Calxeda ARM Server Sensor Monitoring Testing out the node power and SoC temperatures of a Calxeda node as exposed over IPMI and automatically monitored via the Phoronix Test Suite. Tests on both 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz nodes. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com. 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 nebtestbench: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Freescale i.MX 6Quad Sabre-Lite Board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 32GB SATA SSD + 4GB + 4GB SU04G OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.0.35-1968-gd3f7f36 (armv7l), File-System: ext3 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 392.28 |========================= 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 305.15 |=================== nebtestbench ........ 782.04 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 36.8 MAX: 37.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 45.4 MAX: 46.0 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 4.4 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.1 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 7.3 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4184.04 |======================================= 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5210.94 |================================================ nebtestbench ........ 2355.53 |====================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 36.9 MAX: 37.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 48.0 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 5.1 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2 AVG: 7.2 MAX: 8.1 PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 34.3 MAX: 35.0 PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 4.0 Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1337 |===================================== 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1036 |============================ nebtestbench ........ 1865 |=================================================== Smallpt 1.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 37.0 MAX: 38.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 47.2 MAX: 49.0 Smallpt 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 4.6 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.3 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 7.5 POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 5450 |================================= 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4315 |========================== nebtestbench ........ 8497 |=================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 35.0 MAX: 36.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 44.0 POV-Ray 3.6.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 4.3 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 6.7 FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 507.06 |======================================= 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 644.79 |================================================= FFTE 5.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 34.9 MAX: 35.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 42.4 MAX: 43.0 FFTE 5.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 3.6 MAX: 3.8 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 5.8 OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.18 |======================================== 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.38 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 36.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 44.0 OpenSSL 1.0.0e System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 4.1 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 6.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 35.9 MAX: 38.0 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 44.7 MAX: 49.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 5.1 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.1 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 8.1 C-Ray 1.1 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 792 AVG: 792 MAX: 792 C-Ray 1.1 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 18 AVG: 99 MAX: 100 C-Ray 1.1 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 335 AVG: 337 MAX: 344 C-Ray 1.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 99 AVG: 99 MAX: 99 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 792 AVG: 792 MAX: 792 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 43.6 MAX: 57.9 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 345 AVG: 528 MAX: 710 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Iowait Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 25.0 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 99 AVG: 99 MAX: 99 Smallpt 1.0 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 792 AVG: 792 MAX: 792 Smallpt 1.0 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 4 AVG: 100 MAX: 100 Smallpt 1.0 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 346 AVG: 354 MAX: 360 Smallpt 1.0 System Iowait Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.0 MAX: 4.2 Smallpt 1.0 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 99 AVG: 99 MAX: 99 POV-Ray 3.6.1 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 792 AVG: 792 MAX: 792 POV-Ray 3.6.1 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 25.0 AVG: 25.0 MAX: 28.2 POV-Ray 3.6.1 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 360 AVG: 365 MAX: 370 POV-Ray 3.6.1 System Iowait Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.0 MAX: 7.4 POV-Ray 3.6.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better nebtestbench . MIN: 85 AVG: 87 MAX: 99 CPU Frequency Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megahertz nebtestbench . MIN: 792 AVG: 792 MAX: 792 CPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent nebtestbench . MIN: 0 AVG: 59 MAX: 100 Memory Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megabytes nebtestbench . MIN: 335 AVG: 367 MAX: 710 System Iowait Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent nebtestbench . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.1 MAX: 25.0 System Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius nebtestbench . MIN: 77 AVG: 93 MAX: 99