Hi Shawn since this is so interesting I thought I'd bring it to your tutorial, maybe someone else is also getting this automatically.

Here is a screenshot of the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics.
As you said your folder is empty, mine is full of them:

Code:

Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report

Computer Name
DESKTOP-TOWER

Scan Time
2016-01-06T08:53:55Z

Scan Duration
60 seconds

System Manufacturer
LENOVO

System Product Name
10130

BIOS Date
07/29/2015

BIOS Version
IEKT34AUS

OS Build
10586

Platform Role
PlatformRoleDesktop

Plugged In
true

Process Count
79

Thread Count
1184

Report GUID
                   {a90723c8-731a-4743-84d3-8c73c579ebf8}


Analysis Results

Errors

Power Policy:Power Plan Personality is High Performance (Plugged In)
The current power plan personality is High Performance when the system is plugged in.



Power Policy:Display timeout disabled (Plugged In)
The display is not configured to turn off after a period of inactivity.



Power Policy:Disk idle is disabled (Plugged In)
The disk is not configured to turn off after a period of disk inactivity.



Power Policy:Minimum processor performance state is 100% (Plugged In)
The processor is not configured to automatically reduce power consumption based on activity.



Power Policy:USB Selective Suspend is disabled (Plugged In)
The current power policy has globally disabled USB selective suspend.



Power Policy:PCI Express ASPM is disabled (Plugged In)
The current power policy for PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM) is configured to Off.



System Availability Requests:System Required Request
The device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.
Requesting Driver Instance
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1002\5&25edd8b1&0&0001

Requesting Driver Device
AMD High Definition Audio Device





System Availability Requests:System Required Request
The device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.
Requesting Driver Instance
USB\VID_046D&PID_0825&MI_02\6&3641a08&0&0002

Requesting Driver Device
HD Webcam C270





System Availability Requests:System Required Request
A kernel component has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.



USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
USB Composite Device

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C31

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_17EF&PID_602D

Port Path
4





USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
Logitech USB Camera (HD Webcam C270)

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C31

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 20, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_046D&PID_0825

Port Path
3





USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
USB Root Hub

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C26

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 29, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_8086&PID_8C26

Port Path






USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
USB Root Hub

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C2D

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_8086&PID_8C2D

Port Path






USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
USB Composite Device

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C2D

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_046D&PID_C52B

Port Path
1,1





USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
Generic USB Hub

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C26

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 29, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_8087&PID_8000

Port Path
1





USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Selective Suspend
This device did not enter the USB Selective Suspend state.  Processor power management may be prevented when this USB device is not in the Selective Suspend state.  Note that this issue will not prevent the system from sleeping.
Device Name
Generic USB Hub

Host Controller ID
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C2D

Host Controller Location
PCI bus 0, device 26, function 0

Device ID
USB\VID_8087&PID_8008

Port Path
1





CPU Utilization:Processor utilization is high
The average processor utilization during the trace was high.  The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low.  Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.
Average Utilization (%)
12.27





Warnings

Platform Timer Resolution:Platform Timer Resolution
The default platform timer resolution is 15.6ms (15625000ns) and should be used whenever the system is idle.  If the timer resolution is increased, processor power management technologies may not be effective.  The timer resolution may be increased due to multimedia playback or graphical animations.
Current Timer Resolution (100ns units)
5000

Maximum Timer Period (100ns units)
156250





Power Policy:Dim timeout is long (Plugged In)
The display is configured to automatically dim after longer than 10 minutes.
Timeout (seconds)
885





Power Policy:Sleep timeout is long (Plugged In)
The computer is configured to automatically sleep after longer than 30 minutes.
Timeout (seconds)
7200





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
RuntimeBroker.exe

PID
2800

Average Utilization (%)
2.13

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
0.51

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.46

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\combase.dll
0.24





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
Microsoft.Photos.exe

PID
1608

Average Utilization (%)
1.46

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.28

\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll
0.26

\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_15.1208.10480.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosApp.Windows.dll
0.17





