What I’ve experienced leaving HT on creates VST performance spikes of 20% or more. Once HT is turned off average VST performance usage stayed the same but the realtime spikes disappeared.
From what I’ve been reading, HT doesn’t benefit realtime processing like DAW’s, except rendering audio files. Running low buffer setting will be a lot more noticeable at high buffer settings
I’m interested in what other people are experiencing with HT on vs HT off.
My setup
Asus z370-A motherboard, 8700k cpu, 32GB ram, NVMe 970 evo 500GB, NVMe 970 EVO 1TB, 2 x seagate 2TB 7200rpm hdd, GTX560, Windows 10 pro, Motu 828mk3 hybrid via pcie firewire and Cubase Pro 9.5.30. Running a 192 buffer at 44.1 with ASIO guard off.