Linux 4.7 CPUFreq Schedutil Testing Linux 4.7 kernel benchmarking. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. CPUFreq Schedutil: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CPUFreq Ondemand: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CPUFreq Conservative: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CPUFreq: Powersave: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CPUFreq Performance: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 P-State Powersave: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 P-State Performance: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-phx-schedutil (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.20GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (162/324MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Intel Connection + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06-pre2, Kernel: 4.5.5-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 13.89 |======= CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 12.60 |====== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 12.86 |======= CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 37.55 |=================== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 12.97 |======= P-State Powersave .................................. 37.29 |=================== P-State Performance ................................ 37.41 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 9.57 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 9.39 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 32.86 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 9.31 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 9.26 |===== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 7.69 |======== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 6.92 |======= CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 7.05 |======= CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 18.92 |=================== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 6.90 |======= P-State Powersave .................................. 18.95 |=================== P-State Performance ................................ 18.93 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.80 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.28 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 18.37 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.39 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.36 |===== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 350.60 |================ CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 309.95 |============== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 316.87 |============== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 142.94 |======= CPUFreq Performance ................................ 369.27 |================= P-State Powersave .................................. 136.02 |====== P-State Performance ................................ 134.53 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 328.54 |=============== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 390.97 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 121.88 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 266.90 |============ Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 394.06 |================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 54.31 |===== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 54.47 |===== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 56.25 |====== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 135.35 |============= CPUFreq Performance ................................ 52.43 |===== P-State Powersave .................................. 136.33 |============= P-State Performance ................................ 135.89 |============= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 60.88 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 58.51 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 182.22 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 61.79 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 58.34 |====== Open Porous Media Git OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm - Threads: 16 Seconds < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 13.39 |========================= CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 13.50 |========================= CPUFreq Conservative . 13.76 |========================= CPUFreq: Powersave ... 26.61 |================================================= CPUFreq Performance .. 13.56 |========================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 20379.46 |====================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 22338.88 |========================================== CPUFreq Conservative . 21548.41 |======================================== CPUFreq: Powersave ... 13062.79 |========================= CPUFreq Performance .. 24517.70 |============================================== P-State Powersave .... 13282.16 |========================= P-State Performance .. 13077.76 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 606865.14 |=== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 615364.58 |=== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 526209.74 |=== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 379283.76 |== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 609017.62 |=== P-State Powersave .................................. 387649.31 |== P-State Performance ................................ 387296.94 |== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2006928.96 |========== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2913280.13 |============== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 831664.73 |==== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2620258.25 |============= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2729252.17 |============= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 5273.80 |================= CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 5315.35 |================= CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 4695.58 |=============== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 4905.52 |================ CPUFreq Performance ................................ 5327.96 |================= P-State Powersave .................................. 4852.10 |=============== P-State Performance ................................ 4832.19 |=============== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1829.84 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1840.04 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1809.44 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1718.09 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1550.29 |===== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 178 |================ CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 195 |================= CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 163 |============== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 70 |====== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 198 |================= P-State Powersave .................................. 68 |====== P-State Performance ................................ 68 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 201 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 235 |===================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 69 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 236 |===================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 238 |===================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 10.77 |====== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 10.77 |====== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 10.90 |====== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 28.71 |=============== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 10.73 |====== P-State Powersave .................................. 29.57 |================ P-State Performance ................................ 29.59 |================ Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 10.17 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 10.06 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 35.23 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 10.07 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 10.05 |===== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 368.29 |================= CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 370.18 |================= CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 360.80 |================ CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 139.09 |====== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 370.35 |================= P-State Powersave .................................. 111.97 |===== P-State Performance ................................ 105.23 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 384.91 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 390.79 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 111.02 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 392.31 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 393.79 |================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 1732.81 |============= CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 1772.83 |============= CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 1749.26 |============= CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 624.45 |===== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 1748.54 |============= P-State Powersave .................................. 625.02 |===== P-State Performance ................................ 623.92 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2193.07 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2222.25 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 668.39 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2251.54 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 2095.93 |================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 40.30 |================= CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 40.06 |================= CPUFreq Conservative . 40.15 |================= CPUFreq: Powersave ... 113.48 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 41.00 |================= P-State Powersave .... 113.48 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 112.44 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 59.38 |== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 59.12 |== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 59.36 |== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 59.33 |== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 59.12 |== P-State Powersave .................................. 59.65 |== P-State Performance ................................ 59.26 |== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 452.60 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 455.64 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 140.90 |====== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 454.42 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 452.65 |================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 63.66 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 64.34 |================================================= CPUFreq Conservative . 63.78 |================================================= CPUFreq: Powersave ... 63.44 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 63.67 |================================================ P-State Powersave .... 63.71 |================================================= P-State Performance .. 63.29 |================================================ CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 6.40 |================== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 6.40 |================== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 6.59 |=================== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 6.95 |==================== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 6.42 |================== P-State Powersave .................................. 6.11 |================== P-State Performance ................................ 6.42 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.62 |================ Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.60 |================ Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 6.83 |==================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.73 |================ Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 5.85 |================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 4965.76 |============= CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 5276.47 |============== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 5232.43 |============== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 1814.06 |===== CPUFreq Performance ................................ 4991.63 |============= P-State Powersave .................................. 1814.70 |===== P-State Performance ................................ 4988.74 |============= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 6387.37 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 6384.67 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 1819.01 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 6398.76 |================= Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 6347.61 |================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 103.82 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 103.78 |================================================ CPUFreq Conservative . 103.94 |================================================ CPUFreq: Powersave ... 40.41 |================== CPUFreq Performance .. 103.87 |================================================ P-State Powersave .... 31.58 |============== P-State Performance .. 104.85 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .................................. 14136 |================== CPUFreq Ondemand ................................... 14112 |================== CPUFreq Conservative ............................... 14126 |================== CPUFreq: Powersave ................................. 5281 |======= CPUFreq Performance ................................ 14117 |================== P-State Powersave .................................. 4584 |====== P-State Performance ................................ 14136 |================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 14562 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 14447 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 4142 |===== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 14770 |=================== Intel Core i7-5960X - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 . 14825 |=================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 65.24 |============================= CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 68.19 |=============================== CPUFreq Conservative . 64.77 |============================= CPUFreq: Powersave ... 106.10 |================================================ CPUFreq Performance .. 68.08 |=============================== P-State Powersave .... 107.03 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 69.46 |=============================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 4 Threads ns < Lower Is Better CPUFreq Schedutil .... 74.95 |================================ CPUFreq Ondemand ..... 72.74 |=============================== CPUFreq Conservative . 74.35 |================================ CPUFreq: Powersave ... 110.97 |=============================================== CPUFreq Performance .. 71.93 |=============================== P-State Powersave .... 112.77 |================================================ P-State Performance .. 73.16 |=============================== CPU Frequency (CPU0) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megahertz CPUFreq Schedutil .... MIN: 1200 AVG: 2475 MAX: 3101 CPUFreq Ondemand ..... MIN: 1200 AVG: 2319 MAX: 3101 CPUFreq Conservative . MIN: 1200 AVG: 2250 MAX: 3101 CPUFreq: Powersave ... MIN: 1200 AVG: 1200 MAX: 1200 CPUFreq Performance .. MIN: 3101 AVG: 3101 MAX: 3101 P-State Performance .. MIN: 0 AVG: 1512 MAX: 3501