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
OneDrive.exe

PID
4716

Average Utilization (%)
0.82

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.27

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
0.23

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\wow64cpu.dll
0.10





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
SpeechRuntime.exe

PID
5580

Average Utilization (%)
0.76

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\Speech_OneCore\Common\sapi_onecore.dll
0.63

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll
0.08

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.01





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
System

PID
4

Average Utilization (%)
0.71

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.47

\SystemRoot\system32\hal.dll
0.13

\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys
0.02





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
dwm.exe

PID
5420

Average Utilization (%)
0.67

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.19

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\dwmcore.dll
0.10

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
0.07





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
audiodg.exe

PID
4432

Average Utilization (%)
0.44

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\System32\drivers\USBXHCI.SYS
0.28

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.04

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\AudioEng.dll
0.03





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
svchost.exe

PID
884

Average Utilization (%)
0.35

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
0.12

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.11

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\rpcrt4.dll
0.05





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
HxCalendarAppImm.exe

PID
3936

Average Utilization (%)
0.32

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
0.06

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.05

\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll
0.03





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
SetPoint.exe

PID
4512

Average Utilization (%)
0.29

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.08

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
0.02

\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\atiumd64.dll
0.02





CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.
This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.
Process Name
HxMail.exe

PID
1736

Average Utilization (%)
0.28

                    Module
                    Average Module Utilization (%)

\SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
0.06

\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll
0.05

\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
0.04





Information

Power Policy:Active Power Plan
The current power plan in use
                    Plan Name
                        OEM High Performance

Plan GUID
{8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c}





Power Policy:Power Plan Personality (Plugged In)
The personality of the current power plan when the system is plugged in.
Personality
                        High Performance





Power Policy:802.11 Radio Power Policy is Maximum Performance (Plugged In)
The current power policy for 802.11-compatible wireless network adapters is not configured to use low-power modes.



Power Policy:Video quality (Plugged In)
Enables Windows Media Player to optimize for quality or power savings when playing video.
Quality Mode
                        Optimize for Video Quality





Battery:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found.  No information was returned.



Platform Power Management Capabilities:Supported Sleep States
Sleep states allow the computer to enter low-power modes after a period of inactivity.  The S3 sleep state is the default sleep state for Windows platforms.  The S3 sleep state consumes only enough power to preserve memory contents and allow the computer to resume working quickly.  Very few platforms support the S1 or S2 Sleep states.
S1 Sleep Supported
false

S2 Sleep Supported
false

S3 Sleep Supported
true

S4 Sleep Supported
true





Platform Power Management Capabilities:Connected Standby Support
Connected standby allows the computer to enter a low-power mode in which it is always on and connected. If supported, connected standby is used instead of system sleep states.
Connected Standby Supported
false





Platform Power Management Capabilities:Processor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group
0

Index
0

Idle State Count
2

Idle State Type
ACPI Idle (C) States

Nominal Frequency (MHz)
3000

Maximum Performance Percentage
100

Lowest Performance Percentage
26

Lowest Throttle Percentage
26

Performance Controls Type
ACPI Performance (P) / Throttle (T) States





Platform Power Management Capabilities:Processor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group
0

Index
1

Idle State Count
2

Idle State Type
ACPI Idle (C) States

Nominal Frequency (MHz)
3000

Maximum Performance Percentage
100

Lowest Performance Percentage
26

Lowest Throttle Percentage
26

Performance Controls Type
ACPI Performance (P) / Throttle (T) States





Device Drivers:Analysis Success
Analysis was successful. No energy efficiency problems were found.  No information was returned.

The only thing I can think of is when I run perfmon /report, but I don't run it that much, maybe after a new build but not that often.

Also here is the properties detail tab. Noticed creation date vs modified date, it seems to be an older one:

Hey Cliff,

My folder was still empty even after running the perfmon /report command. Is your Windows 10 a clean install, or did you upgrade to Windows 10?

