Skylake CPU Scaling P-State vs. CPUFreq governor_performance P-State Powersave: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 P-State Performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Powersave: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 CPUFreq Ondemand: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151013, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 test_result: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: American Megatrends 5.12, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 8192 MB + 4096 MB DDR4-2133MT/s, Disk: 128GB 2.5" SATA SSD 3M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1290/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: HF237, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.48, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 result_governor=performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: American Megatrends 5.12, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 8192 MB + 4096 MB DDR4-2133MT/s, Disk: 128GB 2.5" SATA SSD 3M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1290/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: HF237, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.48, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 49.50 |===== P-State Performance ......... 48.93 |===== CPUFreq Performance ......... 58.70 |====== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 58.63 |====== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 58.67 |====== test_result ................. 385.67 |========================================= result_governor=performance . 388.03 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ... MIN: 14.0 AVG: 20.1 MAX: 54.0 P-State Performance . MIN: 14.0 AVG: 20.1 MAX: 70.0 CPUFreq Performance . MIN: 13.0 AVG: 16.7 MAX: 52.0 CPUFreq Powersave ... MIN: 13.0 AVG: 16.6 MAX: 52.0 CPUFreq Ondemand .... MIN: 14.0 AVG: 16.8 MAX: 55.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 39.24 |====== P-State Performance ......... 39.03 |====== CPUFreq Performance ......... 41.10 |====== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 41.52 |====== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 41.34 |====== test_result ................. 262.81 |====================================== result_governor=performance . 285.13 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 50.53 |====== P-State Performance ......... 50.41 |====== CPUFreq Performance ......... 52.39 |====== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 52.42 |====== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 52.45 |====== test_result ................. 368.68 |======================================== result_governor=performance . 374.92 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 25.55 |=== P-State Performance ......... 25.61 |=== CPUFreq Performance ......... 26.67 |=== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 26.70 |=== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 26.73 |=== test_result ................. 315.63 |========================================= result_governor=performance . 319.24 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 21.13 |=== P-State Performance ......... 21.17 |=== CPUFreq Performance ......... 21.89 |=== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 21.92 |=== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 21.94 |=== test_result ................. 272.74 |========================================= result_governor=performance . 273.26 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 16.43 |=== P-State Performance ......... 16.45 |=== CPUFreq Performance ......... 16.87 |=== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 16.86 |=== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 16.89 |=== test_result ................. 203.14 |========================================= result_governor=performance . 204.69 |========================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better P-State Powersave ... 141.89 |================================================= P-State Performance . 142.50 |================================================= CPUFreq Performance . 140.90 |================================================ CPUFreq Powersave ... 140.00 |================================================ CPUFreq Ondemand .... 140.71 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ... 127.77 |================================================= P-State Performance . 127.62 |================================================= CPUFreq Performance . 128.02 |================================================= CPUFreq Powersave ... 127.98 |================================================= CPUFreq Ondemand .... 128.18 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 23.41 |==================================== P-State Performance ......... 23.41 |==================================== CPUFreq Performance ......... 23.41 |==================================== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 23.42 |==================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 23.41 |==================================== test_result ................. 27.08 |========================================== result_governor=performance . 26.97 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 5.61 |========================================= P-State Performance ......... 5.62 |========================================= CPUFreq Performance ......... 5.63 |========================================= CPUFreq Powersave ........... 5.61 |========================================= CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 5.61 |========================================= test_result ................. 5.87 |=========================================== result_governor=performance . 5.81 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ........... 12.06 |========================================== P-State Performance ......... 12.07 |========================================== CPUFreq Performance ......... 12.08 |========================================== CPUFreq Powersave ........... 12.08 |========================================== CPUFreq Ondemand ............ 12.06 |========================================== test_result ................. 10.19 |=================================== result_governor=performance . 10.11 |=================================== FFmpeg 2.6.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better P-State Powersave ... 9.92 |============================================ P-State Performance . 10.01 |============================================= CPUFreq Performance . 11.23 |================================================== CPUFreq Powersave ... 11.23 |================================================== CPUFreq Ondemand .... 11.22 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better test_result ................. 228.44 |========================================= result_governor=performance . 226.35 |========================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better test_result ................. 65.55 |========================================== result_governor=performance . 65.30 |========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better test_result ................. 44.75 |========================================== result_governor=performance . 44.84 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better test_result ................. 112 |============================================ result_governor=performance . 111 |============================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better test_result ................. 1528.06 |=========================== result_governor=performance . 2266.29 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better test_result ................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 21.0 result_governor=performance . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 22.0