Intel Ivy Bridge Power Usage Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge benchmarking with Intel Z77 motherboard under Ubuntu Linux when testing the Linux 3.2, 3.4, and 3.5 kernels looking for any power regressions. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . 33.35 |============================================================ Linux 3.4 . 33.28 |============================================================ Linux 3.5 . 33.40 |============================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 3.09 |============================================================= Linux 3.4 . 3.10 |============================================================= Linux 3.5 . 3.07 |============================================================ C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . MIN: 101 AVG: 103 MAX: 104 Linux 3.4 . MIN: 100 AVG: 103 MAX: 104 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 101 AVG: 103 MAX: 104 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . 86.80 |============================================================ Linux 3.4 . 86.73 |============================================================ Linux 3.5 . 86.52 |============================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 1.25 |============================================================ Linux 3.4 . 1.25 |============================================================ Linux 3.5 . 1.28 |============================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . MIN: 47 AVG: 108 MAX: 118 Linux 3.4 . MIN: 45 AVG: 109 MAX: 118 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 64 AVG: 111 MAX: 119 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 274.74 |=========================================================== Linux 3.4 . 272.68 |=========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 273.40 |=========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 2.61 |============================================================= Linux 3.5 . 2.55 |============================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4 . MIN: 96 AVG: 104 MAX: 108 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 106 AVG: 107 MAX: 108 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 111.10 |=========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 111.65 |=========================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 1.38 |============================================================= Linux 3.5 . 1.37 |============================================================= Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4 . MIN: 63 AVG: 80 MAX: 83 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 74 AVG: 81 MAX: 95 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 48.43 |=========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 49.02 |============================================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 0.65 |============================================================ Linux 3.5 . 0.66 |============================================================= Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4 . MIN: 58 AVG: 75 MAX: 79 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 42 AVG: 74 MAX: 76 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 38.98 |========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 40.03 |============================================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 . 0.53 |====================================================== Linux 3.5 . 0.60 |============================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4 . MIN: 68.6 AVG: 73.5 MAX: 75.5 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 38.2 AVG: 67.3 MAX: 76.5 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 25.73 |========================= Linux 3.4 . 28.07 |=========================== Linux 3.5 . 62.38 |============================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 0.37 |========================== Linux 3.4 . 0.38 |=========================== Linux 3.5 . 0.87 |============================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . MIN: 63.2 AVG: 70.4 MAX: 72.4 Linux 3.4 . MIN: 59.5 AVG: 73.1 MAX: 75.1 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 40.3 AVG: 71.5 MAX: 75.1 PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 3174.24 |========================================================== Linux 3.4 . 3149.61 |========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 3121.48 |========================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 3.2 . 59.33 |============================================================ Linux 3.4 . 57.94 |=========================================================== Linux 3.5 . 56.35 |========================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 3.2 . MIN: 39.6 AVG: 53.5 MAX: 62.8 Linux 3.4 . MIN: 39.5 AVG: 54.4 MAX: 63.2 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 39.5 AVG: 55.4 MAX: 63.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Linux 3.2 . MIN: 40 AVG: 78 MAX: 118 Linux 3.4 . MIN: 40 AVG: 75 MAX: 118 Linux 3.5 . MIN: 38 AVG: 75 MAX: 119