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Processor caps at 800Mhz
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The following commands are used in the .gif below:
time sudo updatedb # See 8 CPUs run at 3.5 GHz. Then set 800 MHz Below
echo 800000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
time sudo updatedb # See 8 CPUs run at 800 Mhz. Then set 3.5 GHz Below
echo 3500000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
time sudo updatedb # Time is 3.5 seconds instead of 13.8 seconds
To make a long visual short first find out maximum CPU speed before it is throttled:
rick@alien:~$ cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@alien:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq$ grep -r .
energy_performance_available_preferences:default performance balance_performance balance_power power
scaling_min_freq:800000
scaling_available_governors:performance powersave
scaling_governor:performance
cpuinfo_max_freq:3500000
related_cpus:0
scaling_cur_freq:3218768
scaling_setspeed:<unsupported>
affected_cpus:0
scaling_max_freq:3500000
cpuinfo_transition_latency:0
energy_performance_preference:performance
scaling_driver:intel_pstate
cpuinfo_min_freq:800000
Notice the line: cpuinfo_max_freq:3500000 above. 3,500.000 MHz is my processors max speed. So to restore maximum speed I use:
echo 3500000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
Most people do it one by one and some say it’s not possible to do them all at once but I’ve never had a problem doing all 8 CPUs at once. If you want to do one at a time you can use:
echo 3500000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
echo 3500000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
( etc., etc., etc. )
echo 3500000 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
This will restore your CPUs to maximum speed but we still need to find out what package is setting your CPUs to 800 MHz.