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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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
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
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
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 |============
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 |========================================
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 0.8.5
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 |========================================
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 |=====================
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
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
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 0.8.5
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 0.8.5
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
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
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
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 0.8.8
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
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
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 0.8.5
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
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
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
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