cpu-tuning
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.


BMQ UMA HSdirOSB: 

	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 (1240/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.9-gentoo-modded-v5-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 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

BMQ CoD: 

	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 (1240/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.9-gentoo-modded-v5-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 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB: 

	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 (1240/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.9-gentoo-modded-v5-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 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB HWPM OFF bios perf override: 

	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 (1240/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.9-gentoo-modded-v5-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 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

BMQ NUMA ES HWPM OFF bios perf override: 

	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 (1240/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.12.9-gentoo-modded-v5-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 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

gentoo-CFS NUMA HS HWPM-NATIVE BIOS performance override: 

	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: 1000GB KINGSTON SNV3S1000G + 500GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA0 + 240GB Toshiba MKNSSDS2240GB-LT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 8GB (1260/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: HP 2011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411

	OS: Gentoo 2.17, Kernel: 6.13.2-gentoo-nvme (x86_64), Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.3.4 (LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20241221 + Clang 19.1.7 + LLVM 19.1.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8
Build: defconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BMQ UMA HSdirOSB ......................................... 163.08 |============
BMQ CoD .................................................. 164.96 |============
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB ........................................ 162.75 |============
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB HWPM OFF bios perf override ............ 162.66 |============
BMQ NUMA ES HWPM OFF bios perf override .................. 162.52 |============
gentoo-CFS NUMA HS HWPM-NATIVE BIOS performance override . 156.58 |===========


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
BMQ UMA HSdirOSB .............................. 106.62 |=======================
BMQ CoD ....................................... 105.16 |=======================
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB ............................. 105.12 |=======================
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB HWPM OFF bios perf override . 106.84 |=======================
BMQ NUMA ES HWPM OFF bios perf override ....... 105.28 |=======================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
BMQ UMA HSdirOSB ......................................... 60.5 |==============
BMQ CoD .................................................. 60.2 |==============
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB ........................................ 60.2 |==============
BMQ NUMA HSdirOSB HWPM OFF bios perf override ............ 60.5 |==============
BMQ NUMA ES HWPM OFF bios perf override .................. 60.2 |==============
gentoo-CFS NUMA HS HWPM-NATIVE BIOS performance override . 61.1 |==============