turbostat

Turbostat Input Plugin

This service plugin monitors system performance using the turbostat command.

[!IMPORTANT] This plugin requires the turbostat executable to be installed on the system.

⭐ Telegraf v1.36.0 🏷️ hardware,system 💻 linux

Service Input

This plugin is a service input. Normal plugins gather metrics determined by the interval setting. Service plugins start a service to listen and wait for metrics or events to occur. Service plugins have two key differences from normal plugins:

1. The global or plugin specific interval setting may not apply
2. The CLI options of --test, --test-wait, and --once may not produce output for this plugin

Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

## Gather CPU metrics using Turbostat
[[inputs.turbostat]]
  ## Path to the Turbostat exectuable if not in the PATH
  # path = "/usr/bin/turbostat"

  ## Turbostat measurement interval
  # interval = "10s"

  ## Use sudo to run the Turbostat executable
  # use_sudo = false

Allow the Telegraf user to run turbostat. Assuming the Telegraf user is telegraf and turbostat is installed in /usr/bin, add the following line to /etc/sudoers.d/telegraf.

telegraf ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/turbostat

Some Turbostat configuration options are particularly relevant for this plugin.

• -i, --interval: Overrides the default 5s collection interval. This plugin is a service input plugin: it ignores the Telegraf global and plugin-specific collection intervals. The interval should be configured in Turbostat instead.
• -S, --summary: Limits the output to a one-line system summary per collection interval.
• -s, --show: Show only the specified columns. May be invoked multiple times, or with a comma-separated list of column names.
• -H, --hide: Do not show the specified columns. May be invoked multiple times, or with a comma-separated list of column names. Be careful not to hide CPU, Core, Package, and Die, or the output may lose much of its meaning.

To discover the list of available columns, run sudo turbostat --list.

For further information, run man turbostat. If the man page is not installed, download turbostat.8 and browse it with man ./turbostat.8.

Metrics

The exact metrics depend on the version of Turbostat, the system on which it runs, and the command line parameters. For further information, browse the Turbostat documentation.

Example Output

On an AMD consumer system.

turbostat,apic=-,core=-,cpu=-,x2apic=- average_frequency=41000000,busy_frequency=3431000000,busy_percent=1.2,c1=2836,c1_percent=0.33,c2=10698,c2_percent=5.55,c3=15564,c3_percent=93.03,core_power=1.12,ipc=0.98,irq=30422,package_power=24.55,poll=1412,poll_percent=0.04,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=966
turbostat,apic=0,core=0,cpu=0,x2apic=0 average_frequency=34000000,busy_frequency=3083000000,busy_percent=1.09,c1=102,c1_percent=0.57,c2=785,c2_percent=6.81,c3=1282,c3_percent=91.68,core_power=0.14,ipc=0.92,irq=2306,package_power=24.55,poll=63,poll_percent=0.04,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=54
turbostat,apic=1,core=0,cpu=8,x2apic=1 average_frequency=27000000,busy_frequency=3522000000,busy_percent=0.77,c1=293,c1_percent=0.37,c2=899,c2_percent=5.49,c3=668,c3_percent=93.47,ipc=1.11,irq=1781,poll=78,poll_percent=0.03,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=30
turbostat,apic=2,core=1,cpu=1,x2apic=2 average_frequency=91000000,busy_frequency=3665000000,busy_percent=2.49,c1=205,c1_percent=0.72,c2=1087,c2_percent=10.56,c3=1342,c3_percent=86.4,core_power=0.27,ipc=0.78,irq=2867,poll=165,poll_percent=0.08,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=69
turbostat,apic=3,core=1,cpu=9,x2apic=3 average_frequency=112000000,busy_frequency=3851000000,busy_percent=2.92,c1=51,c1_percent=0.24,c2=703,c2_percent=6.79,c3=1197,c3_percent=90.19,ipc=1.13,irq=2441,poll=64,poll_percent=0.05,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=76
turbostat,apic=4,core=2,cpu=2,x2apic=4 average_frequency=38000000,busy_frequency=3469000000,busy_percent=1.09,c1=105,c1_percent=0.4,c2=646,c2_percent=6.18,c3=1240,c3_percent=92.48,core_power=0.15,ipc=0.87,irq=2192,poll=89,poll_percent=0.06,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=69
turbostat,apic=5,core=2,cpu=10,x2apic=5 average_frequency=20000000,busy_frequency=3488000000,busy_percent=0.56,c1=107,c1_percent=0.39,c2=694,c2_percent=5.36,c3=908,c3_percent=93.8,ipc=0.97,irq=1794,poll=73,poll_percent=0.04,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=50
turbostat,apic=6,core=3,cpu=3,x2apic=6 average_frequency=105000000,busy_frequency=3546000000,busy_percent=2.96,c1=563,c1_percent=0.63,c2=908,c2_percent=8.5,c3=1130,c3_percent=88.05,core_power=0.17,ipc=1.29,irq=2545,poll=477,poll_percent=0.06,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=40
turbostat,apic=7,core=3,cpu=11,x2apic=7 average_frequency=21000000,busy_frequency=3250000000,busy_percent=0.65,c1=931,c1_percent=0.38,c2=542,c2_percent=3.99,c3=623,c3_percent=95.07,ipc=0.78,irq=1293,poll=46,poll_percent=0.01,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=35
turbostat,apic=8,core=4,cpu=4,x2apic=8 average_frequency=29000000,busy_frequency=3044000000,busy_percent=0.94,c1=57,c1_percent=0.07,c2=880,c2_percent=4.87,c3=894,c3_percent=94.24,core_power=0.1,ipc=0.85,irq=1948,poll=37,poll_percent=0.03,tsc_frequency=3793000000,usec=70

