CPU Governors Compared

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1	Thanks to steve.garon for the kernel	Results are relative to the performance governor. 0% is equal. Negative percentages show how much worse the overall score is compared to the performance governor					Vote for your favourite governor ->		http://goo.gl/o8iyC	What is a governor? Check link for more info ->	http://goo.gl/7B4yQ			Constructive feedback here ->	http://goo.gl/gyjis
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3	Average of 2 passes			Lulzactive	Lagfree	InteractiveX (got stuck at 800Mhz)	Minmax	Winner: SmartassV2	Lazy	Interactive	Conservative	Conservative (new version, changed on 31st Jan '12)	placeholder	Userspace (NO DAEMON USED - IGNORE RESULT)	Ondemand	Ondemand min=1100 max=1100	Performance
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5	CPU	0.77%		0%	-16%	-23%	0%	0%	0%	0%	-6%	-6%		-28%	0%	0%	7%
6	RAM	0.27%		0%	0%	-30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	-1%	-4%		-29%	0%	-1%	5%
7	I/O	1.60%		-12%	-10%	-22%	-20%	-7%	-16%	-23%	-17%	31%		-16%	-17%	-3%	12%
8	Graphics	0.91%		-2%	-1%	-11%	-2%	-2%	-6%	-15%	-1%	-9%		-12%	-6%	0%	5%
9			Total:	-14%	-27%	-85%	-22%	-10%	-22%	-38%	-24%	-28%		-86%	-24%	-4%
10	Double Pass	Double testing halves variability. See sheet 2 (bottom tab) here: http://goo.gl/AcQ4U for source of variability stats	100% is an all-kernel double-pass mean	Lulzactive Pass 1	Lulzactive Pass 2	Lagfree Pass 1	Lagfree Pass 2	InteractiveX Pass1	InteractiveX Pass2	Minmax Pass 1	Minmax Pass 2	Conservative Pass 1 (new)	Conservative Pass 2 (new)	SmartassV2 Pass 1	SmartassV2 Pass 2	Lazy Pass 1	Lazy Pass 2	Interactive Pass 1	Interactive Pass 2	Conservative Pass 1	Conservative Pass 2	Userspace Pass 1	Userspace Pass 2	Ondemand Pass 1	Ondemand Pass 2	Performance Pass 1	Performance Pass 2	Ondemand min=1100 pass 1	Ondemand min=1100 pass 2
11	CPU	1.53%		107.43%	108.04%	92.55%	91.16%	84.29%	84.94%	106.77%	107.66%	100.56%	103.20%	106.94%	107.18%	107.36%	107.64%	107.75%	107.10%	101.78%	101.96%	79.01%	79.92%	107.91%	106.96%	107.26%	107.53%	106.92%	107.22%
12	RAM	0.53%		104.73%	104.73%	104.96%	104.50%	75.27%	75.74%	104.73%	104.96%	98.89%	102.39%	104.73%	104.96%	104.96%	104.96%	104.73%	104.96%	104.26%	104.26%	75.74%	75.98%	105.43%	104.96%	104.96%	105.20%	104.50%	104.50%
13	I/O	3.19%		94.56%	105.63%	95.44%	109.08%	83.74%	97.91%	86.28%	97.44%	140.38%	146.49%	97.75%	112.86%	90.76%	101.91%	83.93%	95.40%	91.60%	99.42%	89.23%	103.28%	88.20%	101.65%	106.04%	118.63%	101.93%	116.35%
14	Graphics	1.82%		103.51%	103.84%	104.66%	104.60%	95.45%	92.77%	103.39%	103.90%	95.67%	96.21%	102.51%	103.09%	97.72%	99.77%	90.33%	89.54%	105.14%	104.12%	92.88%	92.78%	98.72%	98.93%	105.49%	104.96%	105.09%	104.92%
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16	STEPS		Initialised system, rebooted, wait until screen off, unlock, run all benchmarks. Power off	Boot, wait until screen off, unlock. run all tests.	Run all tests again. Set new governor. Power off.	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step	Repeat column D step	Repeat column E step
