PowerTOP report

Usage	Events/s	Category	Description
100.0%		Device	Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel
100.0%		Device	Audio codec hwC0D2: VIA
0.1%	90.8	Timer	tick_sched_timer
11.3%	28.7	Process	make
8.2%	2.9	Process	cc1
2.7%	22.3	Process	sh
1.6%	6.8	Process	gcc
0.0%	8.7	kWork	cfq_kick_queue
0.5%	1.2	Process	as
0.0%	2.0	Interrupt	[7] sched(softirq)

Processor Idle state report

Package		Core		CPU 0
				C0 active	47.8%
				POLL	0.0%	0.0 ms
				C1-SNB	1.7%	0.7 ms
C2 (pc2)	0.0%
C3 (pc3)	0.2%	C3 (cc3)	0.2%	C3-SNB	0.2%	0.9 ms
C6 (pc6)	49.2%	C6 (cc6)	51.3%	C6-SNB	51.4%	20.8 ms
C7 (pc7)	0.0%	C7 (cc7)	0.0%
		Core		CPU 1
				C0 active	46.7%
				POLL	0.0%	0.0 ms
				C1-SNB	1.0%	0.4 ms

		C3 (cc3)	0.1%	C3-SNB	0.1%	0.6 ms
		C6 (cc6)	53.0%	C6-SNB	53.1%	19.4 ms
		C7 (cc7)	0.0%
		Core		CPU 2
				C0 active	46.9%
				POLL	0.0%	0.2 ms
				C1-SNB	0.9%	0.4 ms

		C3 (cc3)	0.2%	C3-SNB	0.2%	0.5 ms
		C6 (cc6)	52.8%	C6-SNB	53.0%	19.5 ms
		C7 (cc7)	0.0%
		Core		CPU 3
				C0 active	46.3%
				POLL	0.0%	0.3 ms
				C1-SNB	1.2%	0.3 ms

		C3 (cc3)	0.2%	C3-SNB	0.2%	0.6 ms
		C6 (cc6)	53.2%	C6-SNB	53.3%	21.4 ms
		C7 (cc7)	0.0%

Processor frequency report

Package		Core		CPU 0
				Actual	3.4 GHz
Turbo Mode	16.1%	Turbo Mode	14.9%	Turbo Mode	14.9%
3.71 GHz	0.1%	3.71 GHz	0.1%	3.71 GHz	0.1%
3.50 GHz	0.0%	3.50 GHz	0.0%	3.50 GHz	0.0%
3.40 GHz	0.0%	3.40 GHz	0.0%	3.40 GHz	0.0%
3.21 GHz	0.0%	3.21 GHz	0.0%	3.21 GHz	0.0%
3.10 GHz	0.0%	3.10 GHz	0.0%	3.10 GHz	0.0%
2.90 GHz	0.0%	2.90 GHz	0.0%	2.90 GHz	0.0%
2.81 GHz	0.0%	2.81 GHz	0.0%	2.81 GHz	0.0%
2.60 GHz	0.0%	2.60 GHz	0.0%	2.60 GHz	0.0%
2.50 GHz	0.1%	2.50 GHz	0.1%	2.50 GHz	0.1%
2.31 GHz	0.0%	2.31 GHz	0.0%	2.31 GHz	0.0%
2.21 GHz	0.0%	2.21 GHz	0.0%	2.21 GHz	0.0%
2.00 GHz	0.0%	2.00 GHz	0.0%	2.00 GHz	0.0%
