An interesting tip: Disable the E-Cores in the UEFI/BIOS setup (if available).
→ some tests have shown that tasks which are not in focus and run in background, such as rendering jobs, minimized windows or real-time audio tasks, could end up on the much slower E-Cores. And can lead to audio dropouts and reduced performance.
So what are “E-Cores”? Systems with hybrid-architecture CPUs are utilizing performance cores (P-Cores) and efficiency cores (E-Cores), such as the 12th Gen Intel® Core Alder Lake or newer.
Note: if such an option is not available in UEFI, as a workaround, one can set up the CPU Affinity for an app using the Task Manager or a 3rd party app, such as Process Lasso.