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Turbo Boost for Intell CPUs on UCS M4 Blade Server

rumak18
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Hi there,

 

my hypervisor "Hyper-V 2012R2" don't use Turbo Boost. I have a intel V3 CPU that stocks at 2,4 GHZ instead of boosting while benchmarking to 3,5 GHZ.  I see this behaviour in Task Manager and CPU-Z.

In Service Profile i see that "turbo boos" is checked as "enabled".

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mojafri
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi @rumak18,

 

Do you have Intel SpeedStep set as "Disabled"?. Intel Turbo Boost depends on Intel SpeedStep and if you want to enable Turbo Boost, you must enable SpeedStep first.

 

Please rate if you find it helpful. 

 

Regards,

MJ

Hi,

yes, SppedStep ist enabled. I've read some articles about "C" and "P" States...not quite sure what to configure here as some people state to disable it and others state to enable it.

Hi @rumak18,

Please share below details: 

1. Blade model 

2. CPU model 

3. BIOS or blade firmware 

4. Command output from CLI-

# scope org

# scope bios-policy <policy-name>

# show expand detail

 

Regards,

MJ

 

  Ok, here is the output:

1. UCSB-B200-M3

2. Intel E5 2690v3

3. B200M3.2.2.6d.0.062220160055

4. Command output CLI

 

BIOS Policy:
    Name: My_Bios_1
    Description:
    Reboot on BIOS Policy Change: No
    Policy Owner: Local

    Acpi10 Support Config:
        Acpi10 Support: Platform Default

    Aspm Support Config:
        Aspm Support: Platform Default

    All Usb Devices Config:
        All Usb: Platform Default

    Altitude:
        Altitude Config: Platform Default

    Assert NMI On PERR Config:
        Assertion: Platform Default

    Assert NMI On SERR Config:
        Assertion: Platform Default

    Boot Option Retry Config:
        Retry: Platform Default

    Cpu Hardware Power Management Config:
        Cpu Hardware Power Management: Platform Default

    Cpu Performance Config:
        Cpu Performance: Enterprise

    Cpu Power Management Config:
        Cpu Power Management: Platform Default

    Consistent Device Name Control:
        Cdn Name: Platform Default

    Console Redir Config:
        Console Redir: Platform Default
        Flow Control: Platform Default
        Baud Rate: Platform Default
        Terminal Type: Platform Default
        Legacy Os Redir: Platform Default
        Putty Function Keypad: Platform Default

    Core Multi Processing Config:
        Multi Processing: All

    Ddr3 Voltage Config:
        Ddr3 Voltage: Platform Default

    Dram Clock Throttling Config:
        Dram Clock Throttling: Performance

    Direct Cache Access Config:
        Access: Enabled

    Dram Refresh Rate Config:
        Dram Refresh: Auto

    Power Performance Tuning Support:
        Power Performance Tuning Config: Platform Default

    Enhanced Intel Speedstep Config:
        Speed Step: Enabled

   Enhanced Powercapping Support:
        Enhanced Powercapping Config: Platform Default

    Execute Disable:
        Bit: Enabled

    Frb 2 Timer Config:
        Frb 2 Timer: Platform Default

    Frequency Floor Override Config:
        Cpu Frequency: Platform Default

    Front Panel Lockout Config:
        Front Panel Lockout: Platform Default

    Ioemezz1 Optionrom Config:
        Ioemezz1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Ioenvme1 Optionrom Config:
        Ioenvme1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Ioenvme2 Optionrom Config:
        Ioenvme2 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Ioeslot1 Optionrom Config:
        Ioeslot1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Ioeslot2 Optionrom Config:
        Ioeslot2 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Integrated Graphics Config:
        Integrated Graphics: Platform Default

    Integrated Graphics Aperture Config:
        Integrated Graphics Aperture: Platform Default

    Intel Entry SAS Raid Config:
        Sas Raid: Disabled
        Sas Raid Module: Platform Default

    Hyper Threading Config:
        Hyper Threading: Enabled

    Intel Trusted Execution Technology Config:
       Txt Support: Platform Default

    Intel Turbo Boost Config:
        Turbo Boost: Enabled

    Intel Vt Directed Io Config:
        Vtd: Enabled
        Interrupt Remapping: Enabled
        Coherency Support: Enabled
        Ats Support: Enabled
        Passthrough Dma: Enabled

    Intel Vt Config:
        VT: Enabled

    Interleave Config:
        Memory Interleave: Platform Default
        Channel Interleave: Auto
        Rank Interleave: Auto

    Local X2 Apic Config:
        Localx2 Apic: Auto

    Lv Dimm Support Config:
        Lv Ddr Mode: Performance Mode

    Max Variable Mtrr Setting Config:
        Processor Mtrr: Auto Max

    Max Memory Below 4GB Config:
        Max Memory: Platform Default

    Memory Mapped IO Above 4GB Config:
        Memory Mapped IO: Platform Default

    Memory Mirroring Mode:
        Mirroring Mode: Platform Default

    NUMA Config:
        NUMA Optimization: Enabled

    Os Boot Watchdog Timer Config:
        Os Boot Watchdog Timer: Platform Default

    Os Boot Watchdog Timer Policy Config:
        Os Boot Watchdog Timer Policy: Platform Default

