I'm puzzled if my processor is throttling the frequency down or not.  In several locations, it says my processor is running at it's max 4.0ghz.  But doing the cpufreq-info gives me 1.5ghz to 3.7ghz on different threads.  I also have the "no driver" in the tweak page.  My cool and quiet in my bios is set to "always" The other settings not used for it are "disabled" or "auto".

 

I also notice no power savings at all after loading the pluggin.  (based upon my killawatt meter)  (all my docker apps are shut down)

 

CPU Scaling Governor: Power Save
Enable Intel Turbo/AMD Performance Boost?:  <nothing to pull down>

root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -o
          minimum CPU frequency  -  maximum CPU frequency  -  governor
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -g
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -y -m
4294.55 ms
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -y -m
4294.55 ms
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -y -m
4294.55 ms
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -y -m
4294.55 ms
root@tr3bjockey:~# cpufreq-info -d
root@tr3bjockey:~# 

Every 2.0s: grep "cpu MHz" /proc/cpuinfo                                                                                                tr3bjockey: Mon Dec 30 10:27:44 2019

cpu MHz         : 1811.999
cpu MHz         : 1977.109
cpu MHz         : 2729.762
cpu MHz         : 1750.587
cpu MHz         : 1540.822
cpu MHz         : 3401.385
cpu MHz         : 3736.209
cpu MHz         : 3382.610

<on tips and tweak page>
CPU Frequency Scaling

Driver: * no driver *

Governor: <<<<<blank

Motherboard
TITLE    INFORMATION
Base Board Information    
Manufacturer:    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name:    M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Version:    Rev 1.xx
Serial Number:    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asset Tag:    To be filled by O.E.M.
Features:    Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis:    To be filled by O.E.M.
Type:    Motherboard

Processor
TITLE    INFORMATION
Processor Information    
Socket Designation:    Socket 942
Type:    Central
Family:    FX
Manufacturer:    AMD
ID:    20 0F 60 00 FF FB 8B 17
Signature:    Family 21, Model 2, Stepping 0
Flags:    FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
HTT (Multi-threading)
Version:    AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core
Voltage:    1.4 V
External Clock:    200 MHz
Max Speed:    4000 MHz
Current Speed:    4000 MHz
Status:    Populated, Enabled
Upgrade:    Socket AM3
Serial Number:    To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag:    To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number:    To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Core Count:    8
Core Enabled:    8
Thread Count:    8
Characteristics:    64-bit capable

I figured this out, the battery was dead on the cmos.  It was resetting something.  I changed the battery and now I see

# cpufreq-info -o -m
          minimum CPU frequency  -  maximum CPU frequency  -  governor
CPU  0      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  1      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  2      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  3      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  4      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  5      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  6      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance
CPU  7      1400000 kHz ( 35 %)  -    4000000 kHz (100 %)  -  performance