Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreq

Intel Core i5-6500 testing with a Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF and Intel Sky Lake on Ubuntu 15.10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreq

Intel Core i5-6500 testing with a Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF and Intel Sky Lake on Ubuntu 15.10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreqProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq OndemandIntel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores)Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CFIntel Sky Lake8192MB120GB KINGSTON SV300S3Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz)Realtek ALC892DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013UnityX Server 1.17.2intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 11.0.2GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext43840x2160Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- P-State Powersave: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- P-State Performance: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- CPUFreq Performance: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- CPUFreq Powersave: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq powersave- CPUFreq Ondemand: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- SNA

Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreqopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimatex264: H.264 Video Encodingbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemand49.5039.2450.5325.5521.1316.43141.89127.7723.415.6112.069.9248.9339.0350.4125.6121.1716.45142.50127.6223.415.6212.0710.0158.7041.1052.3926.6721.8916.87140.90128.0223.415.6312.0811.2358.6341.5252.4226.7021.9216.86140.00127.9823.425.6112.0811.2358.6741.3452.4526.7321.9416.89140.71128.1823.415.6112.0611.22OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080CPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave1326395265SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 358.6758.7058.6348.9349.50MIN: 14MIN: 13MIN: 13 / MAX: 95MIN: 14 / MAX: 74MIN: 14 / MAX: 63

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080CPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 341.3441.1041.5239.0339.24

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave1224364860SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 352.4552.3952.4250.4150.53MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 32 / MAX: 64MIN: 33 / MAX: 64

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 326.7326.6726.7025.6125.55MIN: 15 / MAX: 32MIN: 15 / MAX: 31MIN: 15 / MAX: 32MIN: 14 / MAX: 32MIN: 14 / MAX: 32

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 321.9421.8921.9221.1721.13MIN: 11 / MAX: 29MIN: 11 / MAX: 29MIN: 11 / MAX: 29MIN: 10 / MAX: 28MIN: 10 / MAX: 28

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave48121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 316.8916.8716.8616.4516.43MIN: 8 / MAX: 25MIN: 8 / MAX: 24MIN: 8 / MAX: 25MIN: 8 / MAX: 24MIN: 8 / MAX: 24

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video EncodingCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave306090120150SE +/- 0.44, N = 5SE +/- 0.32, N = 5SE +/- 0.21, N = 5SE +/- 0.32, N = 5SE +/- 0.29, N = 5140.71140.90140.00142.50141.891. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave1428425670Min: 14 / Avg: 16.85 / Max: 55Min: 13 / Avg: 16.74 / Max: 52Min: 13 / Avg: 16.64 / Max: 52Min: 14 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 70Min: 14 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 54

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6Time To CompileCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave306090120150SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3128.18128.02127.98127.62127.77

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 323.4123.4123.4223.4123.411. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave1.26682.53363.80045.06726.334SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.615.635.615.625.611. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3CPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave3691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 512.0612.0812.0812.0712.061. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -pipe -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.6.2H.264 HD To NTSC DVCPUFreq OndemandCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveP-State PerformanceP-State Powersave3691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 311.2211.2311.2310.019.921. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lXv -lX11 -lXext -lxcb -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-render -lxcb-shape -lasound -lSDL -lm -llzma -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT


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