Calxeda ARM Server Sensor Monitoring
Testing out the node power and SoC temperatures of a Calxeda node as exposed over IPMI and automatically monitored via the Phoronix Test Suite. Tests on both 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz nodes. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com.


1.1GHz Calxeda Node: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4

1.4GHz Calxeda Node: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4

1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4


System Power Consumption Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Watts
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 4.0  MAX: 5.1 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.1  AVG: 6.4  MAX: 8.1 


CPU Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0  AVG: 35.9  MAX: 38.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 40.0  AVG: 44.7  MAX: 49.0 


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 3.7  MAX: 4.1 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2  AVG: 5.8  MAX: 6.0 


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 35.0  AVG: 35.3  MAX: 36.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0  AVG: 42.8  MAX: 44.0 


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 4.18 |=================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 5.38 |===========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 4.20 |==================================


FFTE 5.0
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 3.6  MAX: 3.8 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2  AVG: 5.5  MAX: 5.8 


FFTE 5.0
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0  AVG: 34.9  MAX: 35.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0  AVG: 42.4  MAX: 43.0 


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 507.06 |================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 644.79 |=========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 507.17 |================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 3.7  MAX: 4.3 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2  AVG: 5.8  MAX: 6.7 


POV-Ray 3.6.1
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0  AVG: 35.0  MAX: 36.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 42.0  AVG: 42.8  MAX: 44.0 


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 5450 |==========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 4315 |=================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 5595 |===========================================


Smallpt 1.0
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 4.3  MAX: 4.6 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.3  AVG: 7.0  MAX: 7.5 


Smallpt 1.0
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 36.0  AVG: 37.0  MAX: 38.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 44.0  AVG: 47.2  MAX: 49.0 


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 1337 |===========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 1036 |=================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 1312 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 3.4  MAX: 4.0 


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0  AVG: 34.3  MAX: 35.0 


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 4.4  MAX: 5.1 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.2  AVG: 7.2  MAX: 8.1 


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 35.0  AVG: 36.9  MAX: 37.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 41.0  AVG: 46.5  MAX: 48.0 


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 4184.04 |================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 5210.94 |========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 4339.63 |=================================


C-Ray 1.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 3.4  AVG: 4.2  MAX: 4.4 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 5.1  AVG: 6.8  MAX: 7.3 


C-Ray 1.1
CPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 34.0  AVG: 36.8  MAX: 37.0 
1.4GHz Calxeda Node . MIN: 40.0  AVG: 45.4  MAX: 46.0 


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
1.1GHz Calxeda Node ......... 392.28 |=========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Node ......... 305.15 |================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Linaro 13.01 . 386.45 |========================================