Intel Power Tweaks Intel Core i7-2820QM testing with a HP 161C and Intel HD 3000 on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Stock: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 RC6 Enabled: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 FBC Enabled: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 LVDS Downclocked: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 PCI-E ASPM Enabled: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-8f26b59), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ALL_OPTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Battery Power Usage Idle, DPMS Off, Video Playback Milliwatts Stock ......................... MIN: 13149 AVG: 17758 MAX: 24005 RC6 Enabled ................... MIN: 9013 AVG: 13144 MAX: 22625 FBC Enabled ................... MIN: 12767 AVG: 17508 MAX: 33221 LVDS Downclocked .............. MIN: 12779 AVG: 16836 MAX: 22174 PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ MIN: 12219 AVG: 16269 MAX: 23950 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . MIN: 9079 AVG: 13050 MAX: 22395 Battery Power Usage System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Stock ......................... MIN: 13149 AVG: 17669 MAX: 24005 RC6 Enabled ................... MIN: 9013 AVG: 13128 MAX: 22625 FBC Enabled ................... MIN: 12767 AVG: 17340 MAX: 33221 LVDS Downclocked .............. MIN: 12779 AVG: 16769 MAX: 22174 PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ MIN: 12219 AVG: 16129 MAX: 23950 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . MIN: 9079 AVG: 13068 MAX: 22395 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock ......................... 58.50 |============ RC6 Enabled ................... 62.43 |============ FBC Enabled ................... 58.20 |============ LVDS Downclocked .............. 58.20 |============ PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ 58.13 |=========== RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . 62.23 |============ ALL_OPTS ...................... 197.24 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Stock ......................... MIN: 24005 AVG: 30101 MAX: 30986 RC6 Enabled ................... MIN: 18356 AVG: 36229 MAX: 39981 FBC Enabled ................... MIN: 19771 AVG: 30364 MAX: 33897 LVDS Downclocked .............. MIN: 19780 AVG: 29183 MAX: 33062 PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ MIN: 23950 AVG: 29160 MAX: 30523 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . MIN: 30412 AVG: 36481 MAX: 38102 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock ......................... 23.39 |================================= RC6 Enabled ................... 28.28 |======================================== FBC Enabled ................... 23.33 |================================= LVDS Downclocked .............. 23.36 |================================= PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ 23.33 |================================= RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . 28.30 |======================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Stock ......................... MIN: 20444 AVG: 26000 MAX: 27606 RC6 Enabled ................... MIN: 13256 AVG: 31231 MAX: 39981 FBC Enabled ................... MIN: 26527 AVG: 28699 MAX: 33305 LVDS Downclocked .............. MIN: 26627 AVG: 27080 MAX: 29957 PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ MIN: 25989 AVG: 26491 MAX: 29150 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . MIN: 25045 AVG: 34076 MAX: 34701 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Stock ......................... MIN: 13149 AVG: 24427 MAX: 30986 RC6 Enabled ................... MIN: 9013 AVG: 26115 MAX: 39981 FBC Enabled ................... MIN: 12767 AVG: 25361 MAX: 33897 LVDS Downclocked .............. MIN: 12779 AVG: 24123 MAX: 33062 PCI-E ASPM Enabled ............ MIN: 12219 AVG: 23762 MAX: 30523 RC6 - FBC - LVDS - PCI-E ASPM . MIN: 9079 AVG: 26788 MAX: 38102