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Topic: TotalMix FX increases idle power consumption on Ryzen 5000 system

On my new workstation with Ryzen 5950X, Babyface Pro and ARC USB, the idle power consumption increases by about 9-10W when TotalMix FX is running. As soon as I exit TotalMix via the task bar, the comsumption drops immediately although the interface is still connected. It does not matter which power saving plan is set. To me, it looks like TotalMix is preventing the CPU from getting into deeper sleep states. I can not observe this behavior on my Lenovo P53 laptop with Intel CPU. Has anyone already observed something similar on a Ryzen 5000 system?

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Re: TotalMix FX increases idle power consumption on Ryzen 5000 system

I'm on a Ryzen 3950x setup with a UFX.  When I'm mining with my Nvidia GPUs, I see a significant performance drop there when TotalMix is open, even (IIRC) when it's minimized.  It only goes away if I close it back to the notification tray.

I think that TotalMix's UI graphics are relatively unoptimized (remember it's updating the meters all the time), and this taxes your GPU (or on-board graphics) and at least partially accounts for the increased power draw.  I've not noticed other UIs do this as much.

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Re: TotalMix FX increases idle power consumption on Ryzen 5000 system

Thanks for sharing your own observations. I also use an Nvidia card (GTX 1650 KalmX) but its power draw seems not to be affected by TotalMix, at least HWMonitor indicates an idle GPU power draw of about 7.5 W regardless of whether TM is running. Btw. all drivers and firmware are up-to-date.

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Re: TotalMix FX increases idle power consumption on Ryzen 5000 system

How are you measuring the overall power consumption, with a watt meter?  I have one here and will check when I get out the the mess of recovering from a hard drive glitch.

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Re: TotalMix FX increases idle power consumption on Ryzen 5000 system

Yes, I use this one: https://de.elv.com/elv-energy-master-ex … aet-104603
In my experience, this device is reliable and provides constant and reproducible values. Good luck fixing your hard drive problem!