cpu-powertuning
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 testing with a INTEL X99-D4 (5.11 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB on Gentoo 2.17 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq ondemand: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 3.30GHz (14 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL X99-D4 (5.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 500GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA0 + 240GB Toshiba MKNSSDS2240GB-LT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB (1284/2125MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.8-gentoo-modded-bmq (x86_64), Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.3.3 (LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20241221 + Clang 19.1.6 + LLVM 19.1.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq performance: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 3.30GHz (14 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL X99-D4 (5.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 500GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA0 + 240GB Toshiba MKNSSDS2240GB-LT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB (1284/2125MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.8-gentoo-modded-bmq (x86_64), Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.3.3 (LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20241221 + Clang 19.1.6 + LLVM 19.1.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, was having pci failures, no bios overrides: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (14 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL X99-D4 (5.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 500GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA0 + 240GB Toshiba MKNSSDS2240GB-LT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB (1284/2125MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.8-gentoo-modded-bmq (x86_64), Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.3.3 (LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20241221 + Clang 19.1.6 + LLVM 19.1.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, bios bias setting disabled performance override, tlp hints enabled: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (14 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL X99-D4 (5.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 500GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA0 + 240GB Toshiba MKNSSDS2240GB-LT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB (1284/2125MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.8-gentoo-modded-bmq (x86_64), Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.3.3 (LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20241221 + Clang 19.1.6 + LLVM 19.1.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8
Build: defconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq ondemand ............................. 171.79 |
hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq performance .......................... 170.83 |
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, was having pci failures, no bios overrides ......................... 169.93 |
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, bios bias setting disabled performance override, tlp hints enabled . 169.37 |


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, was having pci failures, no bios overrides ......................... 106.45 |
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, bios bias setting disabled performance override, tlp hints enabled . 108.35 |


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq ondemand ............................. 68.0 |
hwpm-native, most powersaving on, no bios overrides, cpufreq performance .......................... 67.8 |
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, was having pci failures, no bios overrides ......................... 67.9 |
hwpm-oob, most powersaving on, bios bias setting disabled performance override, tlp hints enabled . 68.0 |