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.


Linux 3.11: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-975c6ce) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 3.12 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-975c6ce) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 2.0  AVG: 5.3   MAX: 18.0 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 4.4   MAX: 9.0 


OpenArena 0.8.8
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.3  AVG: 12.3  MAX: 15.5 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.5  AVG: 10.0  MAX: 13.3 


Xonotic 0.7
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 2208  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3500  AVG: 3758  MAX: 3885 


Xonotic 0.7
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1096  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3500  AVG: 3816  MAX: 3885 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1233  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3500  AVG: 3669  MAX: 3885 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1142  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3500  AVG: 3752  MAX: 3885 


OpenArena 0.8.8
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1374  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3465  AVG: 3624  MAX: 3885 


OpenArena 0.8.8
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1636  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3500  AVG: 3649  MAX: 3850 


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 5.0  AVG: 9.8   MAX: 19.0 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 5.0  AVG: 8.6   MAX: 17.0 


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 162.40 |==============================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 192.00 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 102.14 |===============================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 116.72 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 325.06 |===================================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 346.80 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 1.0  AVG: 11.8  MAX: 14.3 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 11.0  MAX: 13.1 


Xonotic 0.7
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.0  AVG: 12.6  MAX: 13.6 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 12.4  MAX: 13.9 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.0  AVG: 11.7  MAX: 14.8 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 9.5   MAX: 13.6 


OpenArena 0.8.5
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.0  AVG: 11.8  MAX: 14.9 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 10.5  MAX: 14.3 


OpenArena 0.8.8
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.1  AVG: 11.2  MAX: 14.8 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 6.3   MAX: 12.8 


CPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 0.0  AVG: 11.2  MAX: 15.5 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 9.3   MAX: 14.3 


CPU Frequency Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megahertz
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 800   AVG: 1542  MAX: 3501 
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3465  AVG: 3709  MAX: 3885 


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 303.61 |===================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 463.44 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 402.83 |====================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 608.26 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.11 ..... 171.75 |=========================================
Linux 3.12 Git . 225.92 |======================================================