Windows 10: why my laptops battery design capacity lower than FULL CHARGE CAPACITY is it good or bad

why my laptops battery design capacity lower than FULL CHARGE CAPACITY is it good or bad

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Laptop is charging to design capacity, not full charge capacity

I have a laptop (Dell Inspiron 3541) with Windows 10. After running powercfg /batteryreport in PowerShell, I got a battery report (at %userprofile%\battery-report.html). However, the results didn't seem right. Here's a screenshot.





As shown by the battery report, my design capacity is 41,440 mWh, but the full charge capacity is 26,758 mWh (about 65% battery health). However, it also shows that it is charging to design capacity (154%), not full charge capacity.

Some other weird parts of the battery report:




My battery has never drained 80% in 40 minutes. 80% in 140 minutes is a much better estimate.




Over 60 years turned on and on AC in a week? I was running Linux a lot that week, but 60+ years is impossible.

Is this normal (for a Windows battery report)?

 

Design capacity is equal to full charge capacity in battery report

My battery report is acting very weird... it shows the design capacity equal to that of full charge capacity and both are decreasing over time. Can anyone help?

I use my laptop plugged in most of the time.

every week I drain the battery to 10-15% for its health so I shouldn't be getting this problem.

 

Windows 10 battery percentage of design or full charge capacity?

Is the battery indicator in Windows 10 a percentage of the design capacity or the current full charge capacity of the battery ?

ie. if my battery capacity dropped from say, 60mWh to 30mWh from wear, would the indicator show 50% or 100% when the battery is fully charged at its current capacity of 30mWh ?

EDIT: to describe my case, I have an XPS 13 9350 whose battery has a design capacity of 56mWh. over the past few weeks, the battery percentage in windows stops at 55 with "plugged in not charging". running

shows that the current full charge capacity is about 41mWh, meaning at 55% I'm getting about 20mWh on a "full" charge. the surprising thing is Dell Command Power Manager shows my battery to be in excellent health.