Linux 3.13 CPU Governors

Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at CPU governor performance on Linux 3.13 with Haswell and P-State.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1312136-SO-LINUX313C65.

Linux 3.13 CPU GovernorsProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionperformancepowersaveIntel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz)Intel Haswell HDMIRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.4intel 2.99.9043.3 Mesa 10.0.0GCC 4.8ext41920x1080OpenBenchmarking.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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- performance: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- powersave: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- SNA

Linux 3.13 CPU Governorsdoom3: 1920 x 1080 - Highopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080prey: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highx264: H.264 Video Encodingc-ray: Total Timeencode-mp3: WAV To MP3performancepowersave49.57141.5025.2028.1387.90125.6755.58204.7019.2211.6149.53141.3725.5728.1388.50124.9655.17201.2219.2510.89OpenBenchmarking.org

Doom 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Highperformancepowersave1122334455SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 349.5749.53

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080performancepowersave306090120150SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3141.50141.37

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080performancepowersave612182430SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 325.2025.57MIN: 2 / MAX: 3802MIN: 2 / MAX: 87

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Timeperformancepowersave1632486480Min: 2 / Avg: 39.47 / Max: 87Min: 2 / Avg: 39.1 / Max: 87

Prey

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPrey 1.4.119Resolution: 1920 x 1080performancepowersave714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 328.1328.13

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1920 x 1080performancepowersave20406080100SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 387.9088.50

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Timeperformancepowersave510152025Min: 2 / Avg: 11.2 / Max: 21Min: 3 / Avg: 11.32 / Max: 20

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Lowperformancepowersave306090120150SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3125.67124.96MIN: 67 / MAX: 177MIN: 66 / MAX: 177

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Highperformancepowersave1224364860SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 355.5855.17MIN: 31 / MAX: 71MIN: 30 / MAX: 71

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingperformancepowersave4080120160200SE +/- 0.89, N = 5SE +/- 2.16, N = 5204.70201.221. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timeperformancepowersave510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 319.2219.251. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3performancepowersave3691215SE +/- 0.29, N = 10SE +/- 0.01, N = 511.6110.891. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

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