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I am using the program since it was hosted on github and i did not notice any change in CPU performance nor in battery life time. i am not using anything more than a single tab in google chrome, and a mail agent.

This is my setup for boostChanger:

Battery Estimated Life Time:

the effect should double the actual battery normal life time (2 hours) but the same normal life time persisted.

Operating System OS Name: Elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera (Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

Thank you for opening this issue. If you don't notice any change so I recommend you to install beside Boost Changer TLP. You don't need to configure TLP because Boost Changer will do this job for you. I already mentioned that in README.md.

"This is just a GUI application and it is not meant to replace TLP, powertop or any other power management / energy consumption service. It is meant just to provide quick access to sysfs settings related to Intel Processors and in fact it can run on top of TLP."

I tried to work make it get into work as told in your previous comment:

I installed tlp sudo apt install tlp

I checked if tlp is running service tlp status


$ service tlp status
● tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Mon 2021-01-25 15:34:34 EET; 3s ago
 Docs: http://linrunner.de/tlp
Process: 4158 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/tlp init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 4158 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jan 25 15:34:33 omar-LLaptop systemd[1]: Starting TLP system startup/shutdown... Jan 25 15:34:33 omar-LLaptop tlp[4158]: Applying power save settings...done. Jan 25 15:34:34 omar-LLaptop tlp[4158]: Setting battery charge thresholds...done. Jan 25 15:34:34 omar-LLaptop systemd[1]: Started TLP system startup/shutdown.


3. I checked tlp status using `tlp stat`

$ sudo tlp stat [sudo] password for omar:
--- TLP 1.1 --------------------------------------------

+++ Configured Settings: /etc/default/tlp TLP_ENABLE=1 TLP_DEFAULT_MODE=AC TLP_PERSISTENT_DEFAULT=0 DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_AC=0 DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT=2 MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_AC=15 MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_BAT=60 CPU_HWP_ON_AC=balance_performance CPU_HWP_ON_BAT=balance_power SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_AC=0 SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_BAT=1 NMI_WATCHDOG=0 ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=performance ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=power DISK_DEVICES="sda sdb" DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254" DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="128 128" SATA_LINKPWR_ON_AC="med_power_with_dipm max_performance" SATA_LINKPWR_ON_BAT="med_power_with_dipm min_power" AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_TIMEOUT=15 PCIE_ASPM_ON_AC=performance PCIE_ASPM_ON_BAT=powersave RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_AC=high RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_BAT=low RADEON_DPM_STATE_ON_AC=performance RADEON_DPM_STATE_ON_BAT=battery RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_AC=auto RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_BAT=auto WIFI_PWR_ON_AC=off WIFI_PWR_ON_BAT=on WOL_DISABLE=Y SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_AC=0 SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_BAT=1 SOUND_POWER_SAVE_CONTROLLER=Y BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC=0 BAY_POWEROFF_ON_BAT=0 BAY_DEVICE="sr0" RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC=on RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT=auto USB_AUTOSUSPEND=1 USB_BLACKLIST_BTUSB=0 USB_BLACKLIST_PHONE=0 USB_BLACKLIST_PRINTER=1 USB_BLACKLIST_WWAN=1 RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP=0

+++ System Info System = LENOVO Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH 81FV BIOS = 8JCN54WW Release = elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera Kernel = 5.4.0-62-generic #70~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 12 17:18:00 UTC 2021 x86_64 /proc/cmdline = BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-62-generic root=UUID=7e959e0d-7515-4e52-ac02-3ddc44dc79b7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 Init system = systemd v237 Boot mode = UEFI

+++ TLP Status State = enabled Last run = 03:34:33 PM, 83 sec(s) ago Mode = battery Power source = battery

+++ Processor CPU model = Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 2200000 [kHz] /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_power /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power

/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct = 19 [%] /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct = 30 [%] /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo = 1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/turbo_pct = 57 [%] /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/num_pstates = 34

x86_energy_perf_policy: program not installed.

/sys/module/workqueue/parameters/power_efficient = Y /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog = 0

+++ Undervolting PHC kernel not available.

+++ Temperatures CPU temp = 46 [°C] Fan speed = (not available)

+++ File System /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode = 2 /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs = 6000 /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs = 6000 /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio = 20 /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio = 10

+++ Storage Devices /dev/sda: Model = ST2000LM007-1R8174
Firmware = LDM2
APM Level = 128 Status = active/idle Scheduler = mq-deadline

Runtime PM: control = on, autosuspend_delay = -1

+++ AHCI Link Power Management (ALPM) /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy = med_power_with_dipm /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/link_power_management_policy = med_power_with_dipm /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/link_power_management_policy = med_power_with_dipm /sys/class/scsi_host/host3/link_power_management_policy = med_power_with_dipm /sys/class/scsi_host/host4/link_power_management_policy = med_power_with_dipm

+++ AHCI Host Controller Runtime Power Management /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/ata1/power/control = on /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/ata2/power/control = on /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/ata3/power/control = on /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/ata4/power/control = on /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/ata5/power/control = on

