DELL BIOS set to Max Performance, which hides the P-States, but still allows C-States. No powerd running, no chance for the OS to go to Turbo. Lets see.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2302024-CFOR-230202603
m610-vs-m915-memory
DELL BIOS set to Max Performance, which hides the P-States, but still allows C-States. No powerd running, no chance for the OS to go to Turbo. Lets see.
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native:
Processor: Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.59GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge M610x, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O Hub ESI Port, Memory: 96GB, Disk: ATA OCZ VERTEX2 1.35 + DP BACKPLANE 1.07, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 13.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 13.0.0, File-System: zfs
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running:
Processor: Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.59GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge M610x, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O Hub ESI Port, Memory: 96GB, Disk: ATA OCZ VERTEX2 1.35 + DP BACKPLANE 1.07, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 13.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 13.0.0, File-System: zfs
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly:
Processor: Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.59GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge M610x, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O Hub ESI Port, Memory: 96GB, Disk: ATA OCZ VERTEX2 1.35 + DP BACKPLANE 1.07, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 13.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 13.0.0, File-System: zfs
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf:
Processor: Intel Xeon X5687 (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge M610x, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O Hub ESI Port, Memory: 96GB, Disk: ATA OCZ VERTEX2 1.35 + DP BACKPLANE 1.07, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 13.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 13.0.0, File-System: zfs
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 27283.5 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 28200.7 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 28058.2 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 28183.7 |=============
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 25830.9 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 26531.0 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 26253.5 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 26424.0 |=============
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 28376.0 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 29094.6 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 28815.1 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 29001.3 |=============
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 27760.2 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 29049.2 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 28691.5 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 28890.4 |=============
CacheBench
Read Cache
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 4761.70 |======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 9132.16 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 9407.28 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 9809.61 |=============
CacheBench
Write Cache
MB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 6862.70 |======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 13329.51 |===========
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 13739.50 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 14318.45 |============
MBW 2018-09-08
Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 1024 MiB
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 4443.33 |===========
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 5468.25 |=============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 4824.19 |===========
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 5249.07 |============
MBW 2018-09-08
Test: Memory Copy, Fixed Block Size - Array Size: 1024 MiB
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 4533.92 |===========
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 5113.85 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 4849.32 |============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 5386.16 |=============
t-test1 2017-01-13
Threads: 1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 30.66 |===============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 14.66 |=======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 14.65 |=======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 13.99 |=======
t-test1 2017-01-13
Threads: 2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native .......................... 9.950 |===============
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native NoPowerD but epp running . 4.490 |=======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native PowerD TurbosOnly ........ 4.478 |=======
M610 2x5687 96GB, Kern=native noPowerD DellBIOSMaxPerf . 4.297 |======