PowerTOP report

System information

PowerTOP version1.99 alpha 1
Kernel versionLinux version 2.6.36+ (arjan@arjan-desktop.yourdomain.com.) (gcc version 4.5.0 20100414 (MeeGo 4.5.0-1) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 1 14:55:44 PDT 2010
System nameLENOVO 514328U ThinkPad X201s
CPU information4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU L 640 @ 2.13GHz
OS informationMeeGo release 1.1.80 (MeeGo)

Power consumption summary

Power est.Usage/sEvents/sCategoryDescription
3.44 W 100.0%DeviceDisplay backlight
1.03 W 3029 rpmDeviceLaptop fan
297 mW 100.0%DeviceRadio device: btusb
25.6 mW 79.6 us 12.2Interrupt[40] i915
21.2 mW 0.2 ms 10.0Processsyndaemon -i 0.5 -k
13.2 mW 0.8 ms 5.7Process/usr/bin/Xorg :0 -logfile /tmp/Xorg.0.arjan.log -dpi 120 -nolisten tcp -noreset -auth /home/arjan/.Xauthority vt2
9.27 mW 0.1%DeviceSATA disk: INTEL SSDSA2SH03
8.62 mW 39.2 us 4.1Timertick_sched_timer
5.48 mW 33.2 us 2.6Timerhrtimer_wakeup
5.18 mW 0.2 ms 2.3Process[btrfs-transacti]

Processor Idle state report

Package  Core  CPU 0 CPU 1
  C0 active 0.1% 0.1%
  C0 polling 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
  NHM-C1 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.1% 0.6 ms
C3 (pc3) 0.5% C3 (cc3) 0.7% NHM-C3 0.4% 3.6 ms 0.4% 2.7 ms
C6 (pc6) 96.6% C6 (cc6) 98.9% NHM-C6 99.5% 38.3 ms 99.3% 37.6 ms
   Core  CPU 2 CPU 3
   C0 active 0.1% 0.0%
   C0 polling 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
   NHM-C1 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.2% 2.5 ms
  C3 (cc3) 0.1% NHM-C3 0.0% 0.6 ms 0.1% 1.1 ms
  C6 (cc6) 99.5% NHM-C6 99.9% 60.4 ms 99.7% 58.8 ms

Processor frequency report

Package  Core  CPU 0 CPU 1
  Actual 1389 Mhz 1428 Mhz
Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0% 0.0%
2.14 Ghz 0.0%  2.14 Ghz 0.0%  2.14 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1.87 Ghz 0.0%  1.87 Ghz 0.0%  1.87 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1.74 Ghz 0.0%  1.74 Ghz 0.0%  1.74 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
1466 Mhz 0.0%  1466 Mhz 0.0%  1466 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
1333 Mhz 0.0%  1333 Mhz 0.0%  1333 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
1199 Mhz 0.1%  1199 Mhz 0.1%  1199 Mhz 0.1% 0.0%
Idle 99.9%  Idle 99.9%  Idle 99.9% 100.0%
   Core  CPU 2 CPU 3
   Actual 1444 Mhz 1457 Mhz
  Turbo Mode 0.0%  Turbo Mode 0.0% 0.0%
  2.14 Ghz 0.0%  2.14 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  2.00 Ghz 0.0%  2.00 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1.87 Ghz 0.0%  1.87 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1.74 Ghz 0.0%  1.74 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1.60 Ghz 0.0%  1.60 Ghz 0.0% 0.0%
  1466 Mhz 0.0%  1466 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
  1333 Mhz 0.0%  1333 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
  1199 Mhz 0.0%  1199 Mhz 0.0% 0.0%
  Idle 99.9%  Idle 99.9% 100.0%

