governor-tasks Intel Core i5-7200U testing with a Acer Ironman_SK (V1.45 BIOS) and Intel HD 620 3GB on Solus 4.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. powersave: Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Acer Ironman_SK (V1.45 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10JPVX-22J + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3GB (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac OS: Solus 4.1, Kernel: 5.10.5-167.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.10, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 schedutil: Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Acer Ironman_SK (V1.45 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10JPVX-22J + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3GB (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac OS: Solus 4.1, Kernel: 5.10.5-167.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.10, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Acer Ironman_SK (V1.45 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10JPVX-22J + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3GB (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac OS: Solus 4.1, Kernel: 5.10.5-167.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.10, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better powersave ... 122.11 |========================================================= schedutil ... 50.90 |======================== performance . 50.59 |======================== Gzip Compression CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1387 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2873 MAX: 3103 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 3058 MAX: 3102 Gzip Compression System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4673 AVG: 6974 MAX: 9579 schedutil ... MIN: 4675 AVG: 12384 MAX: 19539 performance . MIN: 4804 AVG: 12631 MAX: 18381 ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better powersave ... 2794 |=========================================================== schedutil ... 1204 |========================= performance . 1208 |========================== ctx_clock CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1109 MAX: 1338 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2023 MAX: 3151 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2835 MAX: 3216 ctx_clock System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4670 AVG: 6089 MAX: 6848 schedutil ... MIN: 4671 AVG: 8500 MAX: 14246 performance . MIN: 4678 AVG: 8542 MAX: 12039 GIMP 2.10.22 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better powersave ... 43.31 |========================================================== schedutil ... 41.58 |======================================================== performance . 15.68 |===================== GIMP CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave . MIN: 700 AVG: 1101 MAX: 1333 GIMP System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave . MIN: 4659 AVG: 7138 MAX: 8283 LibreOffice Test: 20 Documents To PDF Seconds < Lower Is Better powersave ... 35.40 |========================================================== schedutil ... 17.26 |============================ performance . 13.82 |======================= LibreOffice CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1134 MAX: 1300 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2310 MAX: 3104 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2990 MAX: 3103 LibreOffice System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4671 AVG: 6776 MAX: 7564 schedutil ... MIN: 4669 AVG: 10168 MAX: 14291 performance . MIN: 4727 AVG: 11840 MAX: 17038 OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better powersave ... 152.9 |=================== schedutil ... 468.7 |========================================================== performance . 469.0 |========================================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 800 AVG: 982 MAX: 1100 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2702 MAX: 3100 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2874 MAX: 3100 OpenSSL 1.1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4706 AVG: 7076 MAX: 7934 schedutil ... MIN: 4682 AVG: 17648 MAX: 20856 performance . MIN: 4691 AVG: 14953 MAX: 21230 OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better powersave ... 144.65 |========================================================= schedutil ... 45.17 |================== performance . 44.63 |================== OSBench CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 874 MAX: 1000 schedutil ... MIN: 795 AVG: 1953 MAX: 3100 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2764 MAX: 3100 OSBench System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4664 AVG: 6265 MAX: 7770 schedutil ... MIN: 4758 AVG: 12663 MAX: 21115 performance . MIN: 5106 AVG: 11706 MAX: 21611 OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better powersave ... 54.15 |========================================================== schedutil ... 18.48 |==================== performance . 18.34 |==================== OSBench CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 894 MAX: 1089 schedutil ... MIN: 800 AVG: 1969 MAX: 3100 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2752 MAX: 3100 OSBench System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4655 AVG: 6081 MAX: 7467 schedutil ... MIN: 4687 AVG: 11240 MAX: 17991 performance . MIN: 5100 AVG: 10348 MAX: 18350 OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better powersave ... 410.54 |========================================================= schedutil ... 130.42 |================== performance . 130.23 |================== OSBench CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 873 MAX: 1100 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2102 MAX: 3101 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2750 MAX: 3100 OSBench System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4663 AVG: 6312 MAX: 7783 schedutil ... MIN: 4684 AVG: 13954 MAX: 21873 performance . MIN: 5106 AVG: 11693 MAX: 22179 System GZIP Decompression Seconds < Lower Is Better powersave ... 10.796 |========================================================= schedutil ... 4.289 |======================= performance . 4.127 |====================== System GZIP Decompression CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1095 MAX: 1301 schedutil ... MIN: 756 AVG: 1947 MAX: 3105 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2731 MAX: 3104 System GZIP Decompression System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better powersave ... MIN: 4652 AVG: 6025 MAX: 6790 schedutil ... MIN: 4675 AVG: 8314 MAX: 12176 performance . MIN: 5095 AVG: 7864 MAX: 12675 CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megahertz powersave ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1029 MAX: 1387 schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 2004 MAX: 3151 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2838 MAX: 3216 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts powersave ... MIN: 4652 AVG: 8582 MAX: 19382 schedutil ... MIN: 4658 AVG: 10378 MAX: 21873 performance . MIN: 4678 AVG: 10963 MAX: 22962 GIMP 2.10.22 CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Megahertz > Higher Is Better schedutil ... MIN: 700 AVG: 1297 MAX: 3102 performance . MIN: 2500 AVG: 2989 MAX: 3104 GIMP 2.10.22 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better schedutil ... MIN: 4669 AVG: 7573 MAX: 12726 performance . MIN: 4780 AVG: 14743 MAX: 22962