PowerTOP report

System information

PowerTOP version1.98 beta 1
Kernel versionLinux version 3.1.1-2.fc16.x86_64 (mockbuild@x86-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.6.2 20111027 (Red Hat 4.6.2-1) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Nov 14 15:46:10 UTC 2011
System nameLENOVO 4291CL9 ThinkPad X220
CPU information4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz
OS informationFedora release 16 (Verne)

Power consumption summary

168.5 wakeups/second, 0.0 GPU ops/second and 0.0 VFS ops/sec

UsageEvents/sCategoryDescription
3851 rpmDeviceLaptop fan
518.3 us/s 66.4Interrupt[48] i915
562.9 us/s 27.2Interrupt[6] tasklet(softirq)
167.2 us/s 21.1Timertick_sched_timer
57.7 us/s 9.8kWorkieee80211_iface_work
64.2 us/s 9.2Timerhrtimer_wakeup
0.0% 8.7Processxchat
0.3% 6.0Process/usr/bin/gnome-shell
0.1% 5.7Process/usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-P5tsrx/database -nolisten tcp vt1
55.0 us/s 3.1kWorkiwl_bg_run_time_calib_work

Processor Idle state report

Package  Core  CPU 0 CPU 1
  C0 active 0.5% 0.1%
  POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
  C1-SNB 0.5% 0.2 ms 0.2% 0.2 ms
C2 (pc2) 0.0%  
C3 (pc3) 0.0% C3 (cc3) 0.2% C3-SNB 0.2% 0.3 ms 0.1% 0.4 ms
C6 (pc6) 0.0% C6 (cc6) 0.0% C6-SNB 0.0% 1.4 ms 0.0% 0.4 ms
C7 (pc7) 0.0% C7 (cc7) 97.8% C7-SNB 98.5% 7.4 ms 99.4% 35.5 ms
   Core  CPU 2 CPU 3
   C0 active 0.0% 0.0%
   POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
   C1-SNB 4.8% 138.2 ms 0.1% 1.5 ms
   
  C3 (cc3) 0.0% C3-SNB 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
  C6 (cc6) 0.0% C6-SNB 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
  C7 (cc7) 95.1% C7-SNB 95.1% 234.9 ms 99.9% 281.4 ms

Processor frequency report

Package  Core  CPU 0 CPU 1
  Actual1.7 Ghz1.6 Ghz
Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0% 0.0%
2.71 Ghz 0.0%  2.71 Ghz 0.0%  2.71 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
2.21 Ghz 0.0%  2.21 Ghz 0.0%  2.21 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1.80 Ghz 0.0%  1.80 Ghz 0.0%  1.80 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1400 Mhz 0.0%  1400 Mhz 0.0%  1400 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
1200 Mhz 0.0%  1200 Mhz 0.0%  1200 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
1000 Mhz 0.0%  1000 Mhz 0.0%  1000 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
800 Mhz 0.5%   800 Mhz 0.5%   800 Mhz 0.5% 0.1%
   Core  CPU 2 CPU 3
   Actual2.0 Ghz1.7 Ghz
  Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0% 0.0%
  2.71 Ghz 0.0%  2.71 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  2.21 Ghz 0.0%  2.21 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1.80 Ghz 0.0%  1.80 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1400 Mhz 0.0%  1400 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
  1200 Mhz 0.0%  1200 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
  1000 Mhz 0.0%  1000 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
   800 Mhz 0.0%   800 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%