On an Intel server system.

turbostat,core=-,cpu=-,die=-,package=- average_frequency=1000000,busy_frequency=1321000000,busy_percent=0.04,c1=1,c1_percent=0,c1e=1909,c1e_percent=100.01,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=48,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.96,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=1.01,irq=1971,package_percent=0,package_percent_pc2=0,package_percent_pc3=0,package_percent_pc6=0,package_power=87.38,package_temperature=53,poll=1,poll_percent=0,ram_percent=0,ram_power=27.8,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3001000000,uncore_frequency=2800000000
turbostat,core=0,cpu=0,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=1000000,busy_frequency=1257000000,busy_percent=0.07,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=69,c1e_percent=99.93,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=46,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.93,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=0.82,irq=53,package_percent=0,package_percent_pc2=0,package_percent_pc3=0,package_percent_pc6=0,package_power=45.14,package_temperature=53,poll=0,poll_percent=0,ram_percent=0,ram_power=13.66,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000,uncore_frequency=2800000000
turbostat,core=0,cpu=24,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1398000000,busy_percent=0.03,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=41,c1e_percent=99.97,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.97,ipc=0.59,irq=41,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=1,cpu=2,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.01,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=3,c1e_percent=99.99,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=48,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.99,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=0.72,irq=1,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=1,cpu=26,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.04,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=96,c1e_percent=99.97,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.96,ipc=0.88,irq=95,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=2,cpu=4,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.01,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=3,c1e_percent=99.99,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=48,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.99,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=0.7,irq=2,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=2,cpu=28,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.04,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=38,c1e_percent=99.96,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.96,ipc=0.97,irq=37,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=3,cpu=6,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.02,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=22,c1e_percent=99.98,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=47,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.98,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=0.69,irq=20,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=3,cpu=30,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=1000000,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.05,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=78,c1e_percent=99.96,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.95,ipc=0.71,irq=80,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000
turbostat,core=4,cpu=8,die=0,package=0 average_frequency=0,busy_frequency=1200000000,busy_percent=0.01,c1=0,c1_percent=0,c1e=3,c1e_percent=99.99,c3=0,c3_percent=0,c6=0,c6_percent=0,core_temperature=47,core_throttle=0,cpu_percent_c1=99.99,cpu_percent_c3=0,cpu_percent_c6=0,ipc=0.72,irq=1,poll=0,poll_percent=0,smi=0,tsc_frequency=3000000000