Fedora 21 CPU Scaling Governor

Fedora 21 CPU scaling governor benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Fedora 21 CPU Scaling GovernorOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores)Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.20GHz (16 Cores)MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MBIntel C610/X99VE228Intel ConnectionFedora 213.18.0-0.rc3.git2.2.fc22.1.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.1.5X Server 1.16.1nouveau 1.0.103.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.2 20141101 + LLVM 3.4.2ext41920x1080ProcessorsMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionFedora 21 CPU Scaling Governor BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - P-State Powersave: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- P-State Performance: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - CPUFreq Ondemand: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- CPUFreq Performance: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance - CPUFreq Conservative: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq conservative - EXA- SELinux: Enabled.

P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq ConservativeResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%132%164%195%227%FFmpegTimed Linux Kernel CompilationC-RayXonoticXonoticApache BenchmarkFLAC Audio EncodingLAME MP3 EncodingXonoticOpenArenaH.2.H.T.N.DTime To CompileTotal Time1920 x 1080 - High1920 x 1080 - UltraS.W.P.SWAV To FLACWAV To MP31920 x 1080 - Low1920 x 1080

Fedora 21 CPU Scaling Governoropenarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultrabuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVapache: Static Web Page ServingP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative101.9392.4631.1927.2985.299.573.9710.4520.8115294.13101.5792.5934.8327.8083.639.473.7810.3211.4915361.85101.6092.2234.4826.4742.028.553.8510.3217.2715192.33101.8792.5634.6027.0578.899.593.7910.3111.3414853.49101.6792.3532.2825.1541.038.533.8110.3325.7515875.24OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3101.93101.57101.60101.87101.67
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative20406080100Min: 101.6 / Avg: 101.93 / Max: 102.2Min: 101.5 / Avg: 101.57 / Max: 101.6Min: 101.3 / Avg: 101.6 / Max: 101.9Min: 101.6 / Avg: 101.87 / Max: 102Min: 101.5 / Avg: 101.67 / Max: 101.9

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative20406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 392.4692.5992.2292.5692.35MIN: 53 / MAX: 123MIN: 53 / MAX: 124MIN: 54 / MAX: 124MIN: 56 / MAX: 124MIN: 54 / MAX: 124
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative20406080100Min: 92.29 / Avg: 92.46 / Max: 92.6Min: 92.54 / Avg: 92.59 / Max: 92.65Min: 92.18 / Avg: 92.22 / Max: 92.28Min: 92.24 / Avg: 92.56 / Max: 92.75Min: 92.15 / Avg: 92.35 / Max: 92.48

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative816243240SE +/- 1.04, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 631.1934.8334.4834.6032.28MIN: 1 / MAX: 43MIN: 21 / MAX: 43MIN: 21 / MAX: 43MIN: 4 / MAX: 43MIN: 1 / MAX: 43
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative714212835Min: 28.63 / Avg: 31.19 / Max: 34.25Min: 34.81 / Avg: 34.83 / Max: 34.85Min: 34.47 / Avg: 34.48 / Max: 34.5Min: 34.1 / Avg: 34.6 / Max: 34.86Min: 29.88 / Avg: 32.28 / Max: 34.18

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 6SE +/- 0.55, N = 6SE +/- 0.57, N = 627.2927.8026.4727.0525.15MIN: 14 / MAX: 38MIN: 6 / MAX: 38MIN: 1 / MAX: 38MIN: 1 / MAX: 38MIN: 1 / MAX: 38
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative612182430Min: 27.28 / Avg: 27.29 / Max: 27.3Min: 27.58 / Avg: 27.8 / Max: 27.91Min: 24.95 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 27.59Min: 24.9 / Avg: 27.05 / Max: 27.91Min: 23.36 / Avg: 25.15 / Max: 27.32

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative20406080100SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 2.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.65, N = 6SE +/- 1.12, N = 5SE +/- 0.57, N = 585.2983.6342.0278.8941.03
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative1632486480Min: 82.01 / Avg: 85.29 / Max: 87.62Min: 81.62 / Avg: 83.63 / Max: 85.64Min: 40.1 / Avg: 42.02 / Max: 44.32Min: 77.61 / Avg: 78.89 / Max: 83.37Min: 39.77 / Avg: 41.03 / Max: 43.15

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 TimeP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3691215SE +/- 0.29, N = 6SE +/- 0.16, N = 4SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 39.579.478.559.598.531. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -Ofast -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3691215Min: 8.78 / Avg: 9.57 / Max: 10.47Min: 9.25 / Avg: 9.47 / Max: 9.94Min: 8.54 / Avg: 8.55 / Max: 8.57Min: 8.91 / Avg: 9.59 / Max: 10.33Min: 8.48 / Avg: 8.53 / Max: 8.61. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -Ofast -march=native

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative0.89331.78662.67993.57324.4665SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 53.973.783.853.793.811. (CXX) g++ options: -Ofast -march=native -fvisibility=hidden -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative246810Min: 3.89 / Avg: 3.97 / Max: 4.05Min: 3.75 / Avg: 3.78 / Max: 3.81Min: 3.78 / Avg: 3.85 / Max: 3.95Min: 3.76 / Avg: 3.79 / Max: 3.82Min: 3.77 / Avg: 3.81 / Max: 3.921. (CXX) g++ options: -Ofast -march=native -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 510.4510.3210.3210.3110.331. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -Ofast -march=native -lncurses -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3691215Min: 10.33 / Avg: 10.45 / Max: 10.54Min: 10.29 / Avg: 10.32 / Max: 10.41Min: 10.3 / Avg: 10.32 / Max: 10.34Min: 10.3 / Avg: 10.31 / Max: 10.33Min: 10.3 / Avg: 10.33 / Max: 10.411. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -Ofast -march=native -lncurses -lm

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative612182430SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 320.8111.4917.2711.3425.751. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative612182430Min: 20.43 / Avg: 20.81 / Max: 21.39Min: 11.25 / Avg: 11.49 / Max: 11.82Min: 17.13 / Avg: 17.27 / Max: 17.39Min: 11.2 / Avg: 11.34 / Max: 11.61Min: 25.25 / Avg: 25.75 / Max: 26.671. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

Apache Benchmark

This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 20.86, N = 3SE +/- 80.81, N = 3SE +/- 212.79, N = 3SE +/- 122.16, N = 3SE +/- 103.40, N = 315294.1315361.8515192.3314853.4915875.241. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq Conservative3K6K9K12K15KMin: 15271.85 / Avg: 15294.13 / Max: 15335.82Min: 15241.94 / Avg: 15361.85 / Max: 15515.66Min: 14968.36 / Avg: 15192.33 / Max: 15617.71Min: 14691.44 / Avg: 14853.49 / Max: 15092.87Min: 15680.29 / Avg: 15875.24 / Max: 16032.481. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native