diff --git a/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/sysctl.d/65-memory.conf b/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/sysctl.d/65-memory.conf
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-vm.swappiness=180
-vm.watermark_boost_factor=0
-vm.watermark_scale_factor=125
-vm.dirty_bytes=268435456
-vm.dirty_background_bytes=134217728
-vm.page-cluster=0
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diff --git a/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/tuned/balanced/tuned.conf b/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/tuned/balanced/tuned.conf
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+#
+# tuned configuration
+#
+
+[main]
+summary=General non-specialized tuned profile
+
+[modules]
+cpufreq_conservative=+r
+
+[cpu]
+priority=10
+governor=conservative|powersave
+energy_perf_bias=normal
+energy_performance_preference=balance_performance
+boost=1
+
+[acpi]
+platform_profile=balanced
+
+[audio]
+timeout=10
+
+[video]
+radeon_powersave=dpm-balanced, auto
+panel_power_savings=0
+
+[disk]
+# Comma separated list of devices, all devices if commented out.
+# devices=sda
+
+[sysctl]
+# The swappiness parameter controls the tendency of the kernel to move
+# processes out of physical memory and onto the swap disk.
+# 0 tells the kernel to avoid swapping processes out of physical memory
+# for as long as possible
+# 100 tells the kernel to aggressively swap processes out of physical memory
+# and move them to swap cache
+vm.swappiness=180
+
+vm.watermark_boost_factor=0
+vm.watermark_scale_factor=125
+vm.dirty_bytes=268435456
+vm.dirty_background_bytes=134217728
+vm.page-cluster=0
+
+[scsi_host]
+alpm=medium_power
diff --git a/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/tuned/throughput-performance/tuned.conf b/system_files/desktop/shared/usr/lib/tuned/throughput-performance/tuned.conf
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index 00000000..b671c79b
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+#
+# tuned configuration
+#
+
+[main]
+summary=Broadly applicable tuning that provides excellent performance across a variety of common server workloads
+
+[variables]
+thunderx_cpuinfo_regex=CPU part\s+:\s+(0x0?516)|(0x0?af)|(0x0?a[0-3])|(0x0?b8)\b
+
+[cpu]
+governor=performance
+energy_perf_bias=performance
+min_perf_pct=100
+energy_performance_preference=performance
+
+[acpi]
+platform_profile=performance
+
+# Marvell ThunderX
+[vm.thunderx]
+type=vm
+uname_regex=aarch64
+cpuinfo_regex=${thunderx_cpuinfo_regex}
+transparent_hugepages=never
+
+[disk]
+# The default unit for readahead is KiB.  This can be adjusted to sectors
+# by specifying the relevant suffix, eg. (readahead => 8192 s). There must
+# be at least one space between the number and suffix (if suffix is specified).
+readahead=>4096
+
+[sysctl]
+# PID allocation wrap value.  When the kernel's next PID value
+# reaches this value, it wraps back to a minimum PID value.
+# PIDs of value pid_max or larger are not allocated.
+#
+# A suggested value for pid_max is 1024 * <# of cpu cores/threads in system>
+# e.g., a box with 32 cpus, the default of 32768 is reasonable, for 64 cpus,
+# 65536, for 4096 cpus, 4194304 (which is the upper limit possible).
+#kernel.pid_max = 65536
+
+# The swappiness parameter controls the tendency of the kernel to move
+# processes out of physical memory and onto the swap disk.
+# 0 tells the kernel to avoid swapping processes out of physical memory
+# for as long as possible
+# 100 tells the kernel to aggressively swap processes out of physical memory
+# and move them to swap cache
+vm.swappiness=180
+
+vm.watermark_boost_factor=0
+vm.watermark_scale_factor=125
+vm.dirty_bytes=268435456
+vm.dirty_background_bytes=134217728
+vm.page-cluster=0
+
+# The default kernel value 128 was over twenty years old default,
+# kernel-5.4 increased it to 4096, thus do not have it lower than 2048
+# on older kernels
+net.core.somaxconn=>2048
+
+# Marvell ThunderX
+[sysctl.thunderx]
+type=sysctl
+uname_regex=aarch64
+cpuinfo_regex=${thunderx_cpuinfo_regex}
+kernel.numa_balancing=0
+
+[video]
+panel_power_savings=0