Kai-Heng Feng, I also noticed that by default the scaling driver used is acpi-cpufreq and not p-state. I've read that p-state is favorable for kernels >= 4.4. Is this something that is up to the user to decide or should this be considered an incorrect default?
analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.80 GHz available frequency steps: 2.80 GHz, 2.80 GHz, 2.70 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.30 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.90 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.80 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 900 MHz (asserted by call to hardware). cpufreq stats: 2.80 GHz:2.85%, 2.80 GHz:0.00%, 2.70 GHz:0.25%, 2.60 GHz:0.64%, 2.40 GHz:0.65%, 2.30 GHz:1.42%, 2.00 GHz:2.07%, 1.90 GHz:1.27%, 1.80 GHz:1.64%, 1.70 GHz:3.14%, 1.50 GHz:3.57%, 1.40 GHz:5.39%, 1.20 GHz:6.85%, 1.10 GHz:13.39%, 900 MHz:29.31%, 800 MHz:27.53% (2074191) boost state support: Supported: yes Active: yes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672439 Title: No C-State Deeper than C3 utilized by Kaby Lake 7820HQ in Precision 5520 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: My processor does not appear to be utilizing and idling states deeper than C3. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-66-generic 4.4.0-66.87 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: carl 2446 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Mar 13 08:57:06 2017 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=65474558-ead3-4d66-85e5-b55f81978b88 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-09 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. wlp2s0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision 5520 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-66-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=d19efcb8-515b-494c-a236-ee0da23f2393 ro acpi_rev_override locale=C quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-66-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-66-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.8 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.1.3 dmi.board.name: 0X41RR dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.1.3:bd01/18/2017:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision5520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X41RR:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision 5520 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1672439/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp