Intel Linux 3.11 Kernel Power Consumption

Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 for a future article on phoronix.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1307280-SO-INTELLINU79&sro&grs.

Intel Linux 3.11 Kernel Power ConsumptionProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 3.9Linux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitIntel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Ubuntu 13.103.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.14.2nouveau 1.0.83.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8ext41600x9003.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64)3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- EXASystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. This was running on battery power.

Intel Linux 3.11 Kernel Power Consumptionpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancex264: H.264 Video Encodingffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVxonotic: 1600 x 900 - Lowopenarena: 1600 x 900Linux 3.9Linux 3.10Linux 3.11 Git188456.3739.5297.83121.13161654.8240.1098.10121.13161254.5240.1498.70121.50OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10226864014053145Linux 3.11 Git288214572658368Linux 3.9303185130859856OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is Betterx264 2013-06-08System Power Consumption Monitor16K32K48K64K80K

FFmpeg

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10231653941045264Linux 3.11 Git276464058746382Linux 3.9283734358750357OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0System Power Consumption Monitor13K26K39K52K65K

Xonotic

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10225874379945836Linux 3.11 Git212694372845513Linux 3.9271744438846135OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7System Power Consumption Monitor12K24K36K48K60K

PostMark

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10223113521035863Linux 3.11 Git222683300635911Linux 3.9273603901541199OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterPostMark 1.51System Power Consumption Monitor11K22K33K44K55K

OpenArena

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10266644337847304Linux 3.11 Git269684314047103Linux 3.9272144416647812OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5System Power Consumption Monitor12K24K36K48K60K

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video EncodingLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.90.30830.61660.92491.23321.54151.371.191.10

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.9400800120016002000SE +/- 9.13, N = 3SE +/- 6.06, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 31616161218841. (CC) gcc options: -O3

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.90.24750.4950.74250.991.23750.981.011.10

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS Per Watt, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.9112233445545.9048.8448.29

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video EncodingLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.91326395265SE +/- 0.13, N = 5SE +/- 0.12, N = 5SE +/- 0.66, N = 1054.8254.5256.371. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

OpenArena

Resolution: 1600 x 900

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Linux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.90.63451.2691.90352.5383.17252.792.822.74

Xonotic

Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: LowLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.90.50851.0171.52552.0342.54252.242.262.20

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.9918273645SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 340.1040.1439.521. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lXv -lX11 -lXext -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

Xonotic

Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: LowLinux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.920406080100SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 398.1098.7097.83MIN: 68 / MAX: 156MIN: 69 / MAX: 159MIN: 66 / MAX: 156

OpenArena

Resolution: 1600 x 900

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Linux 3.10Linux 3.11 GitLinux 3.9306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3121.13121.50121.13

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

MinAvgMaxLinux 3.10223113861653145Linux 3.11 Git194133821258368Linux 3.9268434226359856OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring16K32K48K64K80K

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