Comparing several CPU frequency scaling governors with the Intel Core i3-6100
Running pts/x264-2.0.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.6.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.5.0, pts/compress-lzma-1.3.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


intel_pstate-performance: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H110I PRO (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 190f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk Ultra II, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

intel_pstate-powersave: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H110I PRO (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 190f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk Ultra II, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

acpi_cpufreq-performance: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H110I PRO (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 190f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk Ultra II, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

acpi_cpufreq-ondemand: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H110I PRO (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 190f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk Ultra II, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

acpi_cpufreq-powersave: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H110I PRO (MS-7995) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 190f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk Ultra II, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
intel_pstate-performance . 113.29 |============================================
intel_pstate-powersave ... 113.14 |============================================
acpi_cpufreq-performance . 113.61 |============================================
acpi_cpufreq-ondemand .... 113.72 |============================================
acpi_cpufreq-powersave ... 25.38  |==========


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
intel_pstate-performance . 192.60 |==========
intel_pstate-powersave ... 191.79 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-performance . 191.90 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-ondemand .... 192.54 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-powersave ... 838.69 |============================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
intel_pstate-performance . 17.84 |==========
intel_pstate-powersave ... 17.50 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-performance . 17.79 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-ondemand .... 17.54 |==========
acpi_cpufreq-powersave ... 77.62 |=============================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
intel_pstate-performance . 298.04  |===========
intel_pstate-powersave ... 295.57  |===========
acpi_cpufreq-performance . 297.96  |===========
acpi_cpufreq-ondemand .... 296.91  |===========
acpi_cpufreq-powersave ... 1179.42 |===========================================