    Os Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout Config:
        Os Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout: Platform Default

    Onboard Graphics Config:
        Onboard Graphics: Platform Default

    Onboard Sata Ctrl Config:
        Sata Ctrl: Platform Default
        Sata Mode: Platform Default

    Onboard Sas Storage Config:
        Onboard Sas Ctrl: Platform Default

    Option Rom Enable Config:
        Option Rom Enable: Platform Default

    Option Rom Load Config:
        Option Rom Load: Platform Default

    Com Spcr Enable:
        Com Spcr Enable Config: Platform Default

    Sata Mode Select Config:
        Sata Mode Select: Platform Default

    Lom Ports Config:
        Pcie Lom2 Link: Platform Default

    PCI ROM CLP Support:
        PCI ROM CLP Config: Platform Default

    Slot Link Speed Config:
        Pcie Slot1 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot2 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot3 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot4 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot5 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot6 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot7 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot8 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot9 Link Speed: Platform Default
        Pcie Slot10 Link Speed: Platform Default

    Slot Option Rom Enable Config:
        Slot1 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot2 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot3 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot4 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot5 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Mezz Slot Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot6 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot7 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Pcie Sas: Disabled
        Slot8 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot9 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Slot10 Option Rom Enable: Platform Default
        Pcie Mlom: Platform Default
        Pcie Hba: Platform Default
        Pcie N1: Platform Default
        Pcie N2: Platform Default

    Post Error Pause Config:
        Post Error Pause: Platform Default

    P State Coordination Config:
        P State: Platform Default

    Package C State Limit Config:
        Package C State Limit: Platform Default

    Processor C1e Config:
        C1e: Enabled

    Processor C3 Report Config:
        Processor C3 Report: Acpi C3

    Processor C6 Report Config:
        Processor C6 Report: Enabled

    Processor C7 Report Config:
        Processor C7 Report: Enabled

    Processor Cmci Config:
        Processor Cmci: Platform Default

    Processor C State Config:
        C State: Enabled

    Processor Energy Config:
        Cpu Power Management: Performance
        Energy Performance: Performance

    Processor Prefetch Config:
        Hardware Prefetch: Platform Default
        Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: Platform Default
        Dcu Streamer Prefetch: Platform Default
        Dcu Ip Prefetch: Platform Default

    Qpi Link Frequency Select Config:
        Qpi Link Frequency MT Per Sec: Auto

    Qpi Snoop Mode:
        Vp QPI Snoop Mode: Platform Default

    Quiet Boot Config:
        Quiet Boot: Disabled

    Redirection After Post Support:
        Redirection After Post Config: Platform Default

    Resume AC On Power Loss Config:
        Resume Action: Platform Default

    Sbmezz1 Optionrom Config:
        Sbmezz1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Sbnvme1 Optionrom Config:
        Sbnvme1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Sioc1 Optionrom Config:
        Sioc1 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Sioc2 Optionrom Config:
        Sioc2 Optionrom: Platform Default

    Scrub Policies Config:
        Patrol Scrub: Platform Default
        Demand Scrub: Platform Default

    Memory Ras Config:
        Ras Config: Maximum Performance

    Serial Port A Config:
        Serial Port A: Platform Default

    Memory Sparing Mode:
        Sparing Mode: Platform Default

    Sriov Config:
        Sriov: Platform Default

    Vf TPM Pending Operation:
        Vp TPM Pending Operation: Platform Default

    Tpm Support Select Config:
        Tpm Enable Disable: Platform Default

    Trusted Platform Module Config:
        Tpm State: Platform Default

    Ucsm Boot Mode Control Config:
        Uefi Boot Mode: Platform Default

    Ucsm Boot Order Rule Control Config:
        Ucsm Boot Order Rule: Platform Default

    Uefi Os Legacy Video Config:
        Legacy Video: Platform Default

    Usb Boot Config:
        Make Device Non Bootable: Disabled
        Legacy Support: Auto

    Usb Configuration Select Config:
        Legacy Usb Enable Disable: Platform Default
        Xhci Enable Disable: Platform Default

    Usb Front Panel Access Lock Config:
        Usb Front Panel Lock: Platform Default

    Usb Port Config:
        Usb Emulation: Platform Default
        Usb Rear: Platform Default
        Usb Front: Platform Default
        Usb Internal: Platform Default
        Usb Kvm: Platform Default
        Usb Vmedia: Platform Default
        Usb Sdcard: Platform Default

    Usb System Idle Power Optimizing Setting Config:
        Usb Idle Power Optimizing: Platform Default

    Vga Priority Config:
        Vga Priority: Platform Default

    Workload Configuration Config:
        Workload Configuration: Platform Default

 

There is not much that can go wrong with this configuration right?

@rumak18,

Change "CPU performance" to HPC and disable C state. After making the changes get me the below output from cmd.

powercfg /GETACTIVE

 

Regards,

MJ

OK, done and the result is "high performance" , but the result is still the same.

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