AMD Radeon RX480 Linux Overclocking AMDGPU OverDrive overclocking with experimental code for Linux 4.8. Tests by Michael Larabel. Stock: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_mclk_od: 5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_sclk_od: 3: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_mclk_od: 10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_sclk_od: 5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_sclk_od: 4: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 pp_mclk_od: 15: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-rc5-4.8-next-plus-fixes (x86_64) 20160708, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 62.73 |====================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 18.53 |================ pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 63.13 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 10 . 18.50 |================ pp_sclk_od: 4 .. 63.47 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 15 . 18.50 |================ Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 0.39 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 0.14 |==================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 0.39 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 10 . 0.15 |====================== pp_sclk_od: 4 .. 0.36 |==================================================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 0.14 |==================== Dota 2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock .......... MIN: 58 AVG: 159 MAX: 220 pp_mclk_od: 5 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 130 MAX: 155 pp_sclk_od: 3 .. MIN: 54 AVG: 161 MAX: 222 pp_mclk_od: 10 . MIN: 65 AVG: 125 MAX: 156 pp_sclk_od: 4 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 175 MAX: 223 pp_mclk_od: 15 . MIN: 70 AVG: 129 MAX: 159 Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 52.66 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 11.21 |============ pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 52.84 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 10 . 11.19 |============ pp_sclk_od: 4 .. 52.90 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 15 . 11.27 |============ Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 0.26 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 0.08 |================= pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 0.26 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 10 . 0.08 |================= pp_sclk_od: 4 .. 0.26 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 0.08 |================= Metro: Last Light Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock .......... MIN: 57 AVG: 204 MAX: 232 pp_mclk_od: 5 .. MIN: 55 AVG: 145 MAX: 158 pp_sclk_od: 3 .. MIN: 57 AVG: 206 MAX: 233 pp_mclk_od: 10 . MIN: 55 AVG: 143 MAX: 157 pp_sclk_od: 4 .. MIN: 56 AVG: 206 MAX: 232 pp_mclk_od: 15 . MIN: 56 AVG: 149 MAX: 161 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 64.53 |====================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 26.64 |====================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 65.39 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 10 . 26.63 |====================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 26.63 |====================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 0.33 |====================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 0.18 |============================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 0.34 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 10 . 0.18 |============================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 0.18 |============================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock .......... MIN: 57 AVG: 193 MAX: 211 pp_mclk_od: 5 .. MIN: 71 AVG: 148 MAX: 164 pp_sclk_od: 3 .. MIN: 57 AVG: 195 MAX: 216 pp_mclk_od: 10 . MIN: 56 AVG: 147 MAX: 165 pp_mclk_od: 15 . MIN: 57 AVG: 148 MAX: 166 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 65.19 |====================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 28.86 |======================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 65.85 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 10 . 28.83 |======================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 28.86 |======================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 0.34 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 0.19 |=============================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 0.34 |======================================================== pp_mclk_od: 10 . 0.19 |=============================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 0.19 |=============================== Unigine Valley 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Stock .......... MIN: 57 AVG: 194 MAX: 212 pp_mclk_od: 5 .. MIN: 57 AVG: 149 MAX: 167 pp_sclk_od: 3 .. MIN: 57 AVG: 195 MAX: 212 pp_mclk_od: 10 . MIN: 56 AVG: 148 MAX: 166 pp_mclk_od: 15 . MIN: 57 AVG: 149 MAX: 161 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Stock .......... 54.99 |================================================= pp_mclk_od: 5 .. 21.31 |=================== pp_sclk_od: 3 .. 61.80 |======================================================= pp_mclk_od: 10 . 21.29 |=================== pp_mclk_od: 15 . 21.32 |=================== System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Stock .......... MIN: 56 AVG: 176 MAX: 232 pp_mclk_od: 5 .. MIN: 55 AVG: 143 MAX: 167 pp_sclk_od: 3 .. MIN: 54 AVG: 191 MAX: 233 pp_mclk_od: 10 . MIN: 55 AVG: 142 MAX: 166 pp_mclk_od: 15 . MIN: 56 AVG: 144 MAX: 166