| Option Category | # # CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option balances MAME's CPU usage with the rest of your system if it can. This allows any background processes or other running programs to get some CPU time. |
| Full Command | -sleep |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | -nosleep |
| Example | mame64.exe pacman -throttle -sleep |
| mame.ini Command | sleep |
| Command Default | 1 |
| Argument Format | <boolean> |