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Optimizations

ROCKNIX 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 ROCKNIX 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.

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 ROCKNIX 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

ROCKNIX 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

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

ROCKNIX 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

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.