17			Lulzactive Test Pass	Lulzactive Pass 1	Lulzactive Pass 2	Lagfree Pass 1	Lagfree Pass 2	InteractiveX Pass1	InteractiveX Pass2	Minmax Pass 1	Minmax Pass 2	Conservative Pass 1 (new)	Conservative Pass 2 (new)	SmartassV2 Pass 1	SmartassV2 Pass 2	Lazy Pass 1	Lazy Pass 2	Interactive Pass 1	Interactive Pass 2	Conservative Pass 1	Conservative Pass 2	Userspace Pass 1	Userspace Pass 2	Ondemand Pass 1	Ondemand Pass 2	Performance Pass 1	Performance Pass 2	Ondemand min=1100 pass 1	Ondemand min=1100 pass 2
18	Ram	AnTuTu	447	448	448	449	447	322	324	448	449	423	438	448	449	449	449	448	449	446	446	324	325	451	449	449	450	447	447
19	CPU integer		703	704	705	703	703	505	508	702	704	678	687	705	702	702	702	702	704	704	703	508	510	702	703	706	704	701	703
20	CPU float-point		177	179	180	182	182	127	127	179	183	170	173	177	178	178	181	178	179	178	182	127	127	181	182	179	178	182	179
21	2D graphics		321	322	317	322	322	320	321	303	306	274	275	321	321	318	315	300	298	322	322	320	320	315	310	322	322	322	322
22	3D graphics		1311	1306	1304	1301	1304	1153	1147	1315	1314	1147	1156	1298	1301	1300	1315	994	985	1305	1311	1148	1175	1297	1256	1322	1309	1304	1309
23	Database IO	Poor Accuracy	290	305	360	315	310	235	255	280	335			300	310	280	255	260	275	300	345	245	245	260	290	300	345	265	320
24	SD card write	In MB per second	5.3	5.4	8.4	5.4	8.4	5.4	8.2	5.4	8.3	6.1	7.1	5.4	8.3	5.3	8.2	5.1	7.4	5.3	7	5.4	8.5	5.3	8.1	5.8	8.7	5.9	9
25	SD card read	In MB per second	17.4	17.9	18.1	18	19.5	17	18.4	14.5	16.1	21.3	20.8	19.6	21.2	15.2	15.9	13.3	14.2	17.7	19.1	19.8	22.2	15.5	16.9	23.8	24.9	20.4	22.6
26	CPU Mhz		1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100	1100
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28	Milliseconds	BenchmarkPi	1186	1174	1157	1315	1248	1633	1599	1178	1154	1435	1400	1176	1178	1181	1147	1180	1159	1838	1812	1628	1592	1184	1153	1178	1154	1170	1156
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30	Single thread	Linpack	4.23	4.24	4.21	7.9	10.8	5.73	5.73	4.22	4.21	4.66	4.36	4.32	4.21	4.22	4.22	4.25	4.21	4.25	4.3	5.79	5.73	4.26	4.29	4.24	4.21	4.26	4.27
31	Multi-thread	(in seconds)	9.37	9.35	9.34	17.39	18.05	13.69	12.86	10.21	9.37	10.48	9.82	9.44	9.46	9.4	9.4	9.36	9.39	9.84	9.87	12.74	12.73	9.33	9.42	9.35	9.48	9.38	9.4
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33	FPS	Nenamark 2	26.7	26.5	26.4	27.9	27.8	24.9	24.7	28	27.7	27.5	27.5	25.8	25.8	22.7	22.4	19.8	19.7	27.5	27.4	25.2	24.8	23.4	23.1	28	27.7	27.8	28
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35	CPU	Quadrant Advanced	4827	4996	4673	4754	5416	3516	4034	4824	4698	3901	4181	5074	4450	4146	3684	4087	4031	4701	4387	3305	3404	4654	4619	4794	4525	4976	4525
36	Memory	Poor Accuracy	1920	1697	1895	1998	1963	1542	1427	1744	1871			1887	1780	1928	1744	1839	1691	1765	1963	1758	1532	1787	1817	1971	1871	1809	1871
37	I/O		5263	5254	5181	5170	4941	3891	3785	5081	5155	2191	2273	5173	5191	5069	4933	4450	4285	4972	4821	3893	3647	5075	5017	5171	5100	5087	5100
38	2D graphics		1087	1087	1087	1089	1088	1087	1084	1056	1086	931	935	1088	1091	859	1086	992	955	1090	1088	1080	1084	925	995	1089	1081	1085	1085
39	3D graphics		797	794	793	801	794	691	686	797	792	712	728	773	773	769	707	545	579	797	798	691	693	736	720	796	796	797	794
