Linux 3.15 CPUfreq + Intel P-State

Intel ACPI cpufreq and Intel P-State driver benchmarks plus of various scaling governors. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Linux 3.15 CPUfreq + Intel P-StateOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (12 Cores)Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores)MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon8192MB1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBIntel C600/X79DELL S2409WRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.15.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1radeon 7.3.03.3 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.2ext41920x1080ProcessorsMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 3.15 CPUfreq + Intel P-State BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Intel P-State - Performance: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Intel P-State - Powersave: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq conservative - ACPI cpufreq - Performance: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance - EXA- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Intel P-State - PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - ConservativeACPI cpufreq - PerformanceLogarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteC-RayParallel BZIP2 CompressionOpenSSLTimed Linux Kernel CompilationXonoticApache BenchmarkPostMarkGraphicsMagickx264Unigine Tropics

Intel P-State - PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - ConservativeACPI cpufreq - PerformanceLogarithmic Per Watt Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteC-RayTimed Linux Kernel CompilationParallel BZIP2 CompressionOpenSSLApache BenchmarkXonoticUnigine Tropicsx264PostMarkGraphicsMagickP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.MP.W.G.M

Linux 3.15 CPUfreq + Intel P-Stateunigine-tropics: 1280 x 1024xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimatex264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Resizingapache: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File CompressionIntel P-State - PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - ConservativeACPI cpufreq - Performance40.46269.3865.48233.2916917700.01891.67405458.7417.315.0140.39204.8549.54229.6418317602.56890.604464121.7218.986.0940.49257.4659.27240.3118317000.49891.20441158.3717.285.0340.36273.0754.92228.8118314712.59391.804464122.9184.9612.5140.47288.5065.78237.5018316740.50820.804464119.0819.199.27OpenBenchmarking.org

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave165.0203.9286.3Intel P-State - Performance171.3214.1300.7ACPI cpufreq - Performance171.5215.2289.6ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand163.1210.8299.7ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative164.0203.1287.6OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring80160240320400

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024Intel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 340.3940.4640.4740.4940.36

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative60120180240300SE +/- 5.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 4.72, N = 3204.85269.38288.50257.46273.07MIN: 88 / MAX: 436MIN: 151 / MAX: 454MIN: 168 / MAX: 466MIN: 148 / MAX: 437MIN: 116 / MAX: 464

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024Intel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.04730.09460.14190.18920.23650.210.200.190.200.20

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative1530456075SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 349.5465.4865.7859.2754.92MIN: 16 / MAX: 113MIN: 27 / MAX: 127MIN: 27 / MAX: 125MIN: 23 / MAX: 123MIN: 17 / MAX: 121

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative50100150200250SE +/- 3.22, N = 5SE +/- 9.73, N = 5SE +/- 2.26, N = 5SE +/- 2.31, N = 5SE +/- 8.33, N = 5229.64233.29237.50240.31228.811. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.30150.6030.90451.2061.50751.061.311.341.241.29

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.06980.13960.20940.27920.3490.270.310.310.300.29

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.23630.47260.70890.94521.18151.030.960.961.051.01

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute Per Watt, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: ResizingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.19350.3870.58050.7740.96750.860.830.860.860.86

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: ResizingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 31831691831831831. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative1.09352.1873.28054.3745.46751.894.861.944.811.86

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative4812162014.2015.9213.4815.912.36

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative102030405038.5043.1221.9437.3716.80

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative2040608010075.1474.8971.5572.6162.16

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 25.79, N = 3SE +/- 83.06, N = 3SE +/- 1056.44, N = 3SE +/- 131.99, N = 3SE +/- 200.42, N = 317602.5617700.0116740.5017000.4914712.591. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative2004006008001000SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 19.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 242.35, N = 3890.60891.67820.80891.20391.801. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative0.73351.4672.20052.9343.66753.233.122.953.261.80

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS Per Watt, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative51015202522.3921.4122.2221.9622.23

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative10002000300040005000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 22.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 26.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3446440544464441144641. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative306090120150SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.30, N = 3121.7258.74119.0858.37122.91

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative20406080100SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 5.05, N = 318.9817.3119.1917.2884.961. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionIntel P-State - PowersaveIntel P-State - PerformanceACPI cpufreq - PerformanceACPI CPUfreq - OndemandACPI CPUfreq - Conservative3691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 3.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 36.095.019.275.0312.511. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

PostMark

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave180.0199.4201.6Intel P-State - Performance177.0189.3191.1ACPI cpufreq - Performance200.5200.9201.5ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand199.7200.8201.4ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative183.9200.8203.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterPostMark 1.51System Power Consumption Monitor50100150200250

Unigine Tropics

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave170.3196.1202.1Intel P-State - Performance185.1207.2223.8ACPI cpufreq - Performance197.1211.5225.9ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand187.3200.8209.0ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative173.3197.2206.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

Xonotic

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave166.8192.5221.2Intel P-State - Performance185.5205.7215.1ACPI cpufreq - Performance183.3214.8220.7ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand172.1207.0219.3ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative170.0211.7221.4OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave170.1186.4199.1Intel P-State - Performance186.1209.0214.3ACPI cpufreq - Performance199.2213.3222.8ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand172.7198.7208.2ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative164.0191.0205.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

x264

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave168.4222.3284.9Intel P-State - Performance172.9242.1289.8ACPI cpufreq - Performance177.0247.7289.6ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand176.6228.0292.2ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative183.5226.2287.6OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is Betterx264 2014-01-09System Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

GraphicsMagick

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave185.3212.6214.8Intel P-State - Performance183.9203.1209.1ACPI cpufreq - Performance213.0213.6214.1ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand213.3213.8214.3ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative184.5212.6215.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave165.0230.4254.5Intel P-State - Performance186.9285.3300.7ACPI cpufreq - Performance176.8231.5256.7ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand183.1280.6299.7ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative167.7228.6255.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1System Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400

C-Ray

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave261.8269.5271.7Intel P-State - Performance275.2275.6275.9ACPI cpufreq - Performance194.4258.8269.3ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand274.3274.9275.3ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative195.9200.2269.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1System Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave196.0234.5279.7Intel P-State - Performance173.4216.0283.3ACPI cpufreq - Performance176.6203.4279.2ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand176.6188.0195.7ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative183.5210.1276.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6System Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

OpenSSL

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave176.4275.3286.3Intel P-State - Performance284.8285.6286.4ACPI cpufreq - Performance275.6277.9281.6ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand176.4273.7286.5ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative175.4217.2282.6OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gSystem Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

Apache Benchmark

MinAvgMaxIntel P-State - Powersave169.3234.3242.2Intel P-State - Performance172.9236.4242.9ACPI cpufreq - Performance175.4234.0242.8ACPI CPUfreq - Ondemand167.7234.1241.8ACPI CPUfreq - Conservative232.5236.7238.0OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7System Power Consumption Monitor60120180240300