Intel Sandy Bridge RC6 Again

A future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel looking at the latest Intel RC6 support as of 11 February. Difference between test runs is rebooting the kernel with i915.i915_enable_rc6= to values of 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7.

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RC6 Disabled

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Standard RC6

Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc2-intelrc6work+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Deep RC6

Deepest RC6

Deep + Deepest RC6

Changed Graphics to Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+).

Intel Sandy Bridge RC6 AgainOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)HP 161CIntel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz)Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+)IDT 92HD81B1X5Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205Ubuntu 12.043.3.0-rc2-intelrc6work+ (x86_64)Unity 5.2.0X Server 1.11.3intel 2.17.03.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2GCC 4.6ext41600x900ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel Sandy Bridge RC6 Again BenchmarksSystem Logs- Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC6Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%106%113%119%LightsmarkNexuizOpenArenaWorld of PadmanVDrift1600 x 9001440 x 900 - No - Off1440 x 9001440 x 9001440 x 900

Intel Sandy Bridge RC6 Againlightsmark: 1600 x 900nexuiz: 1440 x 900 - No - Offvdrift: 1440 x 900openarena: 1440 x 900padman: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC631.9126.7852.6187.5780.9740.0832.9057.8798.3790.9040.1632.9357.8898.6090.6040.1932.8357.7697.8790.2338.1332.8357.7598.6790.20OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed Idle

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled143491556818006Standard RC6108611156113673Deep RC6107201160613457Deepest RC6108171167038728Deep + Deepest RC6102871107612338OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed IdleSystem Power Consumption Monitor10K20K30K40K50K

Lightsmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1600 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC6918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 631.9140.0840.1640.1938.13
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1600 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC6816243240Min: 31.9 / Avg: 31.91 / Max: 31.92Min: 40.04 / Avg: 40.08 / Max: 40.15Min: 40.1 / Avg: 40.16 / Max: 40.22Min: 40.12 / Avg: 40.19 / Max: 40.3Min: 31.89 / Avg: 38.13 / Max: 40.17

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled145022656829192Standard RC6108613380437951Deep RC6107203409437954Deepest RC6108173457638722Deep + Deepest RC6176883190938502OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterLightsmark 2008System Power Consumption Monitor10K20K30K40K50K

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: OffRC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC6816243240SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 326.7832.9032.9332.8332.83
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: OffRC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC6714212835Min: 26.78 / Avg: 26.78 / Max: 26.79Min: 32.88 / Avg: 32.9 / Max: 32.92Min: 32.88 / Avg: 32.93 / Max: 32.95Min: 32.75 / Avg: 32.83 / Max: 32.9Min: 32.73 / Avg: 32.83 / Max: 32.88

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled175992603533813Standard RC6329383407635615Deep RC6346743503435475Deepest RC6111733160435056Deep + Deepest RC6335723479535801OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2System Power Consumption Monitor10K20K30K40K50K

VDrift

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC61326395265SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 352.6157.8757.8857.7657.75
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC61122334455Min: 52.55 / Avg: 52.61 / Max: 52.65Min: 57.78 / Avg: 57.87 / Max: 57.98Min: 57.67 / Avg: 57.88 / Max: 58.04Min: 57.53 / Avg: 57.76 / Max: 57.89Min: 57.63 / Avg: 57.75 / Max: 57.96

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled273192874730013Standard RC6217913689639084Deep RC6249693717039212Deepest RC6274513711739075Deep + Deepest RC6340153640738011OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30System Power Consumption Monitor10K20K30K40K50K

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC620406080100SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 387.5798.3798.6097.8798.67
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC620406080100Min: 86.1 / Avg: 87.57 / Max: 90.2Min: 98.2 / Avg: 98.37 / Max: 98.5Min: 98.4 / Avg: 98.6 / Max: 99Min: 97.6 / Avg: 97.87 / Max: 98.2Min: 98.5 / Avg: 98.67 / Max: 98.9

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled186002870631742Standard RC6300663724640844Deep RC6289473517441349Deepest RC6344583890239544Deep + Deepest RC6368763896839648OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5System Power Consumption Monitor11K22K33K44K55K

World of Padman

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC620406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 380.9790.9090.6090.2390.20
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1440 x 900RC6 DisabledStandard RC6Deep RC6Deepest RC6Deep + Deepest RC620406080100Min: 80.8 / Avg: 80.97 / Max: 81.1Min: 90.8 / Avg: 90.9 / Max: 91Min: 90.4 / Avg: 90.6 / Max: 90.9Min: 90 / Avg: 90.23 / Max: 90.5Min: 90 / Avg: 90.2 / Max: 90.4

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled188602947130971Standard RC6317383952141407Deep RC6312973944742378Deepest RC6297873887042481Deep + Deepest RC6312373857741791OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2System Power Consumption Monitor11K22K33K44K55K

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxRC6 Disabled143492690133813Standard RC6108613417441407Deep RC6107203424642378Deepest RC6108173422742481Deep + Deepest RC6102873316241791OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring11K22K33K44K55K

RC6 Disabled

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Testing initiated at 11 February 2012 13:55 by user phoronix.

Standard RC6

Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc2-intelrc6work+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Testing initiated at 11 February 2012 14:22 by user phoronix.

Deep RC6

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Testing initiated at 11 February 2012 15:00 by user phoronix.

Deepest RC6

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Testing initiated at 11 February 2012 15:26 by user phoronix.

Deep + Deepest RC6

Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc2-intelrc6work+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Testing initiated at 11 February 2012 17:39 by user phoronix.