April 14, 2014 · Monitoring · 4 comments

i7z reports Intel Core i7, i5, i3 CPU information about Turbo Boost,frequencies, multipliers, ... and comes top-like display showing per core the current frequency, temperature and times spent in the C0/C1/C3/C6/C7 states.

There was no standard way (june/09) to report on CPU information for i7 within Linux, so i coded a small program that has capabilities of reporting on the stock and overclocked i7. This tool will work only on linux (i tested 64-bit but 32-bit should would too) and on an i7 (tested it on 920). Readme, and Code provided in attachment.
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