Intel Linux kernel power consumption work up to 8 December 2012 Linux 3.7 kernel. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Linux 3.7 Kernel Intel Power Performance
Intel Linux kernel power consumption work up to 8 December 2012 Linux 3.7 kernel. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
,,"Linux 3.4","Linux 3.5","Linux 3.6","Linux 3.7 2012-12-08"
Processor,,Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)
Motherboard,,HP 161C,HP 161C,HP 161C,HP 161C
Chipset,,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM
Memory,,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB
Disk,,160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160,160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160,160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160,160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160
Graphics,,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP,Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP
Audio,,IDT 92HD81B1X5,IDT 92HD81B1X5,IDT 92HD81B1X5,IDT 92HD81B1X5
Network,,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS,,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10
Kernel,,3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64),3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64),3.7.0-999-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 6.10.0,Unity 6.10.0,Unity 6.10.0,Unity 6.10.0
Display Server,,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.0
Display Driver,,intel 2.20.9,intel 2.20.9,intel 2.20.9,intel 2.20.9
OpenGL,,3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8ad9d42),3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8ad9d42),3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8ad9d42),3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8ad9d42)
Compiler,,GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.1,GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.1,GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.1,GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.1
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,1600x900,1600x900,1600x900,1600x900
,,"Linux 3.4","Linux 3.5","Linux 3.6","Linux 3.7 2012-12-08"
"System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Milliwatts)",,32052.75,30648.67,38267.02,37585.36
"Timed PHP Compilation - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,36569.23,34333.02,44385.8,39625.82
"Timed PHP Compilation - Time To Compile (Performance/Watt)",HIB,0.60,0.56,0.72,0.64
"Timed PHP Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,60.81,61.44,61.83,61.82
"PostgreSQL pgbench - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,21579.41,22367.97,32082.47,31158.93
"PostgreSQL pgbench - TPC-B Transactions Per Second (TPS/Watt)",HIB,145.32,133.54,106.10,106.13
"PostgreSQL pgbench - TPC-B Transactions Per Second (TPS)",HIB,3135.97,2987.04,3403.84,3306.86
"Apache Benchmark - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,37133.8,36371.1,39434.28,44945.08
"Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec/Watt)",HIB,539.65,554.66,486.87,410.38
"Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,20039.31,20173.74,19199.22,18444.48
"PostMark - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,,,,31553.39
"C-Ray - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,37349.49,36746.93,44886.82,44988.13
"C-Ray - Total Time (Performance/Watt)",HIB,0.43,0.42,0.50,0.50
"C-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,86.88,86.81,89.92,89.93
"Warsow - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,33747.02,32356.82,34030.12,33615.38
"Warsow - Resolution: 1600 x 900 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.87,0.98,0.95,0.95
"Warsow - Resolution: 1600 x 900 (FPS)",HIB,29.22,31.86,32.23,32.03
"OpenArena - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,36906.75,35533.17,38833.18,38527.63
"OpenArena - Resolution: 1600 x 900 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.26,2.45,2.24,2.27
"OpenArena - Resolution: 1600 x 900 (FPS)",HIB,83.27,86.90,87.03,87.57
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks - System Power Consumption Monitor (Milliwatts)",LIB,35292.17,33759.1,41444.74,41313.77
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: EP.B (Mop/s/Watt)",HIB,2.80,2.92,2.38,2.39
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: EP.B (Mop/s)",HIB,98.68,98.43,98.83,98.68