Low Performance Low Specs usage

[oakTINO]

Hello everyone, I'm using a Victus 16 with an i7-14650HX and RTX 4070, As we can see in this roblox example i'm getting poor performance even when the fps is capped to 240 while every NVIDIA/OMEN/WINDOWS performance setting is set to max. It's always like that my pc doesnt try to reach the fps limit given and keeps sleeping. Myself as a pc expert I didn't have any idea why it is happening. Also in some other example like in valorant, I disabled every single fps cap setting, When choosing an agent my pc actually starts reaching it's max potential even leading to Dynamic Boost the RTX in 100% usage and 110W Sadly when in round like after the agent selection my fps goes down and cpu/gpu are sleeping. PS: No thermal/Power/bottleneck is happening here. Cannot return the pc too.

[Max3Aj]

@oakTINO, Welcome to HP Support Community. 

Thank you for posting your query, I will be glad to help you. 
Thanks for the detailed breakdown—and wow, that’s a beefy setup, so the issues you’re describing definitely feel off, especially given your level of expertise. If your i7-14650HX and RTX 4070 aren't waking up even when they should, it sounds like the system’s performance governor is tripping up despite your attempts to run everything at max.Let’s walk through a few uncommon but possible culprits for why this “low usage + low FPS” behavior happens:

Background Process Prioritization / Power State Misbehavior

Even if everything is set to max performance, Windows can still throttle via hidden or low-level scheduler prioritization. Try this:

• Open Task Manager > Details tab, find your game’s .exe → Right-click > Set Priority > High.
• Disable Core Isolation / Memory Integrity in Windows Security > Device Security > Core isolation—this sometimes messes with performance on newer hybrid-core CPUs.

Hybrid Core Scheduling Misfire

Your CPU (i7-14650HX) has Performance (P) and Efficient (E) cores. Games like Roblox/Valorant may randomly get scheduled on the E-cores if Windows doesn’t consider them high priority.✅ Fix:

• Use Process Lasso or Task Manager to force games to run on P-cores only.
  • In Process Lasso: Set CPU Affinity to only the P-cores (typically logical cores 0–7 or 0–15 depending on config).
• Also: Check BIOS for a setting like “Intel Thread Director” or “E-Core Disable” (just to test).

Background NVIDIA Whisper Mode / Battery Boost

Sometimes these cling on even when disabled. Use NVIDIA Profile Inspector:

• Look for Whisper Mode, Battery Boost, and other hidden flags.
• Make sure all are turned off for the game profiles and globally.

Also check:

NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Power Management Mode = Prefer Maximum Performance

Game Engine-Level Frame Limiter or Bottleneck

Roblox and Valorant both use unconventional engines (Lua sandbox + custom Riot engine) that don’t always scale well with high-end hardware. The game itself may internally throttle because it detects "no reason" to render faster.💡 Try forcing a load:

• Run OBS or MSI Afterburner + RivaTuner and record/stream locally → forces CPU/GPU usage up in some cases.
• Load background processes to simulate heavier load (just as a test).
• Use Timer Resolution app to force the Windows scheduler to higher precision (0.5 ms) — helps in ultra-low latency scenarios.

Windows 11 Game Optimization Gone Wrong

On Win11, Game Mode + GPU scheduling + Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling sometimes conflict with OEM software (like OMEN Gaming Hub).✅ Try:

• Turn Game Mode off.
• Turn Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling off (Graphics Settings).
• Kill or uninstall OMEN Gaming Hub as a test.

BIOS & Embedded Controller (EC) Firmware

Even if you’re running BIOS up to date, HP sometimes delays EC firmware updates—especially ones that govern Dynamic Boost behavior.🔧 Try updating:

• BIOS
• Embedded Controller / EC Firmware — check HP’s website (sometimes only appears via HP Support Assistant).
• Intel DTT (Dynamic Tuning Technology) – can heavily affect CPU power boost.

I hope this helps. 

Take care and have a good day. 

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Max3Aj

HP Support 

[oakTINO]

I've tried these before, But no results; Else I gotta mention something interesting in a test. 
I actually played minecraft with no fps cap and with shaders+ beefy textures which actually led the RTX 4070 to reach 99% Usage with Dynamic boost more specifically 117W, And the CPU 50% usage or something. But we need to know that minecraft actually led the pc to reach its max performance knowing its not recognized by omen gaming hub/nvidia, The minecraft app is executed on the java interface with the actual Java exe which is why it isn't known by the system as minecraft. So what can we conclude here is that the issue happens to the games recognized by Omen Gaming Hub in general and the pc actually reaches it's maximum for the max fps possible on those excluded games.

Thanks for replying to my query.

[Max3Aj]

@oakTINO, Thank you for your response. 

Ahhh now that’s a critical insight, and it really helps pinpoint the issue.You're absolutely right to focus on that detail—Minecraft (via Java) hitting max performance while games like Valorant and Roblox (recognized by OMEN Gaming Hub and NVIDIA settings) do not? That says a LOT.

Here's what we can deduce from this:

✅ Games not recognized by OMEN/NVIDIA stack = full performance
❌ Games recognized by OMEN/NVIDIA = locked-down behavior, low usage, underperforming

Root Cause Hypothesis:

The OMEN Gaming Hub (or an underlying HP/Intel performance controller) is likely mismanaging profiles or power states for any game it identifies through standard app detection.
 

This ties into:

• Intel DTT (Dynamic Tuning Technology) — often meddles with boost behavior on HP devices.
• OMEN Performance Control Service — often overrides Windows/NVIDIA power settings.
• Possibly NVIDIA's Whisper Mode / Optimus interactions only triggering when the app is known.