Overview of software power consumers

Power est.Usage/sWakeups/sGPU ops/sDisk IO/sCategoryDescription
25.6 mW 79.6 us 12.2Interrupt[40] i915
21.2 mW 0.2 ms 10.0Processsyndaemon -i 0.5 -k
13.2 mW 0.8 ms 5.7Process/usr/bin/Xorg :0 -logfile /tmp/Xorg.0.arjan.log -dpi 120 -nolisten tcp -noreset -auth /home/arjan/.Xauthority vt2
8.62 mW 39.2 us 4.1Timertick_sched_timer
5.48 mW 33.2 us 2.6Timerhrtimer_wakeup
5.18 mW 0.2 ms 2.3Process[btrfs-transacti]
4.57 mW 0.1 ms 1.2 0.5Process/usr/bin/mutter --sm-disable
4.56 mW 47.3 us 2.1Process[btrfs-submit-0]
3.94 mW 55.8 us 1.8kWorkcache_reap
3.69 mW 22.3 us 1.7Process[btrfs-endio-met]
2.69 mW 59.7 us 1.2Interrupt[4] block(softirq)
908 uW 0.6 ms 0.0Process./powertop --html
847 uW 83.9 us 0.3Processgnome-terminal
538 uW 11.4 us 0.2Process/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
386 uW 0.1 ms 0.1Process[btrfs-worker-0]
274 uW 46.9 us 0.1Interrupt[41] SATA controller
227 uW 13.4 us 0.1Interrupt[7] sched(softirq)
209 uW 0.3 us 0.1kWorkintel_idle_update
209 uW 0.1 us 0.1kWorkcfq_kick_queue
130 uW 18.8 us 0.0Process/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-fs
115 uW 7.9 us 0.0Processjoe Makefile
109 uW 3.0 us 0.0Process[ksoftirqd/3]
107 uW 2.1 us 0.0kWorkrt_worker_func
106 uW 1.5 us 0.0Processinit [5]
105 uW 0.6 us 0.0Process[flush-btrfs-1]
105 uW 0.6 us 0.0Timerit_real_fn
105 uW 0.5 us 0.0Process[ksoftirqd/2]
105 uW 0.4 us 0.0kWorkflush_to_ldisc
105 uW 0.3 us 0.0Process[sync_supers]
105 uW 0.3 us 0.0kWorkneigh_periodic_work
105 uW 0.2 us 0.0kWorki915_gem_retire_work_handler
105 uW 0.2 us 0.0Process[btrfs-cleaner]
102 uW 73.6 usInterrupt[1] timer(softirq)
0 mW 31.4 usTimerdelayed_work_timer_fn
0 mW 21.7 uskWorkdo_dbs_timer
0 mW 13.0 usProcess[kworker/2:0]
0 mW 12.6 usInterrupt[9] RCU(softirq)
0 mW 10.3 usProcess[kworker/1:2]
0 mW 9.3 usProcess[kworker/0:2]
0 mW 6.1 usTimerclocksource_watchdog
0 mW 6.1 usProcess[kworker/3:0]
0 mW 6.0 uskWorkvmstat_update
0 mW 1.9 usTimeriwl_bg_monitor_recover
0 mW 1.0 usProcess[kworker/u:1]
0 mW 0.3 usTimerprocess_timeout
0 mW 0.2 usTimersync_supers_timer_fn
0 mW 0.2 usTimerintel_gpu_idle_timer
0 mW 0.1 usTimeri915_hangcheck_elapsed
0 mW 0.1 usTimerintel_crtc_idle_timer
0 mW 0.1 usTimervblank_disable_fn
0 mW 0.1 usTimerpeer_check_expire

Device power report

System baseline power is estimated at 7.39 W

Power est.UsageDevice name
3.44 W 100.0%Display backlight
1.03 W 3029 rpmLaptop fan
297 mW 100.0%Radio device: btusb
102 mW 0.3%CPU use
9.27 mW 0.1%SATA disk: INTEL SSDSA2SH03
1.80 mW 0.5 ops/sGPU
0 mW 0.0 pkts/sNetwork interface: eth0 (e1000e)
0 mW 100.0%USB Device: Intel built in USB hub
0 mW 100.0%USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0 mW 100.0%Radio device: iwlagn
0 mW 100.0%Radio device: thinkpad_acpi
0 mW 100.0%USB device: Broadcom Bluetooth Device (Broadcom Corp)
0 mW 0.0%Audio codec hwC0D0: Conexant
0 mW 0.0%USB device: EHCI Host Controller
0 mW 0.0%USB device: Biometric Coprocessor (UPEK)
0 mW 0.0%USB Device: Intel built in USB hub
0 mW 0.0 pkts/sNetwork interface: wlan0 (iwlagn)
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Device 4239
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Device 10ea
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak KT Controller
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Device 0046
100.0%PCI Device: Intel Corporation Device 0044
0.0%SATA link: host1
0.0%SATA link: host2
0.0%Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel
0.0%SATA link: host5
0.0%SATA link: host4
0.0%SATA link: host3

Software settings in need of tuning

Autosuspend for USB device Broadcom Bluetooth Device (Broadcom Corp)
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 4239
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 10ea
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak KT Controller
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 0044
Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 0046

Untunable software issues

PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2c62 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2d01 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2d10 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2d11 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2d12 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Device 2d13 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 4 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 5 has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller has no runtime power management
PCI Device Intel Corporation Ibex Peak Thermal Subsystem has no runtime power management

Optimal tuned software settings

Bluetooth device interface status
Enable SATA link power management for /dev/sda
NMI watchdog should be turned off
VM writeback timeout
Enable Audio codec power management
Autosuspend for USB device Biometric Coprocessor (UPEK)
Autospuspend for unknown USB device 1-1 (8087:0020)
Autospuspend for unknown USB device 2-1 (8087:0020)
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb1]
Autosuspend for USB device EHCI Host Controller [usb2]
Wake-on-lan status for device eth0
Using 'ondemand' cpufreq governor