Making
systems stoic.™ / 2026
faster.
Windows Performance Suite  ·  2026

stoic.™ — the right path towards perfection. Fast software that strips Windows to the metal, removing legacy weight exactly where it costs you performance.

Fast software.
No excess weight.
Only what serves purpose.
Minimal. Precise. Resilient.

01
Minimal
No excess weight. Only what serves purpose.
02
Precise
Engineered to spec. Measured, not assumed.
03
Resilient
Runs quietly. Fails gracefully. Always.
The Suite

Two tools.
One standard.

Kernel Level · In Development
stoic.™
optimizer.
Display Pipeline · In Development
stoic.™
pulse.
Concept
stoic.™
signal.
Research
stoic.™
void.
Concept
stoic.™
echo.
stoic.™ optimizer

Windows carries decades
of legacy weight. optimizer
strips it to the metal —
removing telemetry, silencing
background churn, tuning
the OS scheduler and I/O
stack for raw performance.

Lightweight by design.
Reversible by default.
No bloat. No registry roulette.
No account.
Just a faster machine.

0.5msTimer resolution
target
100%Changes
reversible
optimizer capabilities

What it
touches.

Kernel Scheduling
Scheduler & timer resolution forced to 0.5ms. MMCSS overrides allocate maximum CPU slices to the active process.
Memory Pipeline
LargeSystemCache, IoPageLockLimit, pagefile fixed to RAM × 1.5. Eliminates stutter from runtime resizing spikes.
Network Stack
TcpAckFrequency=1, TCPNoDelay=1. DSCP EF marking. Disables RSS interrupt coalescing at the NDIS layer.
Telemetry Removal
47 Task Scheduler entries removed. DiagTrack chain disabled. Microsoft diagnostic endpoints blocked at hosts level.
GPU Pipeline
HAGS enabled where beneficial. DX preemption at triangle-level. Driver telemetry stripped from startup.
USB Polling
Peripheral interrupt rates elevated and aligned to monitor refresh cycle for competitive precision.
Restore System
System restore point before every operation. Signed JSON manifest. One-click full rollback at any time.
<2MB Footprint
Zero background processes at idle. Under 2MB. No opinion on your system when not active.
stoic.™ pulse

Beyond
1000Hz.

Black Frame Insertion has existed for years — but always at the cost of VRR or OLED compatibility.

stoic.™ pulse breaks that tradeoff. A software suite that synchronises BFI strobing with your panel's variable refresh pipeline, delivering perceived motion clarity equivalent to 1000Hz or beyond — on the display you already own.

OLED. QD-OLED. IPS. TN. VA.
No account. No subscription.
If it refreshes, pulse can enhance it.

1000+Perceived Hz
equivalent
0msAdded input
latency
∞VRR range
compatibility
TN VA
IPS OLEDPanel types
supported
VRR-Synchronised BFI
Monitors VRR signal via DXGI output statistics API. Injects black frames in sync with the display's blanking interval. G-Sync and FreeSync compatible.
OLED & QD-OLED Native
OLED sub-0.1ms pixel response exploited at sub-millisecond precision. Hold time cut to 30–50%. Adaptive brightness compensation recovers lost luminance.
Zero Added Input Latency
Strobe injection occurs during the display blanking period. Input sampling, GPU rendering, and frame delivery are completely unmodified.
Per-Application Profiles
Profiles stored as signed JSON. Auto-switch triggered by process name via WMI event subscription. Profile transitions are sub-frame.
On the horizon

Six dimensions.
One philosophy.

Concept
echo.™
Silicon biometric profiling
Profiles your specific CPU die — not your chip model, your physical chip. Maps core-to-core variance, thermal behaviour, and boost binning to a per-silicon optimisation profile unique to your hardware.
Concept
signal.™
HID output latency reduction
Reduces input-to-photon latency at the HID driver layer. Designed for sim racing, fighting games, and competitive FPS — where the gap between input and response is measured in milliseconds that matter.
Research
rhythm.™
Psychophysical display calibration
Calibrates the entire display pipeline to your individual visual neurology. Maps your personal flicker fusion threshold, motion sensitivity, and colour perception. No preset can replicate it.
Concept
prelude.™
UEFI pre-boot optimisation
Optimises your system before Windows even loads. Configures UEFI memory training, disables unused firmware subsystems, and reduces boot-to-desktop time by stripping pre-OS overhead at firmware level.
Research
fabric.™
Distributed local compute mesh
Zero-configuration mesh that distributes game workloads across all idle devices you own on the same network. Offloads physics, AI, and background simulation to your laptop or NAS — transparently.
Research
void.™
Type-1 hypervisor gaming layer
A thin Type-1 hypervisor that runs Windows inside a near-bare-metal VM partition, eliminating OS scheduling interference from the game's critical path with minimal virtualisation overhead.
Manifesto

Built by a single developer
from Italy. No VC. No team.
Only craft, precision,
and a deep love of the kernel.

optimizer · pulse · signal
void · echo · rhythm
fabric · prelude

2026
stoicsoftware
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