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41	Productivity Index	Smartbench 2012	582	582	582	582	583	447	425	584	573	570	570	570	583	574	565	576	572	578	577	424	422	577	577	571	583	580	580
42	Gaming Index	Poor Accuracy	2362	1910	1842	2018	2294	1816	1862	2548	1881			2177	2604	2088	2084	1465	1494	2053	2425	1723	2023	1783	1607	2161	2475	2395	2119
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44	Surf Wax Binder	Vellamo	187	189.89	191.38	188.68	185.01	135.77	140.77	193.44	180.8	181.99	185.3	194.33	193.58	194.82	195.47	185.73	193.76	188.65	182.06	139.98	140.05	190.93	194.34	191.11	190.65	193.55	192.83
45	See The Sun Canvas		58.16	58.55	60.2	59.44	60.58	56.98	47.53	59.09	58.41	55.77	55.76	58.3	58.08	57.78	58.37	60.59	60.85	60.33	58.37	47.24	47.77	58.87	60.85	60.15	60.05	59.29	61.47
46	Deep Sea Canvas		100.08	100.8	102.47	101.11	99.88	80.29	79.8	101.05	103.87	100.8	101.05	100.59	104.53	103.28	104.15	105.6	100.44	104.59	100.8	79.07	76.26	104.98	104.48	104.26	103.71	105.43	99.68
47	Aquarium Canvas	Poor Accuracy	50.46	41.82	49.15	44.8	46.65	42.28	35.34	42.77	41.92			42.59	47.07	46.47	42.73	failed	51.48	failed	41.91	failed	35.32	failed	42.18	failed	44.88	failed	44.88
48	Pixel Blender		41.75	40.25	43	43	42.08	32.75	33.16	44.25	43.91	41.58	41.33	43.16	39.41	43	42.91	42.16	40.91	40.91	43.75	31.41	33.16	42.58	42.66	40	41.41	40	41.41
49	Sun Spider		77.01	76.61	78.31	77.75	78.65	76.51	78.37	78.7	79.69	78.05	77.51	78.24	75.57	77.75	76.72	80.73	78.11	78.23	78.22	53.7	55.62	81.22	77.05	78.46	76.68	74.46	75.53
50	V8 Benchmark		129.12	129.48	128.68	124.73	126.01	125.93	125.26	131.22	122.59	126.38	129.41	130.21	130.72	130.72	130.94	129.56	123.66	130.01	130.07	108.52	111.18	128.31	123.35	127.35	129.41	127.35	129.41
51	Networking Loader		178.08	177.93	165.9	172.79	159.36	29.15	172.85	161.45	170.44			136.07	171.69	180.05	169.91	178.41	171.11	179.5	168.07	29.88	29.17	171.4	171.26	172.15	170.25	172.15	170.25
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53	Overall Time (seconds)	SQL	89.446	93.436	95.115	90.104	86.386	102.531	96.904	112.675	112.213	35.715	34.3	92.336	84.226	95.338	97.519	105.354	102.061	102.427	99.797	97.537	100.019	105.991	102.184	86.695	85.059	87.514	86.957
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79																				280	255	17.67766953	214.4669914	These grey box scores are worked out from the mean minus 3 standard deviations, just like my scheduler sheet. 2 passes is not going to be as accurate though
80																				5.3	8.2	2.050609665	0.5981710037
81																				15.2	15.9	0.4949747468	14.06507576
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83																				SmartassV2 Pass 1	SmartassV2 Pass 2
84																				300	310	7.071067812	283.7867966
85																				5.4	8.3	2.050609665	0.6981710037
86																				19.6	21.2	1.13137085	17.00588745
87																							14.99
88																				Conservative Pass 1	Conservative Pass 2
89																				300	345	31.81980515	227.0405845
90																				5.3	7	1.202081528	2.543755416
91																				17.7	19.1	0.9899494937	15.43015152
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