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 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 |======================================== 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 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 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 |================================= 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 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 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 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 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 |========================================== 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 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 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 |=========================================== 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 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 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 |================================ 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 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 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 |================================== 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 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 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 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