Overview of software power consumers

UsageWakeups/sGPU ops/sDisk IO/sCategoryDescription
518.3 us/s 66.4Interrupt[48] i915
562.9 us/s 27.2Interrupt[6] tasklet(softirq)
167.2 us/s 21.1Timertick_sched_timer
57.7 us/s 9.8kWorkieee80211_iface_work
64.2 us/s 9.2Timerhrtimer_wakeup
471.2 us/s 8.7Processxchat
2.8 ms/s 6.0Process/usr/bin/gnome-shell
0.7 ms/s 5.7Process/usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-P5tsrx/database -nolisten tcp vt1
55.0 us/s 3.1kWorkiwl_bg_run_time_calib_work
28.4 us/s 1.0Process/usr/libexec/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
15.7 us/s 1.0Process[ksoftirqd/1]
84.7 us/s 0.9Interrupt[7] sched(softirq)
180.1 us/s 0.8Processgnome-terminal
14.2 us/s 0.8Process[ksoftirqd/0]
3.9 us/s 0.8kWorki915_gem_retire_work_handler
10.6 us/s 0.7Interrupt[4] block(softirq)
48.0 us/s 0.6Processcups-polld cups.bos.redhat.com 631 30 631
85.6 us/s 0.5Process/usr/sbin/vpnc --non-inter --no-detach -
28.8 us/s 0.5Process/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
40.0 us/s 0.5Process/usr/sbin/cupsd -f
0.4 us/s 0.5kWorkblk_delay_work
0.8 ms/s 0.05Processpowertop --html powertop.html
35.4 us/s 0.3Process/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
106.9 us/s 0.20Processnm-applet
16.1 us/s 0.20Processsendmail: accepting connections
11.8 us/s 0.20Process[jbd2/sda2-8]
6.9 us/s 0.20Process[jbd2/sda3-8]
0.9 us/s 0.20kWorkgen6_pm_rps_work
0.3 us/s 0.20kWorkieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_wor
48.1 us/s 0.15Process/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --systemd-activation
0.4 us/s 0.15kWorkiwl_bg_scan_completed
0.4 us/s 0.15Timersched_rt_period_timer
33.8 us/s 0.10Process/usr/sbin/irqbalance
14.4 us/s 0.10Process/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
4.1 us/s 0.10Process/usr/libexec/rtkit-daemon
2.1 us/s 0.10Process/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -B -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log -P /var/run/wpa_suppli
0.8 us/s 0.10Process[khugepaged]
0.2 us/s 0.10kWorkneigh_periodic_work
0.1 us/s 0.10kWorkcfq_kick_queue
227.3 us/sInterrupt[50] iwlagn
65.3 us/s 0.05Processevolution
42.0 us/s 0.05Process/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
7.9 us/s 0.05Processgnome-session
2.8 us/s 0.05Process[ksoftirqd/2]
2.4 us/s 0.05Processkrb5-auth-dialog --auto
1.2 us/s 0.05Process/usr/libexec/gconfd-2
1.1 us/s 0.05Process[ksoftirqd/3]
0.6 us/s 0.05Process[flush-8:0]
0.4 us/s 0.05Process[sync_supers]
0.1 us/s 0.05kWorkdo_cache_clean
0.0 us/s 0.05kWorkiwl_bg_start_internal_scan
122.9 us/sProcess[kworker/0:0]
112.0 us/sTimerdelayed_work_timer_fn
105.3 us/sInterrupt[1] timer(softirq)
100.5 us/sProcess[kworker/u:35]
93.4 us/skWorkdo_dbs_timer
87.2 us/sProcess[kworker/u:0]
53.7 us/sTimerflush_unmaps_timeout
43.4 us/sInterrupt[9] RCU(softirq)
36.3 us/sProcess[kworker/1:0]
20.8 us/skWorkiwl_bg_rx_replenish
15.0 us/sInterrupt[3] net_rx(softirq)
12.2 us/sProcess[migration/1]
12.1 us/sProcess[migration/0]
8.7 us/skWorkvmstat_update
8.5 us/sProcess[kworker/3:1]
6.6 us/sProcess[kworker/2:0]
6.1 us/sTimerclocksource_watchdog
5.6 us/sProcess[migration/2]
5.6 us/sProcess[migration/3]
5.3 us/sInterrupt[42] SATA controller
3.0 us/sTimerintel_gpu_idle_timer
1.2 us/sTimeriwl_bg_watchdog
1.0 us/sTimerintel_crtc_idle_timer
0.8 us/sTimerdeath_by_timeout
0.7 us/sTimerieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer
0.6 us/sInterrupt[8] hrtimer(softirq)
0.4 us/skWorkiwl_bg_tt_work
0.4 us/sTimertcp_write_timer
0.3 us/sTimercommit_timeout
0.3 us/sTimerprocess_timeout
0.2 us/sTimeri915_hangcheck_elapsed
0.2 us/sTimercfq_idle_slice_timer
0.2 us/sTimervblank_disable_fn
0.2 us/sTimersync_supers_timer_fn
0.1 us/sTimerneigh_timer_handler
0.0 us/sTimertcp_delack_timer
0.0 us/sTimerblk_rq_timed_out_timer

Process device activity

ProcessDevice
systemd/dev/kmsg
/dev/autofs
systemd-stdout-/dev/kmsg
/dev/console
/dev/console
bluetoothd/dev/rfkill
mcelog/dev/mcelog
Xorg/dev/dri/card0
/dev/vga_arbiter
/dev/input/event6
/dev/input/event8
/dev/input/event3
/dev/input/event2
/dev/input/event5
/dev/input/event1
/dev/input/event7
/dev/input/event4
upowerd/dev/input/event0
/dev/network_latency
/dev/cpu_dma_latency
gvfs-fuse-daemo/dev/fuse
pulseaudio/dev/snd/controlC0
/dev/snd/controlC0
gnome-shell/dev/rfkill
/dev/dri/card0
vpnc/dev/net/tun

Device power report

The battery reports a discharge rate of 16.0 W

UsageDevice name
3851 rpmLaptop fan
0.8%CPU use
168.8 pkts/snic:tun0
100.0%Display backlight
100.0%Display backlight
0.0%USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0.0%USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
0.0%Audio codec hwC0D0: Conexant
0.0%USB device: Broadcom Bluetooth Device (Broadcom Corp)
224.0 pkts/sNetwork interface: wlan0 (iwlagn)
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205
100.0%Radio device: iwlagn
100.0%Radio device: thinkpad_acpi
100.0%Radio device: btusb
100.0%PCI Device: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
0.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
0.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
0.0%PCI Device: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller
0.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
0.0%USB device: Integrated Camera (Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.)
0.0%USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0.0%USB device: xHCI Host Controller
0.0 pkts/sNetwork interface: em1 (e1000e)
0.0%Thinkpad light
0.0%USB device: xHCI Host Controller
0.0%USB device: usb-device-8087-0024
0.0%Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel

Untunable software issues

PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller has no runtime power management

Optimal tuned software settings

Wireless Power Saving for interface wlan0
Enable SATA link power management for /dev/sda
NMI watchdog should be turned off
Power Aware CPU scheduler
VM writeback timeout
Enable Audio codec power management
Bluetooth device interface status
Autosuspend for USB device Integrated Camera [Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.]
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb1]
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb2]
Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb3]
Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb4]
Autosuspend for unknown USB device 2-1 (8087:0024)
Autosuspend for USB device Broadcom Bluetooth Device [Broadcom Corp]
Autosuspend for unknown USB device 1-1 (8087:0024)
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
Runtime PM for PCI Device NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7
Wake-on-lan status for device em1
Wake-on-lan status for device wlan0
Wake-on-lan status for device tun0
Using 'ondemand' cpufreq governor