XTUservice GL703GS

[snuffpig]

Hi,

I've bought this lovely laptop and I've noticed the XTUservice taking up about 0.3% (fluctuating) of the CPU on idle.

I'm not doing any overclocking of any kind.

What is this service doing for me and my laptop? Why is it preinstalled?

[Queen6]

Likely it's an aspect of the ROG Gaming Centre with the XTU service just reading out some of the CPU registers frequency etc. my own GL703GS is the same.

Q-6

[snuffpig]

You were spot on! I disabled XTUservice and then the values stopped being ready by the gaming centre.

I've left it disabled so I see no reason to sacrifice 0.3% of CPU for it.

[Queen6]

I'd check to see if the TDP down feature still works AKA Silent mode as this drops the CPU from a longterm Turbo max of 45W to 35W helping to keep the notebook cooler & quieter.

Q-6

[snuffpig]

I've just checked and it's working 🙂