Brink said:

Hey Cliff,

My folder was still empty even after running the perfmon /report command. Is your Windows 10 a clean install, or did you upgrade to Windows 10?

Clean install and absolutely no OEM bulkware(just the needed drivers). One thing I do run pretty often as part of my maintenance, when cleaning up, is winsat formal with a reboot to have windows check and set it's defaults for my SSD & HDD, but that doesn't have anything to do with power efficiency.
Maybe Samsung Magician created it for RAPID. I have RAPID on, Fast Startup on and both disks set to turn off write cache buffer flushing.

It'll be interesting to find out what is saving there.

Brink said:

It'll be interesting to find out what is saving there.

There is nothing that says what created it in the folder properties either...

Something of interest in Task Manager Scheduler in Computer Management, the triggers tab is empty though, and everything is like a normal system task should be set up:

Here is the tasks XML if that helps you:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>


-<Task xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task" version="1.5">



-<RegistrationInfo>


<Source>Power Efficiency Diagnostics</Source>


<Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>


<Version>1.0</Version>


<Description>This task analyzes the system looking for conditions that may cause high energy use.</Description>


<URI>\Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics\AnalyzeSystem</URI>


<SecurityDescriptor>D:(A;OICI;FA;;;BA)(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)(A;OICI;GR;;;AU)(A;;FRFX;;;LS)</SecurityDescriptor>


</RegistrationInfo>


<Triggers/>



-<Principals>



-<Principal id="LocalSystemAccount">


<UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>


<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>


</Principal>


</Principals>



-<Settings>


<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>


<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>


<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>


<AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>


<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>


<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>



-<IdleSettings>


<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>


<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>


</IdleSettings>


<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>


<Enabled>true</Enabled>


<Hidden>false</Hidden>


<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>


<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>


<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>



-<MaintenanceSettings>


<Period>P1D</Period>


<Deadline>P2D</Deadline>


<Exclusive>true</Exclusive>


</MaintenanceSettings>


<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>


<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT5M</ExecutionTimeLimit>


<Priority>7</Priority>


</Settings>



-<Actions Context="LocalSystemAccount">



-<ComHandler>


<ClassId>{927EA2AF-1C54-43D5-825E-0074CE028EEE}</ClassId>


</ComHandler>


</Actions>


</Task>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>


-<Task xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task" version="1.5">



-<RegistrationInfo>


<Source>Power Efficiency Diagnostics</Source>


<Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>


<Version>1.0</Version>


<Description>This task analyzes the system looking for conditions that may cause high energy use.</Description>


<URI>\Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics\AnalyzeSystem</URI>


<SecurityDescriptor>D:(A;OICI;FA;;;BA)(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)(A;OICI;GR;;;AU)(A;;FRFX;;;LS)</SecurityDescriptor>


</RegistrationInfo>


<Triggers/>



-<Principals>



-<Principal id="LocalSystemAccount">


<UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>


<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>


</Principal>


</Principals>



-<Settings>


<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>


<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>


<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>


<AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>


<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>


<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>



-<IdleSettings>


<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>


<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>


</IdleSettings>


<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>


<Enabled>true</Enabled>


<Hidden>false</Hidden>


<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>


<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>


<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>



-<MaintenanceSettings>


<Period>P1D</Period>


<Deadline>P2D</Deadline>


<Exclusive>true</Exclusive>


</MaintenanceSettings>


<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>


<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT5M</ExecutionTimeLimit>


<Priority>7</Priority>


</Settings>



-<Actions Context="LocalSystemAccount">



-<ComHandler>


<ClassId>{927EA2AF-1C54-43D5-825E-0074CE028EEE}</ClassId>


</ComHandler>


</Actions>


</Task>

I haven't found anything yet that saves to that location. It looks like it's going to be a mystery for a while.