Guide

Embedded Application Power Guideline Addendum 12
APG Configuration:
The results presented in this document are collected on a single sample. The data has
not been post processed to account for part to part variation.
 Platform: Intel
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Core™ i3 Processor -3120ME/3217UE with Intel
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Series 7
QM77 Express Chipset
 BIOS Rev: ACRVMBY1.86C.0082.P01 was used for Intel
®
Core™ i3 Processor
3217UE at Nominal
 BIOS Rev: ACRVMBY1.86C.0089.P01 was used for Intel
®
Core™ i3 Processor
3120ME/ 3217UE at cTDP-Down
 Memory: 2X 2GB DDR3 1xR8 PC3 1333MHz
 Operating System: Windows* 7 x64, Linux Ubuntu* 11.10 x64
 Windows Benchmarks: TAT (Thermal Analysis Tool rev4.3.1), Video
720P/1080P (VLC Player: Elephants Dream 1280x720 and 1920x1080Divx),
Video720P/1080P, and 3Dmark 06
 Ubuntu Benchmarks: SPEC CPU2006 (CINT.400 Perlbench, CFP.416 Gamess)
 Intel
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Turbo Boost Technology graphics frequency was disabled in the
Operating System graphics properties when running all benchmarks including
the TDP workload
 When setting the Intel
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Core™ i3 processor -3217UE at 17W Nominal and
14W TDP-Down, the frequencies respectively are 1.6GHz and 800MHz
 A reference heat sink with fan was used while running these benchmarks
 Application Power Guidelines testing was conducted by Intel Corporation
 For more information go to http://www.intel.com/performance/
Additional Information:
 In case of conflict the Datasheet supersedes this document.
 Temperature values are mean temperatures measured through the duration of
the test.
 APG configuration is provided for repeatability of the test.
 SPEC CPU2006 is one of the most widely used industry standard benchmark
for evaluating IA CPU compute capabilities. The CINT benchmark used in this
test is 400.Perlbench. The CFP benchmark used in this test is 416.gamess.
 Power Thermal Utility tool (PTU) or Thermal Analysis tool (TAT) are developed
by Intel to generate TDP like workloads on a system.
 3DMark 06 is a 3D game performance benchmark.
 VLC Player is an open source media player.
 Elephants Dream is an open movie, made entirely with open source graphics
software.
 With cTDP, the processor is capable of altering the maximum sustained power
with an alternate guaranteed frequency. Configurable TDP allows operation in
situations where extra cooling is available or situations where a cooler and
quieter mode of operation is desired. Configurable TDP can be enabled via
Intel's DPTF driver or through HW/EC firmware.
 The Idle Power reported above is while displaying the Windows Desktop
screen.