How to Generate a Battery Report in Windows 10?

Do you want to generate a battery report of your Windows 10 system? Well nowadays, batteries we use for laptops and tablets are made up of lithium which has a long life span. But they do not last long and their performance degrades as the time passes by.

Well, Microsoft does one thing for you it prepares a battery report of your system’s battery which incorporates the detailed information about your system’s battery.

In Windows, the “Powefrcfg” command helps you to generate “Energy Report” which provides you with all the information and recommendations regarding your system’s energy consumption. This information helps you to better understand your battery usage and you can identify how you can extend your battery life.

In this section, we will discuss the steps you should perform to generate a battery report in Windows 10.

Steps to Generate Battery Report in Windows 10:

Steps 1: Type Command prompt in Windows 10 search box and from the displayed result click on the command prompt app.

Step 2: In the Command prompt window type the command ‘powercfg/batteryreport’ this command would generate the report and provides you with the path where the report has been placed.

Step 3: You have to follow the provided path to reach the battery report.

Step 4: Once you locate the battery report (it will be in HTML format), open the report. The report will be opened in the browser window.

In the first section, you’ll get to know about the system name, bios version, date and time of report generation.

The next section informs you about your “installed batteries”. This contains the name, manufacturer, serial number, type and capacity of the battery.

Next section gives you the information about “Recent Usage” of your battery. Basically, it shows the power states over the last three days.

The next section, i.e. “Battery usage” which presents a graph, that shows how your battery drained over time.

Next one is the “Usage History”, this shows the battery duration over a certain period of time.

“Battery capacity history” defines the charge capacity history of the system batteries.

“Battery life estimates” defines the estimated life of the battery, based on observed drains.

So, this is all about the steps you must follow to get a detailed report of your system’s battery. Hope the content is useful. Keep reading.