Active cooling vs passive in Power Options and Power Management

Comprehensive Explanation of C states and power saving in CPUs:

https://metebalci.com/blog/a-minimum-complete-tutorial-of-cpu-power-management-c-states-and-p-states/

https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cpu-c-states-power-saving-modes/

What does IDLE CPU do:

https://manybutfinite.com/post/what-does-an-idle-cpu-do/

Command line Script to "unhide" all of the Power Settings in Windows 10:

https://gist.github.com/Nt-gm79sp/1f8ea2c2869b988e88b4fbc183731693

Restore Missing Power Plan Options on Windows 10:

https://appuals.com/how-to-restore-missing-power-plan-options-on-windows-10/

Importing and exporting Power Plans on Windows 10:

https://superuser.com/questions/903091/how-can-i-make-windows-reset-the-power-plan-to-a-chosen-one-after-each-restart/1025930

Active cooling vs passive in power options:

https://forums.tomsguide.com/threads/solved-active-cooling-vs-passive-in-power-options.350497/

Passive Cooling vs. Active Cooling – What’s the Difference?

https://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/01/active-and-passive-cooling/

Windows Timer Resolution: Megawatts Wasted:

https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/windows-timer-resolution-megawatts-wasted/

http://www.lucashale.com/timer-resolution/

Power Management States: P-States, C-States, and Package C-States:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/power-management-states-p-states-c-states-and-package-c-states

Tuning Power and Performance for servers using power management settings:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/performance-tuning/hardware/power/power-performance-tuning

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/performance-tuning/hardware/power/processor-power-management-tuning

Microsoft Powercfg command-line options:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options#option_setacvalueindex

Customized Power Option keep changing back to Default:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-desktop/customized-power-options-keeps-changing-back-to/9e7f2217-1698-4314-b984-e6271c484771?auth=1

Unexpected Timer Resolution, Unexpected Parked CPUs, Unexpected Power Consumption in Dell Servers:

https://hoopercharles.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/unexpected-timer-resolution-unexpected-parked-cpus-unexpected-power-consumption/

Intel VTune amplifier Platform Analysis viewpoint software:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/vtune-amplifier-help-window-timer-resolution-platform-power-analysis

Timers coding tutorial:

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1236/Timers-Tutorial

Everything You Need to Know About the CPU C-States Power Saving Modes

https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cpu-c-states-power-saving-modes/

Add ‘AHCI Link Power Management – HIPM/DIPM’ to Power Options in Windows 10

https://mywindowshub.com/add-ahci-link-power-management-hipmdipm-power-options-windows-10/

Execute programs when your system enters and leaves idle state:

https://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/13/execute-programs-when-your-system-enters-and-leaves-idle-state/

https://www.ghacks.net/2011/01/28/system-silencer-run-commands-when-the-computer-is-idle/

Windows 10 Task Manager shows 100% CPU but Performance Monitor Shows less than 2%:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-task-manager-shows-100-cpu-but/00c92238-9382-4946-bc6a-bbc451888b96?page=2&auth=1

Processor power management in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/hardware/design/dn613983(v=vs.85)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

Performance Thresholds Utility:

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/windows-power-plan-settings-explorer-utility.416058/page-5

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/how-to-improve-ssd-performance-on-intel-series-4-5-965-chipsets-jjb-tweak.517917/

https://blog.heroix.com/blog/windows-cpu-metric-guide

CPU Core Parking and Utility:

https://windows10gadgets.pro/tipstricks/coreparking.html

https://coderbag.com/product/quickcpu

Prepare software for modern standby

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/prepare-software-for-modern-standby

Fixing CPU IDLE issue at 100% due to DCOM application policy resets after windows updates:

https://www.olafsolutions.com/support/kb/faq.php?id=28