Reports Energy Efficiency

Monitor your PC's Energy Efficiency (Windows Vista and Later)

To access:

Under Reports on the navigation bar, click Energy Efficiency.

What it does:

The Energy Efficiency report displays information on the power usage, settings, and capabilities of your PC. These details can be used to help diagnose and reduce energy consumption and improve the battery life of mobile devices.

Instructions:

The pane is divided into three main sections:

Energy Efficiency Tests Chart

This section displays the number of energy efficiency tests run by System Mechanic above a pie chart that gives a broad overview of your PC's energy efficiency.  

 

The chart divides the test results into three efficiency levels:

System Information

This section displays hardware and manufacturing details.

 

The following details are displayed:

 

 

Test Events and Details

This section displays the results of the report and is divided into seven subcategories, Platform Timer Resolution, Power Policy, System Availability Requests, USB Suspend, CPU Utilization, Battery, and Platform Power Management Capabilities.

 

For each result two columns of information are displayed:

 

 

For each result a green, yellow, or red square is also displayed, and represents whether the result was found to be of High, Medium, or Low efficiency.