What makes Minecraft different?

• It runs via javaw.exe → not auto-detected by OMEN or NVIDIA GeForce Experience.
• It's not subject to OMEN’s dynamic optimization / performance profiles.
• Therefore, Windows + NVIDIA + Java are left alone to run things at full potential.

Solution Strategy:

Here’s what you can do now to potentially unlock full performance across all games:

Completely nuke OMEN Gaming Hub (and its services)

• Uninstall OMEN Gaming Hub.
• Go to Services.msc and disable the following if present:
  • OMEN Gaming Hub Service
  • HP System Event Utility
  • HP OMEN HSA Service
  • HP Gaming Performance Controller
• Also check Task Scheduler for any OMEN-related triggers.

➡️ This will prevent OMEN from meddling with app performance detection.

Kill Intel Dynamic Tuning Technology

• Open Device Manager > System Devices > Look for Intel Dynamic Tuning Manager or Intel DTT → Disable it (or uninstall from Programs).
• OR uninstall Intel DTT from Control Panel > Programs and Features.

Try 'tricking' the detection system

If you're not ready to go nuclear just yet, try this intermediate test:Rename the game .exe to something random or javaw.exe (seriously 😄😞

• Copy valorant.exe to valtest.exe or javaw.exe.
• Launch using that — if it bypasses OMEN/NVIDIA detection, it may fully unlock performance.

💡 If performance improves only when renamed, that confirms software-level intervention by HP/OMEN/NVIDIA stack.

Optional: Test with HP Performance Controller Disabled via Registry

If you suspect HP-specific governor is kicking in, try disabling it via registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HpGamingPerformanceService] "Start"=dword:00000004

Then reboot. (This effectively disables the service.)

I hope this helps!

If my response resolves your issue, please click “Accepted Solution” to help others find the answer. Also, don’t forget to click the “Yes” button to say thanks!

Take care and have a great day.

Max3Aj

HP Support

[oakTINO]

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@Max3Aj wrote:

@oakTINO, Thank you for your response. 

Ahhh now that’s a critical insight, and it really helps pinpoint the issue.You're absolutely right to focus on that detail—Minecraft (via Java) hitting max performance while games like Valorant and Roblox (recognized by OMEN Gaming Hub and NVIDIA settings) do not? That says a LOT.

Here's what we can deduce from this:

✅Games not recognized by OMEN/NVIDIA stack = full performance
❌Games recognized by OMEN/NVIDIA = locked-down behavior, low usage, underperforming

Root Cause Hypothesis:

The OMEN Gaming Hub (or an underlying HP/Intel performance controller) is likely mismanaging profiles or power states for any game it identifies through standard app detection.
 

This ties into:

• Intel DTT (Dynamic Tuning Technology) — often meddles with boost behavior on HP devices.
• OMEN Performance Control Service — often overrides Windows/NVIDIA power settings.
• Possibly NVIDIA's Whisper Mode / Optimus interactions only triggering when the app is known.

What makes Minecraft different?

• It runs via javaw.exe → not auto-detected by OMEN or NVIDIA GeForce Experience.
• It's not subject to OMEN’s dynamic optimization / performance profiles.
• Therefore, Windows + NVIDIA + Java are left alone to run things at full potential.

Solution Strategy:

Here’s what you can do now to potentially unlock full performance across all games:

Completely nuke OMEN Gaming Hub (and its services)

• Uninstall OMEN Gaming Hub.
• Go to Services.msc and disable the following if present:
  • OMEN Gaming Hub Service
  • HP System Event Utility
  • HP OMEN HSA Service
  • HP Gaming Performance Controller
• Also check Task Scheduler for any OMEN-related triggers.

➡️This will prevent OMEN from meddling with app performance detection.

Kill Intel Dynamic Tuning Technology

• Open Device Manager > System Devices > Look for Intel Dynamic Tuning Manager or Intel DTT → Disable it (or uninstall from Programs).
• OR uninstall Intel DTT from Control Panel > Programs and Features.

Try 'tricking' the detection system

If you're not ready to go nuclear just yet, try this intermediate test:Rename the game .exe to something random or javaw.exe (seriously 😄😞

• Copy valorant.exe to valtest.exe or javaw.exe.
• Launch using that — if it bypasses OMEN/NVIDIA detection, it may fully unlock performance.

💡If performance improves only when renamed, that confirms software-level intervention by HP/OMEN/NVIDIA stack.

Optional: Test with HP Performance Controller Disabled via Registry

If you suspect HP-specific governor is kicking in, try disabling it via registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HpGamingPerformanceService] "Start"=dword:00000004

Then reboot. (This effectively disables the service.)

I hope this helps!

If my response resolves your issue, please click “Accepted Solution” to help others find the answer. Also, don’t forget to click the “Yes” button to say thanks!

Take care and have a great day.

Max3Aj

HP Support

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Hello, thanks again for replying to my query. I did try disabling and uninstalling the HP services mentionned, Some aren't even in my pc and some are. Still low performance, I've tried to disable the regedit HP performance controller but the path doesn't exist the service in general doesn't exist in my windows. This is getting frustrating since I've been a client in the HP community since 2015 with a small elitebook. Getting this new pc with software issues is really concerning and I found some people on the HP Victus Reddit having the same issue with no solution. Again thanks for helping but im pretty sure this issue must be fixed with some firmware update or bios update on this specific laptop model.

[Max3Aj]

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