Would you mind sharing your EFI folder again please? and also could you please check trough apple intel info kext your output for C1 C3 states if u have them?
That's my EFI folder.
oops ... not enabled ... I think I have some job to do this weekend ... 1) upgrade to 10.13.1, 2) enable C1&C3 :Q
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AppleIntelInfo.kext v2.9 Copyright © 2012-2017 Pike R. Alpha. All rights reserved.
Settings:
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logMSRs..................................: 1
logIGPU..................................: 0
logCStates...............................: 1
logIPGStyle..............................: 1
InitialTSC...............................: 0x56085d99183ea (65804 MHz)
MWAIT C-States...........................: 8480
Processor Brandstring....................: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v3 @ 2.30GHz
Processor Signature..................... : 0x306F2
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- Family............................... : 6
- Stepping............................. : 2
- Model................................ : 0x3F (63)
Model Specific Registers (MSRs)
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MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID.............(0x17) : 0x0
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- Processor Flags...................... : 0
MSR_CORE_THREAD_COUNT............(0x35) : 0x120024
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- Core Count........................... : 18
- Thread Count......................... : 36
MSR_PLATFORM_INFO................(0xCE) : 0x20080C33F3811700
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- Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio.............. : 0x17 (2300 MHz)
- Ratio Limit for Turbo Mode........... : 1 (programmable)
- TDP Limit for Turbo Mode............. : 1 (programmable)
- Low Power Mode Support............... : 1 (LPM supported)
- Number of ConfigTDP Levels........... : 1 (additional TDP level(s) available)
- Maximum Efficiency Ratio............. : 12
- Minimum Operating Ratio.............. : 8
MSR_PMG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL.......(0xE2) : 0x8402
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- I/O MWAIT Redirection Enable......... : 1 (enabled, IO read of MSR(0xE4) mapped to MWAIT)
- CFG Lock............................. : 1 (MSR locked until next reset)
- C3 State Auto Demotion............... : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
- C1 State Auto Demotion............... : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
- C3 State Undemotion.................. : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
- C1 State Undemotion.................. : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
- Package C-State Auto Demotion........ : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
- Package C-State Undemotion........... : 0 (disabled/unsupported)
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