Radeon HD 4870 Power Perf
Radeon HD 4870 power management testing under Linux for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Default: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-1bb59b3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Doom 3 1.3.1
GPU Usage Monitor
Fences/s < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 190  AVG: 536   MAX: 1573 


OpenArena 0.8.5
GPU Usage Monitor
Fences/s < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 20  AVG: 760   MAX: 990 


Warsow 0.61
GPU Usage Monitor
Fences/s < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 29  AVG: 174   MAX: 1278 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
GPU Usage Monitor
Fences/s < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 46.2  MAX: 49.0 


Doom 3 1.3.1
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 1750  MAX: 3301 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 2278  MAX: 3301 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 0.3  AVG: 24.1  MAX: 27.8 


Warsow 0.61
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 2.5  AVG: 6.3   MAX: 27.0 


Timed Idle
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 53.5  AVG: 66.1  MAX: 75.5 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 77  AVG: 79  MAX: 80 


OpenArena 0.8.5
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 78  AVG: 80  MAX: 81 


Doom 3 1.3.1
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 79  AVG: 80  MAX: 81 


Warsow 0.61
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 79  AVG: 80  MAX: 81 


Doom 3 1.3.1
GPU Voltage Monitor
mV < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


Doom 3 1.3.1
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Default . 53.80 |==============================================================


Warsow 0.61
GPU Voltage Monitor
mV < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


Warsow 0.61
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


Warsow 0.61
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 1600  MAX: 1600 


Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Default . 30.53 |==============================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
GPU Voltage Monitor
mV < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


OpenArena 0.8.5
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 1600  MAX: 1600 


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Default . 171.93 |=============================================================


1080p H.264 Video Playback
GPU Voltage Monitor
mV < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


Timed Idle
GPU Voltage Monitor
mV < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


Timed Idle
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


Timed Idle
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 1600  MAX: 1600 


Doom 3 1.3.1
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 20.2  MAX: 26.0 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 7.3   MAX: 14.1 


Timed Idle
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Default . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 0.5 


GPU Voltage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
mV
Default . MIN: 1263  AVG: 1263  MAX: 1263 


GPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Fences/s
Default . MIN: 2  AVG: 200   MAX: 1573 


GPU Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
Default . MIN: 53  AVG: 78  MAX: 81 


GPU Frequency Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megahertz
Default . MIN: 750  AVG: 750  MAX: 750 


CPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
Default . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 8.0   MAX: 27.8 


CPU Frequency Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megahertz
Default . MIN: 1600  AVG: 1834  MAX: 3301 


1080p H.264 Video Playback
Video Decoding: X-Video
Percent
Default . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 7.1   MAX: 14.1