1.91 GHz	0.0%	1.91 GHz	0.0%	1.91 GHz	0.0%
1.71 GHz	0.0%	1.71 GHz	0.0%	1.71 GHz	0.0%
1.60 GHz	3.8%	1.60 GHz	0.8%	1.60 GHz	0.8%
Idle	79.8%	Idle	84.0%	Idle	84.0%
		Core		CPU 1
				Actual	3.4 GHz
		Turbo Mode	15.2%	Turbo Mode	15.2%
		3.71 GHz	0.0%	3.71 GHz	0.0%
		3.50 GHz	0.0%	3.50 GHz	0.0%
		3.40 GHz	0.0%	3.40 GHz	0.0%
		3.21 GHz	0.0%	3.21 GHz	0.0%
		3.10 GHz	0.0%	3.10 GHz	0.0%
		2.90 GHz	0.0%	2.90 GHz	0.0%
		2.81 GHz	0.0%	2.81 GHz	0.0%
		2.60 GHz	0.0%	2.60 GHz	0.0%
		2.50 GHz	0.1%	2.50 GHz	0.1%
		2.31 GHz	0.0%	2.31 GHz	0.0%
		2.21 GHz	0.0%	2.21 GHz	0.0%
		2.00 GHz	0.0%	2.00 GHz	0.0%
		1.91 GHz	0.0%	1.91 GHz	0.0%
		1.71 GHz	0.0%	1.71 GHz	0.0%
		1.60 GHz	2.0%	1.60 GHz	2.0%
		Idle	82.6%	Idle	82.6%
		Core		CPU 2
				Actual	3.4 GHz
		Turbo Mode	14.2%	Turbo Mode	14.2%
		3.71 GHz	0.0%	3.71 GHz	0.0%
		3.50 GHz	0.0%	3.50 GHz	0.0%
		3.40 GHz	0.0%	3.40 GHz	0.0%
		3.21 GHz	0.0%	3.21 GHz	0.0%
		3.10 GHz	0.0%	3.10 GHz	0.0%
		2.90 GHz	0.0%	2.90 GHz	0.0%
		2.81 GHz	0.0%	2.81 GHz	0.0%
		2.60 GHz	0.0%	2.60 GHz	0.0%
		2.50 GHz	0.1%	2.50 GHz	0.1%
		2.31 GHz	0.0%	2.31 GHz	0.0%
		2.21 GHz	0.0%	2.21 GHz	0.0%
		2.00 GHz	0.0%	2.00 GHz	0.0%
		1.91 GHz	0.0%	1.91 GHz	0.0%
		1.71 GHz	0.0%	1.71 GHz	0.0%
		1.60 GHz	1.3%	1.60 GHz	1.3%
		Idle	84.3%	Idle	84.3%
		Core		CPU 3
				Actual	3.4 GHz
		Turbo Mode	14.0%	Turbo Mode	14.0%
		3.71 GHz	0.0%	3.71 GHz	0.0%
		3.50 GHz	0.0%	3.50 GHz	0.0%
		3.40 GHz	0.0%	3.40 GHz	0.0%
		3.21 GHz	0.0%	3.21 GHz	0.0%
		3.10 GHz	0.0%	3.10 GHz	0.0%
		2.90 GHz	0.0%	2.90 GHz	0.0%
		2.81 GHz	0.0%	2.81 GHz	0.0%
		2.60 GHz	0.0%	2.60 GHz	0.0%
		2.50 GHz	0.0%	2.50 GHz	0.0%
		2.31 GHz	0.0%	2.31 GHz	0.0%
		2.21 GHz	0.0%	2.21 GHz	0.0%
		2.00 GHz	0.0%	2.00 GHz	0.0%
		1.91 GHz	0.0%	1.91 GHz	0.0%
		1.71 GHz	0.0%	1.71 GHz	0.0%
		1.60 GHz	0.7%	1.60 GHz	0.7%
		Idle	85.3%	Idle	85.3%

