Intel Sandy Bridge Laptop Power Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 161C and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 38 AVG: 67 MAX: 81 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 40 AVG: 68 MAX: 81 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 10693 AVG: 33692 MAX: 44342 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 8809 AVG: 32522 MAX: 42659 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ 29.35 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . 29.36 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ 81.77 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . 80.93 |====================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ 61.41 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . 61.40 |====================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 45.0 AVG: 55.8 MAX: 60.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 56.6 MAX: 62.0 OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 49.0 AVG: 58.9 MAX: 65.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 52.0 AVG: 59.9 MAX: 69.0 Xonotic 0.6 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 54.0 AVG: 64.5 MAX: 72.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 64.6 MAX: 70.0 Timed Idle CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 39.0 AVG: 43.4 MAX: 51.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 40.0 AVG: 45.1 MAX: 52.0 C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 55 AVG: 77 MAX: 81 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 57 AVG: 79 MAX: 81 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 55 AVG: 77 MAX: 81 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 55 AVG: 77 MAX: 81 PostMark 1.51 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock . MIN: 52.0 AVG: 63.8 MAX: 68.0 Nexuiz 2.5.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 12819 AVG: 31420 MAX: 35480 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 11174 AVG: 27540 MAX: 33680 OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 10910 AVG: 34366 MAX: 38091 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 10002 AVG: 35319 MAX: 37135 Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 13176 AVG: 36089 MAX: 38706 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 10937 AVG: 34981 MAX: 37572 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 10693 AVG: 11046 MAX: 12969 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 8809 AVG: 9307 MAX: 10635 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 11773 AVG: 37431 MAX: 38260 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 10242 AVG: 36536 MAX: 38708 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ MIN: 14901 AVG: 40477 MAX: 44342 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . MIN: 9030 AVG: 38199 MAX: 42659 PostMark 1.51 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock . MIN: 10860 AVG: 20882 MAX: 29099 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ 115.69 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . 115.63 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Stock ........ 202.06 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - PowerTop 2.1 . 202.81 |=====================================