System Information

PowerTOP Version v2.7
Kernel Version Linux version 3.19.8-ckt7
System Name AcerVA50_HC_CRV2.11
CPU Information 8 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
OS Information Gentoo/Linux



Top 10 Power Consumers

Usage Events/s Category Description
0.1% 24.9 Process /usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/mvk/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf --datadir=/home/mvk/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/ --
0.0% 17.1 Timer tick_sched_timer
0.1% 11.4 Process kwin
0.6% 7.4 Process kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit]
0.0% 9.7 kWork ieee80211_iface_work
0.0% 7.7 Process [rcu_sched]
0.0% 2.4 Interrupt [26] i915
0.0% 1.7 Process ksysguardd
0.0% 1.4 Process [rcuos/6]
0.0% 1.2 Process [rcuos/0]

Processor Idle State Report

Package 0
   
   
   
C2 (pc2) 0.7%
C3 (pc3) 0.2%
C6 (pc6) 0.5%
C7 (pc7) 89.7%
Core 0
   
   
   
   
C3 (cc3) 0.0%
C6 (cc6) 0.0%
C7 (cc7) 98.5%
Core 1
   
   
   
   
C3 (cc3) 0.0%
C6 (cc6) 0.0%
C7 (cc7) 98.7%
Core 2
   
   
   
   
C3 (cc3) 0.2%
C6 (cc6) 0.0%
C7 (cc7) 97.5%
Core 3
   
   
   
   
C3 (cc3) 0.0%
C6 (cc6) 0.0%
C7 (cc7) 99.8%
GPU 0
   
Powered On 5.2%
RC6 3.2%
RC6p 91.6%
RC6pp 0.0%
   
   
  CPU 0 CPU 1
C0 active 0.3%   0.9%  
POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C1E-IVB 0.0% 0.4 ms 0.2% 9.1 ms
       
C3-IVB 0.0% 0.5 ms 0.0% 0.5 ms
C6-IVB 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C7-IVB 99.6% 31.0 ms 98.9% 93.3 ms
  CPU 2 CPU 3
C0 active 0.2%   0.0%  
POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C1E-IVB 1.0% 66.3 ms 0.0% 0.6 ms
       
C3-IVB 0.0% 0.3 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C6-IVB 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C7-IVB 98.8% 50.1 ms 99.9% 206.1 ms
  CPU 4 CPU 5
C0 active 0.1%   0.0%  
POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C1E-IVB 1.5% 23.4 ms 0.5% 19.8 ms
       
C3-IVB 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.2% 24.5 ms
C6-IVB 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C7-IVB 98.3% 53.4 ms 99.2% 257.8 ms
  CPU 6 CPU 7
C0 active 0.1%   0.0%  
POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C1E-IVB 0.0% 0.5 ms 0.0% 0.7 ms
       
C3-IVB 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C6-IVB 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C7-IVB 99.9% 115.5 ms 99.9% 235.2 ms
 

Processor Frequency Report

Package 0
   
Idle 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0%
Core 0
   
Idle 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0%
Core 1
   
Idle 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0%
Core 2
   
Idle 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0%
Core 3
   
Idle 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0%
  CPU 0 CPU 1
Actual 1.8 GHz 3.1 GHz
Idle 100.0% 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0% 0.0%
  CPU 2 CPU 3
Actual 2.2 GHz 1.9 GHz
Idle 100.0% 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0% 0.0%
  CPU 4 CPU 5
Actual 2.2 GHz 1342 MHz
Idle 100.0% 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0% 0.0%
  CPU 6 CPU 7
Actual 2.0 GHz 1.6 GHz
Idle 100.0% 100.0%
3.40 GHz 0.0% 0.0%
 

