# Nvidia- powermizer can't change power level.

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-powermizer-cant-change-power-level/46641>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-powermizer-cant-change-power-level/46641 "2016-12-07T14:56:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-powermizer-cant-change-power-level/46641/1 "2016-12-07T14:56:03Z")

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hello and **Ofcourse i’m sorry because my english is not good (for now^^).**

I’ve got problem with my GPU(1060 StriX 6gb) on Fedora 25.  
GPU is still on Performance level 0-1 in PowerMizer. Even if i turned on “persistence mode” ( **sudo nvidia-smi -pm 1** ) and i changed “power limit” ( **sudo nvidia-smi -pl 156** ) (Power limit for GPU 0000:01:00.0 was set to 156.00 W from 78.00 W.All done.).  
But GPU still using 6-11W.

Also nvidia-settings does not save any changes so after restart i’ve got settings without any changes.  
If i changed anything in xorg.conf (in Nvidia section) Power Limit will stuck on lvl 0.

**Some images:**  
Nvidia-settings(PowerMizer:  
[https://postimg.org/image/7jtctu7iz/](https://postimg.org/image/7jtctu7iz/)  
Nvidia-smi:  
[https://postimg.org/image/s2upzjc7d/](https://postimg.org/image/s2upzjc7d/)

**SMI log:**

```auto
==============NVSMI LOG==============

Timestamp : Wed Dec 7 14:14:52 2016
Driver Version : 375.20

Attached GPUs : 1
GPU 0000:01:00.0
    Product Name : GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
    Product Brand : GeForce
    Display Mode : Enabled
    Display Active : Enabled
    Persistence Mode : Disabled
    Accounting Mode : Disabled
    Accounting Mode Buffer Size : 1920
    Driver Model
        Current : N/A
        Pending : N/A
    Serial Number : N/A
    GPU UUID : GPU-7217bfb2-65c3-4acc-5c24-abe990e8c0f9
    Minor Number : 0
    VBIOS Version : 86.06.0E.00.0A
    MultiGPU Board : No
    Board ID : 0x100
    GPU Part Number : N/A
    Inforom Version
        Image Version : G001.0000.01.03
        OEM Object : 1.1
        ECC Object : N/A
        Power Management Object : N/A
    GPU Operation Mode
        Current : N/A
        Pending : N/A
    GPU Virtualization Mode
        Virtualization mode : None
    PCI
        Bus : 0x01
        Device : 0x00
        Domain : 0x0000
        Device Id : 0x1C0310DE
        Bus Id : 0000:01:00.0
        Sub System Id : 0x85AC1043
        GPU Link Info
            PCIe Generation
                Max : 3
                Current : 1
            Link Width
                Max : 16x
                Current : 16x
        Bridge Chip
            Type : N/A
            Firmware : N/A
        Replays since reset : 0
        Tx Throughput : 5000 KB/s
        Rx Throughput : 1000 KB/s
    Fan Speed : 0 %
    Performance State : P8
    Clocks Throttle Reasons
        Idle : Active
        Applications Clocks Setting : Not Active
        SW Power Cap : Not Active
        HW Slowdown : Not Active
        Sync Boost : Not Active
        Unknown : Not Active
    FB Memory Usage
        Total : 6101 MiB
        Used : 238 MiB
        Free : 5863 MiB
    BAR1 Memory Usage
        Total : 256 MiB
        Used : 5 MiB
        Free : 251 MiB
    Compute Mode : Default
    Utilization
        Gpu : 0 %
        Memory : 3 %
        Encoder : 0 %
        Decoder : 0 %
    Ecc Mode
        Current : N/A
        Pending : N/A
    ECC Errors
        Volatile
            Single Bit            
                Device Memory : N/A
                Register File : N/A
                L1 Cache : N/A
                L2 Cache : N/A
                Texture Memory : N/A
                Texture Shared : N/A
                Total : N/A
            Double Bit            
                Device Memory : N/A
                Register File : N/A
                L1 Cache : N/A
                L2 Cache : N/A
                Texture Memory : N/A
                Texture Shared : N/A
                Total : N/A
        Aggregate
            Single Bit            
                Device Memory : N/A
                Register File : N/A
                L1 Cache : N/A
                L2 Cache : N/A
                Texture Memory : N/A
                Texture Shared : N/A
                Total : N/A
            Double Bit            
                Device Memory : N/A
                Register File : N/A
                L1 Cache : N/A
                L2 Cache : N/A
                Texture Memory : N/A
                Texture Shared : N/A
                Total : N/A
    Retired Pages
        Single Bit ECC : N/A
        Double Bit ECC : N/A
        Pending : N/A
    Temperature
        GPU Current Temp : 27 C
        GPU Shutdown Temp : 102 C
        GPU Slowdown Temp : 99 C
    Power Readings
        Power Management : Supported
        Power Draw : 7.62 W
        Power Limit : 156.00 W
        Default Power Limit : 156.00 W
        Enforced Power Limit : 156.00 W
        Min Power Limit : 78.00 W
        Max Power Limit : 182.00 W
    Clocks
        Graphics : 253 MHz
        SM : 253 MHz
        Memory : 405 MHz
        Video : 544 MHz
    Applications Clocks
        Graphics : N/A
        Memory : N/A
    Default Applications Clocks
        Graphics : N/A
        Memory : N/A
    Max Clocks
        Graphics : 2025 MHz
        SM : 2025 MHz
        Memory : 4104 MHz
        Video : 1708 MHz
    Clock Policy
        Auto Boost : N/A
        Auto Boost Default : N/A
    Processes
        Process ID : 1111
            Type : G
            Name : /usr/libexec/Xorg
            Used GPU Memory : 3 MiB
        Process ID : 1415
            Type : G
            Name : /usr/libexec/Xorg
            Used GPU Memory : 74 MiB
        Process ID : 1514
            Type : G
            Name : /usr/bin/gnome-shell
            Used GPU Memory : 115 MiB
        Process ID : 2498
            Type : G
            Name : /usr/bin/nvidia-settings
            Used GPU Memory : 0 MiB

```

Some information:  
Motherboard: Asus z170 pro gaming  
CPU: Intel i5 6600k  
Ram: 16Gb DDR4  
GPU: Nvidia Asus StriX 1060 6GB

OS: Fedora 25  
Kernel: 4.8.11-300  
GPU drivers: NVIDIA 375.20 driver

“Similar” situation we have here:  
[https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/980313/linux/force-gtx1080-performance-level-to-reduce-power-consumption-under-linux/](https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/980313/linux/force-gtx1080-performance-level-to-reduce-power-consumption-under-linux/)

**Ofcourse i’m sorry because my english is bad (for now^^).**