Overview of Software Power Consumers

Usage	Wakeups/s	Category	Description
1.2 ms/s	90.8	Timer	tick_sched_timer
112.8 ms/s	28.7	Process	make
82.3 ms/s	2.9	Process	cc1
26.9 ms/s	22.3	Process	sh
15.9 ms/s	6.8	Process	gcc
256.0 us/s	8.7	kWork	cfq_kick_queue
5.5 ms/s	1.2	Process	as
69.8 us/s	2.0	Interrupt	[7] sched(softirq)
4.5 ms/s		Process	ld
32.0 us/s	1.6	kWork	flush_to_ldisc
304.1 us/s	1.4	Interrupt	[4] block(softirq)
654.1 us/s	1.2	Interrupt	[19] ata_piix
8.0 us/s	1.0	kWork	ioc_release_fn
2.3 ms/s	0.11	Process	make -j 8
1.6 ms/s	0.3	Process	collect2
137.3 us/s	0.8	Process	sshd: root@pts/2
32.7 us/s	0.7	Interrupt	[3] net_rx(softirq)
5.7 us/s	0.7	Timer	hrtimer_wakeup
3.6 us/s	0.7	Timer	watchdog_timer_fn
222.0 us/s	0.5	Process	gnome-shell --gdm-mode
0.6 us/s	0.3	kWork	mei_timer
615.5 us/s	0.05	Process	powertop --html
52.5 us/s	0.27	Process	-bash
36.9 us/s	0.22	Interrupt	[44] p4p1
4.1 us/s	0.22	Process	/usr/libexec/rtkit-daemon
0.2 us/s	0.22	kWork	blk_delay_work
551.4 us/s		Process	cat
547.3 us/s		Interrupt	[9] RCU(softirq)
516.9 us/s		Timer	delayed_work_timer_fn
1.1 us/s	0.16	Process	[watchdog/1]
1.1 us/s	0.16	Process	[watchdog/0]
1.1 us/s	0.16	Process	[watchdog/2]
1.1 us/s	0.16	Process	[watchdog/3]
389.6 us/s		kWork	do_dbs_timer
42.8 us/s	0.11	Process	expr
40.1 us/s	0.11	Process	cmp
12.3 us/s	0.11	Process	sendmail: accepting connections
10.8 us/s	0.11	Process	[jbd2/sda3-8]
1.5 us/s	0.11	Process	[flush-8:0]
1.1 us/s	0.11	Process	[flush-8:16]
0.8 us/s	0.11	Timer	sched_rt_period_timer
197.9 us/s		Interrupt	[1] timer(softirq)
38.5 us/s	0.05	Process	rm
25.0 us/s	0.05	kWork	rt_worker_func
19.6 us/s	0.05	Process	/usr/sbin/irqbalance
10.2 us/s	0.05	Process	[jbd2/sdb2-8]
6.1 us/s	0.05	Process	grep
4.5 us/s	0.05	Timer	clocksource_watchdog
1.2 us/s	0.05	Interrupt	[2] net tx(softirq)
1.0 us/s	0.05	Process	/sbin/audispd
1.0 us/s	0.05	Process	[khugepaged]
0.6 us/s	0.05	Process	[sync_supers]
0.3 us/s	0.05	kWork	neigh_periodic_work
104.6 us/s		Process	[kworker/0:1]
68.8 us/s		Process	[kworker/1:2]
68.2 us/s		Process	[kworker/3:2]
58.2 us/s		Process	[kworker/2:0]
55.2 us/s		Process	mv
50.1 us/s		Timer	cfq_idle_slice_timer
37.9 us/s		Process	find
37.5 us/s		Process	[migration/1]
34.3 us/s		Process	[migration/3]
33.6 us/s		Process	[migration/2]
32.2 us/s		Process	[migration/0]
27.3 us/s		Process	fixdep
20.9 us/s		Process	wc
13.1 us/s		Process	mk_elfconfig
7.0 us/s		kWork	vmstat_update
6.7 us/s		kWork	wq_barrier_func
6.1 us/s		Process	sed
3.0 us/s		Timer	process_timeout
1.9 us/s		Process	[ksoftirqd/2]
1.1 us/s		Process	[ksoftirqd/1]
1.0 us/s		Process	[kworker/1:1]
0.9 us/s		Process	[ksoftirqd/3]
0.9 us/s		Timer	tcp_write_timer
0.5 us/s		Timer	tcp_delack_timer
0.5 us/s		Process	[ksoftirqd/0]
0.4 us/s		Timer	sync_supers_timer_fn
0.3 us/s		Timer	dev_watchdog
0.3 us/s		Timer	commit_timeout
0.3 us/s		Interrupt	[8] hrtimer(softirq)
0.2 us/s		Timer	wakeup_timer_fn
0.2 us/s		Process	mkdir
0.1 us/s		Timer	neigh_timer_handler

Device Power Report

Usage	Device name
25.9%	CPU use
100.0%	Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel
100.0%	Audio codec hwC0D2: VIA
100.0%	Display backlight
0.0 ops/s	GPU
867.5 pkts/s	Network interface: p4p1 (atl1c)
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1
100.0%	PCI Device: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller
100.0%	PCI Device: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
100.0%	USB device: USB KVM Switch (Justcom Technology)
100.0%	USB device: xHCI Host Controller
0.0%	USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0.0%	USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
0.0%	USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
0.0%	USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0.0%	USB device: xHCI Host Controller

Process device activity

Process	Device
systemd	/dev/autofs
	/dev/kmsg
mcelog	/dev/mcelog
bluetoothd	/dev/rfkill
Xorg	/dev/input/event0
	/dev/input/event1
	/dev/input/event2
	/dev/input/event3
	/dev/input/event4
	/dev/vga_arbiter
upowerd	/dev/cpu_dma_latency
	/dev/network_latency
pulseaudio	/dev/snd/controlC0
	/dev/snd/controlC0

Software Settings in need of Tuning

NMI watchdog should be turned off	echo '0' > '/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog';
VM writeback timeout	echo '1500' > '/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs';
Enable Audio codec power management	echo '1' > '/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save';
Enable SATA link power management for /dev/sda	echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy';
Autosuspend for USB device USB KVM Switch [Justcom Technology]	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.4/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.2/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.5/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller	echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.0/power/control';

Untunable Software Issues

PCI Device Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller has no runtime power management

PCI Device Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge has no runtime power management

PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller has no runtime power management

PCI Device Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller has no runtime power management

PCI Device Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge has no runtime power management

Optimal Tuned Software Settings

Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb3]

Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb4]

Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb1]

Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb2]

Autosuspend for unknown USB device 1-1 (8087:0024)

Autosuspend for unknown USB device 2-1 (8087:0024)

Wake-on-lan status for device p4p1

Using 'ondemand' cpufreq governor

PowerTOP Version	v2.1
Kernel Version	Linux version 3.4.1 (root@adsl-s04.cs.wisc.edu) (gcc version 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5) (GCC) ) #202 SMP Sun Sep 9 18:39:30 CDT 2012
System Name	Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H77M-D3H To be filled by O.E.M.
CPU Information	4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
OS Information	Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)

Power Consumption Summary