Linux 3.12 Radeon DPM System Monitor CPU Governors

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. Now with CPUfreq performance governor on Linux 3.12 too.

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Linux 3.12 Radeon DPM System Monitor CPU Governors 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. Now with CPUfreq performance governor on Linux 3.12 too. 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance: 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 NVS 4200M: Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 032T9K, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: NVS 4200M 512MB (740/800MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.49, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3500 AVG: 3742 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3500 AVG: 3821 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3465 AVG: 3645 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3500 AVG: 3753 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3500 AVG: 3636 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3500 AVG: 3662 MAX: 3885 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 17.0 NVS 4200M .................... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 7.2 MAX: 13.0 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 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 191.79 |======================================== NVS 4200M .................... 46.28 |========== 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 9.0 NVS 4200M .................... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 14.3 MAX: 23.0 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 10.6 MAX: 14.0 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 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 345.48 |======================================== NVS 4200M .................... 185.86 |===================== 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 |================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 116.82 |================================== NVS 4200M .................... 139.23 |======================================== 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 12.9 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 12.4 MAX: 13.7 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 12.7 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 12.6 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 13.4 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 14.0 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 Linux 3.12 Git - performance . MIN: 3465 AVG: 3707 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 |====================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 463.86 |====================================== NVS 4200M .................... 486.60 |======================================== 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 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 605.58 |======================================== NVS 4200M .................... 258.10 |================= 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 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git - performance . 226.64 |======================================== NVS 4200M .................... 69.77 |============