Linux 3.12 Radeon DPM System Monitor Intel Core i7-4770K testing of Radeon HD 6950 graphics card on Linux 3.11 and 3.12 kernels looking at CPU usage and CPU frequency using MONITOR environment variable with Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Linux 3.12 Radeon DPM System Monitor Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB Realtek ALC1150 VA2431 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.1 X Server 1.14.3 radeon 7.2.0 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-975c6ce) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores) 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - EXA
Linux 3.12 Radeon DPM System Monitor xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1024 x 768 Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 162.40 102.14 325.06 303.61 402.83 171.75 192.00 116.72 346.80 463.44 608.26 225.92 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 5 10 15 20 25 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.33 / Max: 18 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.44 / Max: 9
OpenArena CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.3 12.3 15.5 Linux 3.12 Git 0.5 10.0 13.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
Xonotic CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 2208 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3500 3758 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.7 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Xonotic CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1096 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3500 3816 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.7 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1233 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3500 3669 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1142 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3500 3752 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1374 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3465 3624 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena CPU Frequency Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1636 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3500 3649 3850 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Frequency Monitor 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 5 10 15 20 25 Min: 5 / Avg: 9.78 / Max: 19 Min: 5 / Avg: 8.55 / Max: 17
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 2.31, N = 5 SE +/- 0.32, N = 5 162.40 192.00 MIN: 66 / MAX: 364 MIN: 90 / MAX: 365
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.58, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 102.14 116.72 MIN: 4 MIN: 5
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.63, N = 5 SE +/- 0.70, N = 5 325.06 346.80 MIN: 192 / MAX: 683 MIN: 221 / MAX: 762
Xonotic CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 1.0 11.8 14.3 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 11.0 13.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.7 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
Xonotic CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.0 12.6 13.6 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 12.4 13.9 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.7 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
OpenArena CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.0 11.7 14.8 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 9.5 13.6 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
OpenArena CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.0 11.8 14.9 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 10.5 14.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
OpenArena CPU Usage Monitor Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.1 11.2 14.8 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 6.3 12.8 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Usage Monitor 5 10 15 20 25
CPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 0.0 11.2 15.5 Linux 3.12 Git 0.0 9.3 14.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Percent CPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring 5 10 15 20 25
CPU Frequency Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Min Avg Max Linux 3.11 800 1542 3501 Linux 3.12 Git 3465 3709 3885 OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz CPU Frequency Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 24.58, N = 10 SE +/- 1.34, N = 5 303.61 463.44
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 32.82, N = 10 SE +/- 0.69, N = 5 402.83 608.26
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Linux 3.11 Linux 3.12 Git 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 3.37, N = 10 SE +/- 0.31, N = 5 171.75 225.92 MIN: 2 MIN: 1
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