Hi,
This a basic script for speed your render with Cycles.
I created it to help beginners with Blender.
Time with default blender settings (CPU):
Time with “Speed My Render” settings (CPU):
Nice idea for a script 
Wish this was about when i first started using blender a couple of years back 
What optimisations does it do? samples? bounce count? tile size? render dimensions? auto set performance settings i.e spatial splits and save buffers? does it automatically turn of strand rendering and hair bvh in the scene if there are no particle systems present?
Looking at the code, it just set branched PT and each lamp in the scene to max 3 bounces
@ Jamie B : right now, i use branched Path Racing. with some settings.
Yes it’s basic. i added new settings (again basic). The beginners that start blender for first time, don’t know basic functions. Later, i will add others possibilies. I think to Denoising 
Hi. What do you mean by add denoising to the addon? Any compositing node configuration?
I guess it means denoising as in Lukas GSOC patch, once it will be in
Works this with the new daily builds , because they have changed a few things ? :eyebrowlift:
Good idea. Thanks and good luck
Hi,
For a beginner this can be very useful :eyebrowlift: . . .but I think it is better to use the flexibility of the presets.
The presets are easy to use and allows you to refine your own settings.