Ubuntu 14.04 PowerTOP 2.6 Power Testing

PowerTOP 2.6 testing of an ASUS Zenbook Prime UX32VDA ultrabook on Ubuntu 14.04 to see the battery power savings with the stock Linux 3.13 kernel plus a Linux 3.15 development Git kernel. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1405207-KH-UBUNTU14033.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 Stock PowerTOP 2.6 Optimized Stock PowerTOP 2.6 OptimizedIntel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores)ASUS UX32VDA v1.0Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM4096MB2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz)Realtek ALC269VBIntel Centrino Advanced-N 6235Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1intel 2.99.9103.3 Mesa 10.1.0GCC 4.8.2ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores)Intel 7 /C2103.15.0-999-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --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 Processor Details- Ubuntu 14.04: Stock: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Ubuntu 14.04: PowerTOP 2.6 Optimized: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15: Stock: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15: PowerTOP 2.6 Optimized: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- SNASystem Details- This was running on battery power.

tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highx264: H.264 Video Encodingbuild-apache: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeencode-mp3: WAV To MP3Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 Stock PowerTOP 2.6 Optimized Stock PowerTOP 2.6 Optimized31.4159.2564.2659.5573.5017.1231.4958.9754.0459.5873.5017.1031.3759.5260.7463.9473.5328.4531.4559.4050.6164.3073.5428.46OpenBenchmarking.org

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080StockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 331.4131.4931.3731.45

Tesseract

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized6K12K18K24K30KMin: 12839 / Avg: 25487.82 / Max: 31923Min: 10582 / Avg: 22679.41 / Max: 29444Min: 12765 / Avg: 24346.52 / Max: 31672Min: 10818 / Avg: 21757.67 / Max: 29755

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized1326395265SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 359.2558.9759.5259.40

Xonotic

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized6K12K18K24K30KMin: 13320 / Avg: 31086.34 / Max: 34683Min: 10707 / Avg: 28246.26 / Max: 32019Min: 13046 / Avg: 30580.15 / Max: 34387Min: 10922 / Avg: 28340.19 / Max: 32715

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized1428425670SE +/- 0.11, N = 5SE +/- 10.16, N = 5SE +/- 0.43, N = 5SE +/- 9.40, N = 564.2654.0460.7450.611. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

x264

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is Betterx264 2014-01-09System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized5K10K15K20K25KMin: 13764 / Avg: 21948.38 / Max: 30340Min: 11403 / Avg: 18984.28 / Max: 27616Min: 13897 / Avg: 22038.85 / Max: 29799Min: 11595 / Avg: 19050 / Max: 27690

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized1428425670SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 359.5559.5863.9464.30

Timed Apache Compilation

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized5K10K15K20K25KMin: 13727 / Avg: 24499.71 / Max: 31398Min: 11359 / Avg: 21961.1 / Max: 28978Min: 13845 / Avg: 24055.01 / Max: 31509Min: 11248 / Avg: 21375.28 / Max: 29570

C-Ray

Total Time

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized1632486480SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 373.5073.5073.5373.541. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

C-Ray

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized5K10K15K20K25KMin: 13838 / Avg: 24481.3 / Max: 27283Min: 11440 / Avg: 22003.17 / Max: 25026Min: 13934 / Avg: 24480.64 / Max: 27039Min: 11359 / Avg: 22284.26 / Max: 25382

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3StockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 517.1217.1028.4528.461. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

System Power Consumption Monitor

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3System Power Consumption MonitorStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized4K8K12K16K20KMin: 13912 / Avg: 19610.42 / Max: 23191Min: 11536 / Avg: 17137.08 / Max: 20579Min: 13697 / Avg: 17070.89 / Max: 18522Min: 11433 / Avg: 14861.36 / Max: 16701

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

Ubuntu 14.04Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringStockPowerTOP 2.6 Optimized6K12K18K24K30KMin: 12839 / Avg: 25651.59 / Max: 34683Min: 4807 / Avg: 22977.95 / Max: 32019Min: 12757 / Avg: 24842.43 / Max: 34387Min: 10818 / Avg: 22461.61 / Max: 32715

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