New Battery Tests From Ubuntu

New set of Ubuntu Linux battery power tests from varying Linux vanilla kernels in still looking at the Linux kernel power regression. For a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1110075-AR-NEWBATTER77.

New Battery Tests From UbuntuProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 2.6.36Linux 2.6.37Linux 2.6.38Linux 3.0Linux 3.0.1Linux 3.1Linux 3.1 + ASPMIntel Core i7 Q 720 @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MBConexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Ubuntu 10.102.6.36-020636-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11-devel (git-7074801) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.5 + llvm 2.8 (Ubuntu 2.8-0ubuntu1)ext41600x900NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/950MHz)2.6.37-020637-generic (x86_64)2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz)3.0.0-0300-generic (x86_64)Intel Core i7 Q 720 @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)3.0.1-030001-generic (x86_64)3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64)Intel Core i7 Q 720 @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled. This was running on battery power.

New Battery Tests From Ubuntuopenarena: 1600 x 900c-ray: Total TimeLinux 2.6.36Linux 2.6.37Linux 2.6.38Linux 3.0Linux 3.0.1Linux 3.1Linux 3.1 + ASPM66.90136.5942.77136.4743.17136.79106.57137.03106.57137.16107.47136.84107.63136.75OpenBenchmarking.org

Battery Power Usage

Idle, DPMS Off, Video Playback

MinAvgMaxLinux 2.6.36200372749139934Linux 2.6.37180662561239044Linux 2.6.38266873394444915Linux 3.0264693340944989Linux 3.0.1262453316844645Linux 3.1264933328544857Linux 3.1 + ASPM217262872739893OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsBattery Power UsageIdle, DPMS Off, Video Playback12K24K36K48K60K

Battery Power Usage

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 2.6.36200372751539934Linux 2.6.37180662567739044Linux 2.6.38266873395045084Linux 3.0264693344545006Linux 3.0.1262453318644645Linux 3.1264933331044857Linux 3.1 + ASPM217572876139893OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterBattery Power UsageSystem Power Consumption Monitor12K24K36K48K60K

OpenArena

Resolution: 1600 x 900

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Linux 2.6.36Linux 2.6.37Linux 2.6.38Linux 3.0Linux 3.0.1Linux 3.1Linux 3.1 + ASPM20406080100SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 366.9042.7743.17106.57106.57107.47107.63

OpenArena

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 2.6.36366724270044262Linux 2.6.37354384515147648Linux 2.6.38427255141353694Linux 3.0428954873151082Linux 3.0.1424124839750484Linux 3.1420524906751295Linux 3.1 + ASPM370894455547097OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5System Power Consumption Monitor14K28K42K56K70K

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeLinux 2.6.36Linux 2.6.37Linux 2.6.38Linux 3.0Linux 3.0.1Linux 3.1Linux 3.1 + ASPM306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3136.59136.47136.79137.03137.16136.84136.75

C-Ray

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 2.6.36408296603367739Linux 2.6.37479666519766699Linux 2.6.38447497241474323Linux 3.0431957231674370Linux 3.0.1486277188474399Linux 3.1538647262974820Linux 3.1 + ASPM445536675568586OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1System Power Consumption Monitor20K40K60K80K100K

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

MinAvgMaxLinux 2.6.36200375221667739Linux 2.6.37180665128066699Linux 2.6.38266875855574323Linux 3.0264695905374370Linux 3.0.1262455868174399Linux 3.1264935922674820Linux 3.1 + ASPM217575396368586OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring20K40K60K80K100K

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