Hi everyone,
I'm setting up a new unraid (6.11.5) server but before actually getting started, I wan't my system to be as optimized for power as possible.
My (currently installed) hardware:
Intel Core i3-10105, stock cooler
MSI B560M BAZOOKA (mATX), latest BIOS A70
32GB (2x16) DDR4 @3000MHz
Corsair SF450 450W
Nanoxia DeepSilence 4 with 2 stock fans installed
1TB SanDisk Ultra 3D Nvme
256GB old OEM Samsung Nvme salvaged from laptop
2TB Intenso SSD
12TB WD Ultrastar DC HC520 (huh721212ale604)
I'm measuring the power with one of those WIFI smart plugs.
I've adjusted all settings in BIOS, like max C-State=C10, turn off LED+Audio, ErP enabled, ASPM L0sL1, EIST & SpeedStep/SpeedShift on, etc...
With the array stopped and the HDD spun down, I'm getting a consumption of 17W. From what I've read around here this is too much
Can somebody help me out? Thanks
I'm mainly wondering if it has to do with the C-states, as powertop shows this. Also I've never seen the Pkg below C2.
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and this command also only lists up to C3. What the deal with that _ACPI suffix? Other people on the forums didn't have that.
grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state*/name
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/name:POLL
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/name:C1_ACPI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/name:C2_ACPI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/name:C3_ACPI
This is my output for ASPM
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grep "cpu MHz" /proc/cpuinfo showed me that the frequency wouldn't go below 3700MHz, no idea why as nothing was running/active/
After installing Tips & Tweaks plugin and setting governor to powersafe, some cores drop down to 800 but other are still at 3700
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More information
grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/*
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors:ladder menu
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver:intel_idle
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor:menu
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor_ro:menu
Not sure if relevant, but I'm getting a few of those lines in the syslog
Dec 7 11:51:18 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 11:55:24 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 11:57:14 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 11:58:14 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 11:59:21 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 12:00:05 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 12:00:05 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
Dec 7 12:00:05 Tower kernel: i2c i2c-5: sendbytes: NAK bailout.