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INTEL POWER GADGET

 

Introduction: What is Intel® Power Gadget?

Simply speaking, Intel® Power Gadget is a software-based power usage monitoring tool for Intel® Core™ processors from 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors up to the 7th generation Intel® Core™ processors (Intel® Atom™ processors are not supported).

This power usage monitoring software is supported on both Windows and Mac OS X. It also includes the application, driver, and libraries to return estimated real-time processor package information in watts with the help of the processor’s energy counters.

This new release provides the functionality to evaluate power information on various platforms including notebooks, desktops, and even servers.

Note: According to Intel, “Windows 7 and 32-bit versions of the Intel® Power Gadget for Windows have ceased development from version 3.0.7. Starting with version 3.5 and going forward, only the 64-bit version and Windows 8 will be supported”.

 

Background: Whats it for?

The main aspire of the software is to back up end-users, ISVs (independent software vendors), and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) who are avid in having a correct estimation about how much faculty from a software level without any errors.

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FEATURES: Whats new?

In balance 3.0, additional features were other that enhance estimation of capacity upon multi-socket systems and externally callable APIs to reward accurate gift opinion by sifting through sections of code.

 

The multi-socket hold evaluates the computer graphics MSR on a per-socket basis and returns an estimated aptitude attraction per socket.

The API accumulation is basically a set of libraries and DLLs that has the compliance to build the tool from code sections of an application. And in this version, this now includes support for Windows 10.

Intel capacity Gadget moreover provides a C/C++ Application Programming Interface (API) for accessing this capacity and frequency data in your program; the API is supported upon Windows and Mac OS X.

 

What are some of the common uses for Intel Power Gadget?

Aside from monitoring your processors cartoon usage, Intel faculty Gadget also does the following:

 

·        Displays processor gift in Watts, the temperature in Celsius, and the frequency in MHz in real-time via a graph displayed in the GUI.

·        Click Start Log button in the GUI to start logging. Press the same button Stop Log to stop logging. though its logging, red label REC will blink in the faculty chart area

·        Allows you to log measurements (power and frequency) and keep it in a CSV format.

·        You can publicize the log file, including adding up timestamps to the name.

·        Screen Update final lets you correct how often the GUI is updated. This ranges from 50 ms to 1000 ms (It is set to 1000 ms by default).

·        Log Sampling unmovable lets you fine-tune the spirit counter sampling perfect (from 1 ms to 1000 ms; default set to 100 ms).

·        In a multi-socket system, you can choose which package assistance to display in the GUI as skillfully as photo album every package counsel and keep it in a CSV file.

 

Installation and Setup

Now that you know what it is and what it’s used for, simply follow the steps below to install it after you downloaded the version for your OS (found at the beginning of this article).

 

1.      Run the MSI package as an administrator.

2.      Accept the UAC, if one appears.

3.      Follow the installer prompt instructions to complete the installation.

 

Some notes to keep in mind:

§  .Net Framework 4 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package will automatically be downloaded from Microsoft’s site if not yet installed in your system (needs an Internet connection)

§  This only works on the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family or newer. Atom processors not yet supported. If unsure, contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications before placing your product order.

§  Use only 32-bit installer for 32-bit OS and 64-bit installer for 64-bit OS. Refer to this link if you’re not sure what system you’re running on.

§  The application may hang after running for a long period of time. When this happens, just close and restart the application.

If you wish to access the default install directory of Intel® Power Gadget, you can access it via:

~\Program Files\Intel\Power Gadget 3.5

 

PowerLog3.0

PowerLog3.0.exe is the command line version of Intel® Power Gadget used when logging power usage.

Usage:

§  Log power data to logfile for a period of time:

PowerLog3.0.exe [-resolution ] –duration [-verbose] [-file ]

§  Start a command a log power data to logfile until the command finish:

PowerLog3.0.exe [-resolution ] [-file ]  [-verbose] –cmd

What’s in the Logfile?

When you open the Logfile, you will see the following:

§  Elapsed Time

§  Package Power Limit

§  Processor Frequency

§  GT Frequency

§  Processor Temperature

§  Average and Cumulative Power of the Processor

Aside from that, you’ll also find these as well:

§  Processor Energy (Total energy of the processor) = IA Energy + GT Energy (if applicable) + Others (not measured)

§  IA Energy (Energy of the CPU/processor cores)

§  GT Energy (Energy of the processor graphics) – If applicable, some processors for desktops and servers don’t have it or it may be using a discrete graphics

A Word of Caution…

Even though Intel® Power Gadget is up and running, it’s still worth noting that the product is still in the design phase of development. This simply means that the product is subject to change without notice.