Compared to other Windows speed optimization programs, this one performed better after I installed it on my machine.
Who hasn't had this experience? When you launch an application, the CPU consumption abruptly increases to about 100%. Windows freezes entirely, making it impossible to click or switch between windows. You must wait for the system to steadily settle. Although it's one of the most frustrating issues, there is an easy fix.
Bitsum's proprietary algorithm, ProBalance, was created especially to address this issue. In order to recover system performance, this technique automatically lowers the priority of programs that are using excessive CPU resources in real-time.
CPUBalance and the whole Process Lasso suite are the two versions of this utility. Better still, it uses only native Windows features, ensuring your computer remains stable when running unmanaged processes in the background.
In fact, based on our experience, this tool improved response times by up to 30 times under heavy CPU load. Therefore, in this article, we will discuss how it works and how to use it.
ProBalance was designed to solve a simple yet effective problem. Windows suffers from a default task scheduler issue where a process using 100% of the CPU can completely freeze the user interface. This can even happen on multi-core systems. When the processor is fully utilized, the operating system struggles to switch between different user tasks.
ProBalance quickly addresses this issue. It monitors processes that consume excessive processor resources. If it detects an abnormal situation, it automatically reduces their CPU access priority from "normal" to "below normal."
In other words, the program doesn't stop the application but rather slows it down permanently. It simply instructs the Windows task scheduler to prioritize critical system tasks, such as mouse commands and user interface stability.
But the best feature is that these changes are temporary and reversible. In other words, once the CPU load decreases, ProBalance automatically reverts the priorities back to normal. So, it's not a permanent solution for poorly optimized applications, but it's perfectly adequate for maintaining system stability before any major crashes occur.
ProBalance's results are hard to believe until you try it yourself. In our tests, opening Chrome under heavy CPU load could take up to 30-40 seconds without ProBalance. But this time it drops to less than one second when the feature is enabled. On 16-core systems, under extreme stress tests, the time drops from 5 to 2 seconds when it's enabled.