Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreq

governor_performance

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Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreqProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performanceIntel 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)Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores)American Megatrends 5.12Intel Skylake8192 MB + 4096 MB DDR4-2133MT/s128GB 2.5" SATA SSD 3MNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1290/3504MHz)Realtek ALC662 rev1HF237Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 18.044.15.0-20-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.1X Server 1.19.6NVIDIA 390.484.6.0GCC 7.3.01920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- P-State Powersave: --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 - P-State Performance: --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 - CPUFreq Performance: --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 - CPUFreq Powersave: --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 - CPUFreq Ondemand: --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 - test_result: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-as=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-as --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-ld=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v - result_governor=performance: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-as=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-as --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-ld=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -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 ondemand- test_result: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- result_governor=performance: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- P-State Powersave, P-State Performance, CPUFreq Performance, CPUFreq Powersave, CPUFreq Ondemand: SNAOpenCL Details- test_result, result_governor=performance: GPU Compute Cores: 768Security Details- test_result, result_governor=performance: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

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 DVrodinia: OpenMP LavaMDrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclustersmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplespgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read WriteP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance49.5039.2450.5325.5521.1316.43141.89127.7723.415.6112.069.9248.9339.0350.4125.6121.1716.45142.50127.6223.415.6212.0710.0158.7041.1052.3926.6721.8916.87140.90128.0223.415.6312.0811.2358.6341.5252.4226.7021.9216.86140.00127.9823.425.6112.0811.2358.6741.3452.4526.7321.9416.89140.71128.1823.415.6112.0611.22385.67262.81368.68315.63272.74203.1427.085.8710.19228.4465.5544.751121528.06388.03285.13374.92319.24273.26204.6926.975.8110.11226.3565.3044.841112266.29OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance80160240320400SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 349.5048.9358.7058.6358.67385.67388.03MIN: 14 / MAX: 63MIN: 14 / MAX: 74MIN: 13MIN: 13 / MAX: 95MIN: 14MIN: 1MIN: 1

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemand1428425670Min: 14 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 54Min: 14 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 70Min: 13 / Avg: 16.74 / Max: 52Min: 13 / Avg: 16.64 / Max: 52Min: 14 / Avg: 16.85 / Max: 55

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance60120180240300SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.94, N = 3SE +/- 3.34, N = 339.2439.0341.1041.5241.34262.81285.13

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance80160240320400SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 350.5350.4152.3952.4252.45368.68374.92MIN: 33 / MAX: 64MIN: 32 / MAX: 64MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 34 / MAX: 65MIN: 227 / MAX: 766MIN: 231 / MAX: 773

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance70140210280350SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 325.5525.6126.6726.7026.73315.63319.24MIN: 195 / MAX: 616MIN: 198 / MAX: 616

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance60120180240300SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 321.1321.1721.8921.9221.94272.74273.26MIN: 161 / MAX: 460MIN: 162 / MAX: 461

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.42, N = 316.4316.4516.8716.8616.89203.14204.69MIN: 48 / MAX: 360MIN: 53 / MAX: 361

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video EncodingP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemand306090120150SE +/- 0.29, N = 5SE +/- 0.32, N = 5SE +/- 0.32, N = 5SE +/- 0.21, N = 5SE +/- 0.44, N = 5141.89142.50140.90140.00140.711. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6Time To CompileP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemand306090120150SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3127.77127.62128.02127.98128.18

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 323.4123.4123.4123.4223.4127.0826.971. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance1.32082.64163.96245.28326.604SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.615.625.635.615.615.875.81-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3P-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemandtest_resultresult_governor=performance3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 512.0612.0712.0812.0812.0610.1910.111. (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 DVP-State PowersaveP-State PerformanceCPUFreq PerformanceCPUFreq PowersaveCPUFreq Ondemand3691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 39.9210.0111.2311.2311.221. (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

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP LavaMD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LavaMDtest_resultresult_governor=performance50100150200250SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3228.44226.351. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP CFD Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solvertest_resultresult_governor=performance1530456075SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 365.5565.301. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclustertest_resultresult_governor=performance1020304050SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 344.7544.841. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplestest_resultresult_governor=performance3060901201501121111. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Writetest_resultresult_governor=performance5001000150020002500SE +/- 13.78, N = 3SE +/- 9.96, N = 31528.062266.291. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Timetest_resultresult_governor=performance510152025Min: 1 / Avg: 2.56 / Max: 21Min: 1 / Avg: 2.55 / Max: 22

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4