Vulkan CPU Driver Scaling Vulkan tests for a future article on Phoronix.com P-State Powersave: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 P-State Performance: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Ondemand: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Performance: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Powersave: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Conservative: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Device 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 169.57 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 167.70 |=============================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 151.00 |=========================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 168.30 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 28.53 |======== CPUFreq Conservative . 142.70 |======================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 0.76 |============================================= P-State Performance .. 0.84 |================================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 0.78 |============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 0.77 |============================================== CPUFreq Powersave .... 0.27 |================ CPUFreq Conservative . 0.77 |============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 158.80 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 158.10 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 144.35 |============================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 158.17 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 26.93 |======== CPUFreq Conservative . 132.53 |======================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 0.56 |=============================================== P-State Performance .. 0.54 |============================================= CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 0.60 |================================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 0.56 |=============================================== CPUFreq Powersave .... 0.22 |================== CPUFreq Conservative . 0.56 |=============================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 218.20 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 217.66 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 211.95 |=============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 217.31 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 217.31 |================================================ CPUFreq Conservative . 217.31 |================================================ Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 82.13 |================================================= P-State Performance .. 82.96 |================================================= CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 80.41 |=============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 81.54 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 81.54 |================================================ CPUFreq Conservative . 81.54 |================================================ Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 217.94 |=============================================== P-State Performance .. 217.51 |=============================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 222.85 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 223.21 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 223.21 |================================================ CPUFreq Conservative . 223.21 |================================================ Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 245.46 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 244.68 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 246.13 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 246.55 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 246.55 |================================================ CPUFreq Conservative . 246.55 |================================================ Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 0.82 |===================== P-State Performance .. 0.84 |===================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 0.85 |===================== CPUFreq Performance .. 0.83 |===================== CPUFreq Powersave .... 2.00 |================================================== CPUFreq Conservative . 0.85 |===================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 334.77 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 335.47 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 329.53 |=============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 334.93 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 105.60 |=============== CPUFreq Conservative . 334.67 |================================================ Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 1.51 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 1.38 |============================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 1.49 |=============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 1.43 |============================================== CPUFreq Powersave .... 0.92 |============================= CPUFreq Conservative . 1.57 |================================================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 99.63 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 100.37 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 100.40 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 99.07 |=============================================== CPUFreq Powersave .... 76.50 |===================================== CPUFreq Conservative . 100.17 |================================================ Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 0.45 |========================================= P-State Performance .. 0.42 |====================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 0.44 |======================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 0.43 |======================================= CPUFreq Powersave .... 0.55 |================================================== CPUFreq Conservative . 0.46 |========================================== Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave .... 201.65 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 201.26 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 194.28 |============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 201.40 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave .... 96.82 |======================= CPUFreq Conservative . 191.32 |============================================== CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent P-State Powersave .... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 18.0 MAX: 36.3 P-State Performance .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 18.4 MAX: 40.6 CPUFreq Ondemand ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 18.6 MAX: 39.3 CPUFreq Performance .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 18.5 MAX: 37.0 CPUFreq Powersave .... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 25.5 MAX: 54.6 CPUFreq Conservative . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 19.3 MAX: 40.9 GPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent P-State Powersave .... MIN: 1 AVG: 66 MAX: 100 P-State Performance .. MIN: 1 AVG: 71 MAX: 100 CPUFreq Ondemand ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 67 MAX: 100 CPUFreq Performance .. MIN: 1 AVG: 69 MAX: 100 CPUFreq Powersave .... MIN: 1 AVG: 19 MAX: 100 CPUFreq Conservative . MIN: 1 AVG: 61 MAX: 100 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts P-State Powersave .... MIN: 43 AVG: 235 MAX: 364 P-State Performance .. MIN: 47 AVG: 243 MAX: 369 CPUFreq Ondemand ..... MIN: 45 AVG: 228 MAX: 366 CPUFreq Performance .. MIN: 46 AVG: 243 MAX: 367 CPUFreq Powersave .... MIN: 43 AVG: 116 MAX: 299 CPUFreq Conservative . MIN: 44 AVG: 223 MAX: 367