pstate Intel Core i5-6500 testing with a MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) v1.0 and Intel HD 530 on ManjaroLinux 16.06.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. balanced: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.2, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 balanced_turbo: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.2, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 performance_turbo: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.2, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.2, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 65.17 |==================================================== balanced_turbo .... 64.75 |==================================================== performance_turbo . 63.63 |=================================================== performance ....... 65.00 |==================================================== Xonotic 0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 34.7 MAX: 44.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 35.9 MAX: 48.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 23.0 AVG: 36.1 MAX: 50.0 performance ....... MIN: 22.0 AVG: 34.4 MAX: 44.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 58.20 |================================================== balanced_turbo .... 58.27 |================================================== performance_turbo . 58.13 |================================================== performance ....... 60.27 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 17.1 MAX: 37.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 52.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 17.2 MAX: 37.0 performance ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.5 MAX: 36.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 35.9 MAX: 46.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 35.8 MAX: 50.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 38.8 MAX: 44.0 performance ....... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 37.0 MAX: 45.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 8.50 |===================================================== balanced_turbo .... 8.49 |===================================================== performance_turbo . 8.12 |=================================================== performance ....... 8.27 |==================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 35.1 MAX: 45.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 34.6 MAX: 46.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 35.7 MAX: 48.0 performance ....... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 34.5 MAX: 45.0 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 143.24 |=================================================== balanced_turbo .... 143.24 |=================================================== performance_turbo . 139.96 |================================================== performance ....... 143.17 |=================================================== x264 2015-11-02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 41.3 MAX: 47.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 48.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 47.0 performance ....... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 40.0 MAX: 45.0 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better balanced .......... 62.18 |==================================================== balanced_turbo .... 60.27 |================================================== performance_turbo . 60.29 |================================================== performance ....... 62.16 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 46.1 MAX: 48.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 47.8 MAX: 50.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 32.0 AVG: 46.9 MAX: 50.0 performance ....... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 45.1 MAX: 47.0 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 42871 |==================================================== balanced_turbo .... 42932 |==================================================== performance_turbo . 39425 |================================================ performance ....... 40964 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 35.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 34.3 MAX: 36.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 36.7 MAX: 38.0 performance ....... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 35.5 MAX: 37.0 FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better balanced .......... 10.19 |==================================================== balanced_turbo .... 9.95 |=================================================== performance_turbo . 10.18 |==================================================== performance ....... 10.16 |==================================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 39.8 MAX: 45.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 41.1 MAX: 45.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 40.5 MAX: 46.0 performance ....... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 39.2 MAX: 46.0 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better balanced .......... 155.37 |=================================================== balanced_turbo .... 150.47 |================================================= performance_turbo . 150.91 |================================================== performance ....... 154.79 |=================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 49.8 MAX: 54.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 51.4 MAX: 55.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 51.5 MAX: 56.0 performance ....... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 53.0 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better balanced .......... 20.80 |============================================ balanced_turbo .... 21.00 |============================================ performance_turbo . 23.73 |================================================== performance ....... 24.86 |==================================================== SuperTuxKart 0.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better balanced .......... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 34.7 MAX: 45.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 35.0 MAX: 43.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 40.3 MAX: 47.0 performance ....... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 38.7 MAX: 45.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius balanced .......... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 37.8 MAX: 54.0 balanced_turbo .... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 38.3 MAX: 55.0 performance_turbo . MIN: 22.0 AVG: 39.7 MAX: 56.0 performance ....... MIN: 22.0 AVG: 38.2 MAX: 53.0