⚡ Soda Optimizer

Soda Optimizer is a powerful Windows-based performance optimizer built for gamers, power users, and enthusiasts. It applies deep system-level tweaks, aggressively manages background processes, and ensures complete restoration after gameplay or heavy tasks. Designed with precision and safety in mind, Soda Optimizer improves real-time system responsiveness while monitoring critical performance metrics.

🚀 Core Optimization Features

🔋 Power Management

• Switches to the High Performance power plan.

• Command used: powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

• Automatically restores the original power plan post-optimization.

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🎮 GPU Optimization

NVIDIA

• Enables persistence mode.
• Increases power limit to 125W.

AMD

• Sets GPU to high-performance profile.
• Increases engine clock to 1200MHz.

✅ GPU settings are fully restored after optimization ends.

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🧠 Process Management

An advanced, intelligent system for real-time background process control.

Key Features

• Selective termination of unnecessary background processes.
• Multi-layer protection for critical system components including:
• explorer.exe
• System, svchost.exe, lsass.exe, etc.
• Hardware communication and core Windows services.

Whitelist Management (via whitelist.json)

[
"System",
"smss.exe",
"csrss.exe",
"wininit.exe",
"services.exe",
"lsass.exe",
"svchost.exe",
"dwm.exe",
"TrustedInstaller.exe"
]

Includes 30+ pre-configured Windows core services for protection.

🔁 State-Aware Restoration

• Tracks all terminated process states and their original arguments.
• Automatically relaunches protected processes if terminated.
• Restores explorer.exe without user input if missing.

🛡 Built-In Safety Measures

• Performs system stability checks before terminating any process.
• Analyzes process dependencies to prevent chain failures.
• Guarantees that at least 2 critical core processes remain running.
• Includes a fallback restoration mechanism in case of unexpected failure.

📉 Performance Overhead

• CPU usage: <1% during active monitoring.
• Memory footprint: ~15MB RAM.

🧼 Memory Management

• Clears standby memory to free up cached RAM and reduce clutter.
• Utilizes EmptyStandbyList.exe (must be present in system PATH).
• Helps reduce memory pressure for high-performance tasks.

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💽 Disk Optimization

• Disables built-in Windows defragmentation to reduce background I/O: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction

• Adjusts virtual memory (pagefile) for optimized memory handling:

• Initial size: 1.5 × RAM

• Maximum size: 3 × RAM

• All virtual memory settings are automatically reverted post-session.

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🌐 Network Optimization

Applies advanced TCP/IP stack optimizations for better connection stability and reduced latency:

• Enables:
  • Direct Cache Access (DCA) – Improves memory throughput for network transfers.
  • Receive Side Scaling (RSS) – Distributes network load across CPU cores.
  • CTCP Congestion Control Provider – Enhances TCP performance in high-latency environments.

🔁 All network changes are fully reverted during system restoration.

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🪟 Windows Tweaks

• Disables GameDVR to prevent background recording overhead.
• Disables Fullscreen Optimizations to reduce input lag and improve game responsiveness.
• Registry modified:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

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📊 Real-Time Monitoring Features

Track key performance indicators in real-time for better situational awareness:

• CPU usage
• RAM usage
• GPU usage / temperature (if supported)
• Network latency

🎯 Game Process Tracking

• Monitors active game executables based on a defined whitelist.
• Applies optimizations only while games are running.
• Automatically restores system to original state once all games exit.
• Operates silently in the background without user interference.

🛡️ Safety & Fail-Safes

Soda Optimizer prioritizes system stability with robust recovery mechanisms:

• Creates a full system state backup before applying any optimization.
• Automatically restores all settings and processes when:
  • A game or monitored process exits.
  • The user manually triggers a restore.
  • The script encounters an error or unexpected crash.

⚠️ You’re always just one step away from full restoration.

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🧰 Requirements

To run Soda Optimizer smoothly, make sure your environment meets the following:

• Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Privileges: Administrator access (required for system-level changes)
• Python Version: Python 3.9 or higher
• Python Dependencies: psutil tkinter pywin32
• Additional Tools:
• EmptyStandbyList.exe (must be available in system PATH for memory clearing)