DEVICE @ TDP
4w
6w
9w
15w
18w
24w
28w
Loki Max (6800U)
12129
19530
28391
42809
46432
51183
53276
Loki Zero (3050e)
3370
5304
7397
8441
8514
8493
8441
Atari VCS (R1606G)
5015
6172
9027
9726
9239
9233
9257
AYANEO 2S (7840U)
9319
15790
24295
38956
45249
55117
58515
AYANEO Air Plus (6800U)
6323
11394
22519
39682
43529
47904
47562
AYANEO Air Pro (5560U)
6940
13919
21916
30421
32565
35375
36723
ARM based devices
Enabled CPU Threads
CPU Scheduler
GPU Performance Profile
Enhanced Power Saving
Cooling Profile
WIFI Power Saving
All
Performance
Best Performance
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
Note: It's recommended to reboot the device after disabling Enhanced Power Saving.
Optimizing For Battery Life
UnofficialOS includes an Enhanced Power Saving mode which is available in the System Settings menu. This option provides a variety of sub options that when enabled tune your device for optimal battery life without immediately sacrificing performance.
Feature
Function
May Affect Stability
CPU Power Saving
Tunes the CPU/SoC to preference battery life over performance.
No
Audio Power Saving
Enables the audio device to operate in a low power mode.
No
PCIE Active State Power Management
Forces a low power state for PCI and PCIe connections.
Yes
Enable Wake Events
Enables PCI wakeup signalling to allow devices to enter low power states.
Yes
Runtime Power Management
Enables USB idle power management, and configures usb devices to autosuspend.
Yes
Recommended Settings
Enable Enhanced Power Saving, and enable all options. If the device has undesired behavior, disable the options that may effect stability and reboot the device.
AMD / Intel based devices
Enabled CPU Threads
CPU Scheduler
Energy Performance Preference
GPU Performance Profile
Enhanced Power Saving
Cooling Profile
WIFI Power Saving
4
Powersave
Power Saving
Battery Focus
On
Quiet1
On
UnofficialOS recommends setting the minimum TDP that offers full performance for your game or system.
GLMark
DEVICE @ TDP
4w
6w
9w
15w
18w
24w
28w
Loki Max
1968
2869
4660
7042
8243
9442
9804
Loki Zero
544
1130
1313
1385
1378
1392
1397
Atari VCS
305
332
332
332
333
333
332
AYANEO 2S (7840U)
1594
2340
4582
7713
8157
9658
9889
AYANEO Air Plus
744
2103
3971
6086
7193
8908
9377
AYANEO Air Pro (5560U)
979
1956
3639
5057
5503
5708
5742
7z
DEVICE @ TDP
4w
6w
9w
15w
18w
24w
28w
Loki Max
6931
11247
14003
15941
16114
16758
16792
Loki Zero
2980
2986
3006
2992
2992
2993
2978
Atari VCS
2464
4513
4530
4524
4531
4529
4549
AYANEO 2S (7840U)
5419
8765
13465
19799
21247
22709
23197
AYANEO Air Plus
5731
8291
13139
15638
16205
16065
16001
AYANEO Air Pro (5560U)
6100
9234
11955
14269
14711
14822
14856
ARM based devices
Enabled CPU Threads
CPU Scheduler
GPU Performance Profile
Enhanced Power Saving
Cooling Profile
WIFI Power Saving
4
Powersave
Battery Focus
On
Quiet1
On
Recommended Settings Per System
AMD / Intel
As performance varies across supported devices, there are no specific recommendations. Explore various settings to find the best configuration per system/game for your device.
ARM Devices
Manufacturer
System
Enabled CPU Threads
CPU Scheduler
GPU Performance Profile
Enhanced Power Saving
Cooling Profile
WIFI Power Saving
Nintendo
64
All
Performance
Best Performance
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
Nintendo
GameCube, Wii
All
Performance
Best Performance
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
Sega
Saturn, Dreamcast
All
Performance
Best Performance
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
Sony
PSP
All
Performance
Best Performance
Off
Moderate1 or Auto
Off
1 Only available if the feature is supported on your device.