Overview of Software Power Consumers

Usage Wakeups/s GPU ops/s Disk IO/s GFX Wakeups/s Category Description
0.7 ms/s 24.9 Process /usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/mvk/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf --datadir=/home/mvk/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/ --
211.3 us/s 17.1 Timer tick_sched_timer
541.8 us/s 9.1 2.3 3.2 Process kwin
6.2 ms/s 7.3 0.0 2.9 Process kdeinit4: plasma-desktop [kdeinit]
64.3 us/s 9.7 kWork ieee80211_iface_work
66.6 us/s 7.7 Process [rcu_sched]
19.7 us/s 2.4 Interrupt [26] i915
489.1 us/s 1.7 Process ksysguardd
28.4 us/s 1.4 Process [rcuos/6]
18.6 us/s 1.2 Process [rcuos/0]
643.6 us/s 1.0 Process /usr/bin/X -br -novtswitch :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp -dpi 96 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-keNdfa
328.4 us/s 1.0 Process kdeinit4: konsole [kdeinit]
9.9 us/s 1.0 kWork pci_pme_list_scan
3.3 us/s 1.0 kWork vmstat_shepherd
2.5 us/s 1.0 kWork ath_tx_complete_poll_work
46.2 us/s 0.9 Process akonadiserver
51.0 us/s 0.6 0.1 Process kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]
33.6 us/s 0.6 Interrupt [4] block(softirq)
74.9 us/s 0.5 Process /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --pid-file /run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid
199.1 us/s 0.5 kWork i915_gem_idle_work_handler
3.0 us/s 0.5 kWork i915_gem_retire_work_handler
2.4 us/s 0.5 kWork mei_timer
12.2 us/s 0.4 Interrupt [27] 0000:00:1f.2
0.0 us/s 0.4 kWork disk_events_workfn
15.8 us/s 0.30 Process /usr/libexec/rtkit-daemon
11.8 us/s 0.30 Process /sbin/udevd --daemon
1.7 us/s 0.30 Timer sched_rt_period_timer
0.4 us/s 0.30 kWork blk_delay_work
10.5 us/s 0.25 Process syslog-ng
2.8 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/0]
2.7 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/1]
2.4 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/5]
2.4 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/2]
2.4 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/7]
2.4 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/3]
2.3 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/4]
2.2 us/s 0.25 Process [watchdog/6]
477.3 us/s 0.05 Interrupt [6] tasklet(softirq)
71.0 us/s 0.20 Process udevd
8.6 us/s 0.20 Process [rcuos/2]
8.4 us/s 0.20 Process init [3]
6.1 us/s 0.20 kWork bdi_writeback_workfn
2.5 us/s 0.20 kWork rfkill_poll
0.3 us/s 0.20 kWork cfq_kick_queue
445.8 us/s Timer hrtimer_wakeup
334.7 us/s Interrupt [17] mmc0
7.7 us/s 0.10 Process [rcuos/4]
7.7 us/s 0.10 Process /usr/bin/akonadi_control
4.6 us/s 0.10 Process /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u
2.1 us/s 0.10 Process [khugepaged]
235.3 us/s Interrupt [7] sched(softirq)
209.5 us/s Interrupt [17] ath9k
174.8 us/s Interrupt [1] timer(softirq)
166.5 us/s Timer i915_hangcheck_elapsed
142.7 us/s Timer intel_pstate_timer_func
8.4 us/s 0.05 Process [jbd2/sda7-8]
8.0 us/s 0.05 Process [jbd2/sda10-8]
134.3 us/s Timer delayed_work_timer_fn
7.6 us/s 0.05 Process /usr/bin/korgac --icon korgac
4.4 us/s 0.05 Process pool
2.8 us/s 0.05 Process /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --persist-file /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist --cfgfile /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf --pidfile /run/
0.7 us/s 0.05 kWork do_cache_clean
0.5 us/s 0.05 kWork check_corruption
0.2 us/s 0.05 kWork neigh_periodic_work
107.9 us/s Process [kworker/u16:0]
59.2 us/s Timer tg3_timer
45.6 us/s Timer ath_ani_calibrate
30.9 us/s kWork vmstat_update
29.8 us/s Timer process_timeout
23.1 us/s Interrupt [9] RCU(softirq)
22.4 us/s Process [kworker/1:1]
21.7 us/s Timer watchdog_timer_fn
21.5 us/s Process /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
20.4 us/s Process [kworker/2:1]
13.0 us/s Process [kworker/6:1]
12.0 us/s Process [kworker/0:1]
10.3 us/s Process [kworker/4:1]
9.0 us/s Timer clocksource_watchdog
6.0 us/s Process [kworker/7:1]
5.0 us/s Process [kworker/0:1H]
4.6 us/s Timer tpt_trig_timer
4.0 us/s Process [kworker/5:1]
3.8 us/s Process [kworker/3:1]
1.0 us/s Timer commit_timeout
0.9 us/s Process [rcuos/3]
0.9 us/s Timer writeout_period
0.8 us/s Process [rcuos/7]
0.7 us/s Process [rcuos/1]
0.7 us/s Timer cfq_idle_slice_timer
0.4 us/s Timer blk_rq_timed_out_timer
0.3 us/s Process [rcuos/5]
0.2 us/s Process [ksoftirqd/4]
0.1 us/s Interrupt [8] hrtimer(softirq)

Device Power Report

Usage Device Name
1.3% CPU core
1.3% CPU misc
2.4 ops/s GPU core
2.4 ops/s GPU misc
100.0% Display backlight
0.0 pkts/s Network interface: eth0 (tg3)
0.0% USB device: xHCI Host Controller
100.0% USB device: usb-device-0489-e04e
100.0% USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
100.0% USB device: EHCI Host Controller
100.0% Radio device: acer-wmi
100.0% Radio device: acer-wmi
100.0% Radio device: btusb
100.0% Radio device: ath9k
0.1 pkts/s Network interface: wlan0 (ath9k)
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
0.0% USB device: HD WebCam (SunplusIT INC.)
0.0% USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0.0% USB device: xHCI Host Controller
0.0% runtime-PNP0C09:00
0.0% USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
0.0% runtime-PNP0C14:00
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
0.0% PCI Device: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M]
0.0% PCI Device: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
0.0% PCI Device: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader
0.0% PCI Device: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader
0.0% PCI Device: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader
0.0% PCI Device: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter
0.0% runtime-reg-dummy
0.0% runtime-i8042
0.0% runtime-PNP0C04:00
0.0% runtime-regulatory.0
0.0% runtime-platform-framebuffer.0
0.0% runtime-PNP0C0C:00
0.0% runtime-INT0800:00
0.0% runtime-Fixed MDIO bus.0
0.0% runtime-serial8250
0.0% runtime-pcspkr
0.0% runtime-iTCO_wdt
0.0% runtime-acer-wmi
0.0% runtime-alarmtimer
0.0% runtime-PNP0C0E:00
0.0% runtime-PNP0C0D:00
0.0% I2C Device: SMBus
0.0% runtime-PNP0C14:01
0.0% runtime-PNP0C0A:00
0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
0.0% runtime-microcode
0.0% runtime-coretemp.0
0.0% runtime-gpio_ich
0.0% runtime-PNP0103:00
0.0% runtime-ACPI0003:00
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: i915
0.0% I2C Device: DPDDC-A
0.0% I2C Device: DPDDC-B

Process Device Activity

Process Device
udevd /dev/kmsg
syslog-ng /dev/kmsg
X /dev/dri/card0
/dev/input/event0
/dev/input/event14
/dev/input/event2
/dev/input/event3
/dev/input/event4
/dev/input/event5
/dev/input/event6
/dev/input/event7
/dev/input/event8
/dev/vga_arbiter
bluetoothd /dev/rfkill
acpid /dev/input/event0
/dev/input/event1
/dev/input/event11
/dev/input/event12
/dev/input/event13
/dev/input/event2
/dev/input/event3
/dev/input/event4
/dev/input/event5
/dev/input/event6
/dev/input/event8
wpa_supplicant /dev/rfkill
upowerd /dev/cpu_dma_latency
/dev/input/event1
/dev/network_latency
kwin /dev/dri/card0
pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0
/dev/snd/controlC1
/dev/snd/controlC1
/dev/snd/controlC1
udevd /dev/kmsg
/dev/kmsg
/dev/kmsg
/dev/kmsg
/dev/kmsg

AHCI ALPM Residency Statistics - Not supported on this macine

Software Settings in Need of Tuning

Description Script
Wireless Power Saving for interface wlan0 iw dev wlan0 set power_save on
NMI watchdog should be turned off echo '0' > '/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog';
Enable SATA link power management for host4 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host4/link_power_management_policy';
Enable SATA link power management for host5 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host5/link_power_management_policy';
Enable SATA link power management for host3 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host3/link_power_management_policy';
Enable SATA link power management for host1 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host1/link_power_management_policy';
Enable Audio codec power management echo '1' > '/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save';
Enable SATA link power management for host0 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy';
VM writeback timeout echo '1500' > '/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs';
Enable SATA link power management for host2 echo 'min_power' > '/sys/class/scsi_host/host2/link_power_management_policy';
Autosuspend for unknown USB device 3-1.1 (0489:e04e) echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/3-1.1/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.2/power/control';
Runtime PM for PCI Device Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.3/power/control';
Wake-on-lan status for device eth0 ethtool -s eth0 wol d;

Untunable Software Issues

Description

Optimal Tuned Software Settings

Description
Bluetooth device interface status
Autosuspend for unknown USB device 3-1 (8087:0024)
Autosuspend for unknown USB device 4-1 (8087:0024)
Autosuspend for USB device HD WebCam [SunplusIT INC.]
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb4]
Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb1]
Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb2]
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb3]
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port
Runtime PM for PCI Device Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader
Runtime PM for PCI Device NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M]
Wake-on-lan status for device wlan0