+++ PCIe Active State Power Management /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy = default (using bios preferences)

+++ Intel Graphics /sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_dc = -1 (use per-chip default) /sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_fbc = 1 (enabled) /sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_psr = 0 (disabled) /sys/module/i915/parameters/modeset = -1 (use per-chip default)

+++ Wireless bluetooth = off (software) wifi = on wwan = none (no device)

hci0(btusb) : bluetooth, not connected wlp0s20f3(iwlwifi) : wifi, connected, power management = on

+++ Audio /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save = 1 /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save_controller = Y

+++ Runtime Power Management Device blacklist = (not configured) Driver blacklist = amdgpu nouveau nvidia radeon (default)

/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control = auto (0x060000, Host bridge, skl_uncore) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/power/control = auto (0x030000, VGA compatible controller, i915) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:04.0/power/control = auto (0x118000, Signal processing controller, proc_thermal) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:08.0/power/control = auto (0x088000, System peripheral, no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:12.0/power/control = auto (0x118000, Signal processing controller, intel_pch_thermal) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.0/power/control = auto (0x0c0330, USB controller, xhci_hcd) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.2/power/control = auto (0x050000, RAM memory, no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.3/power/control = auto (0x028000, Network controller, iwlwifi) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:15.0/power/control = auto (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], intel-lpss) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:15.1/power/control = auto (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], intel-lpss) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/power/control = auto (0x078000, Communication controller, mei_me) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:17.0/power/control = auto (0x010601, SATA controller, ahci) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.5/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1e.0/power/control = auto (0x078000, Communication controller, intel-lpss) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.0/power/control = auto (0x060100, ISA bridge, no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.3/power/control = auto (0x040300, Audio device, snd_hda_intel) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.4/power/control = auto (0x0c0500, SMBus, no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.5/power/control = auto (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control = auto (0x030000, VGA compatible controller, no driver) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/power/control = auto (0x040300, Audio device, snd_hda_intel) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:00.0/power/control = auto (0x010802, Non-Volatile memory controller, nvme) /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:00.0/power/control = auto (0x020000, Ethernet controller, r8169)

+++ USB Autosuspend = enabled Device whitelist = (not configured) Device blacklist = (not configured) Bluetooth blacklist = disabled Phone blacklist = disabled WWAN blacklist = enabled

Bus 002 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0003 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub (hub) Bus 001 Device 002 ID 13d3:56a6 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 2000 -- IMC Networks (uvcvideo) Bus 001 Device 003 ID 8087:0aaa control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 2000 -- Intel Corp. (btusb) Bus 001 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0002 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (hub)

+++ Battery Status /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = SMP /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = L17M3PG1 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = (not supported) /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full_design = 52500 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full = 44510 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_now = 42730 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now = 16549 [mW] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Discharging

Charge = 96.0 [%] Capacity = 84.8 [%]

+++ Suggestions

Install smartmontools for disk drive health info
```
4.  The battery Life-Time did not change as following 
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/51538094/105713846-466de280-5f24-11eb-947e-b54193e36a6d.png)
5. The battery normal Life-Time is 2 hours
6. I double checked time from terminal using `upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0`
```
$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 native-path: BAT0 vendor: SMP model: L17M3PG1 serial: 12759 power supply: yes updated: Mon 25 Jan 2021 03:49:46 PM EET (13 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: discharging warning-level: none energy: 38.28 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 44.51 Wh energy-full-design: 52.5 Wh energy-rate: 17.95 W voltage: 11.991 V time to empty: 2.1 hours percentage: 86% capacity: 84.781% technology: lithium-polymer icon-name: 'battery-full-symbolic' History (charge): 1611582586 86.000 discharging History (rate): 1611582586 17.950 discharging

Please try to install powerstat tool. Please close everything and open your terminal and run this command.

sudo powerstat -d 2

You have to wait until finish calculating all used Watts and please put the result here.

Extremely sorry for the delayed reply.

this is the output for the command $sudo powerstat -d 2

sudo powerstat -d 2
[sudo] password for omar:                    
Running for 470.0 seconds (47 samples at 10.0 second intervals).
Power measurements will start in 2 seconds time.

  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
06:08:20   2.3   0.0   0.9  96.7   0.0    1   4564   1341    1    1    4  19.15 
06:08:30   4.1   0.0   1.8  94.1   0.0    1   7658   3533   18    1   19  18.76 
06:08:40   1.9   0.0   0.9  97.2   0.0    1   5279   2605    6    0    5  18.90 
06:08:50   3.1   0.0   1.4  95.4   0.1    1   5966   2387    7    0    9  19.13 
06:09:00   1.7   0.0   0.8  97.4   0.0    1   3836   1028    6    0    9  18.55 
06:09:10   3.2   0.0   1.4  95.4   0.0    1   5614   1845    7    2   14  18.68 
06:09:20   2.9   0.0   1.1  96.0   0.0    2   4538   1532   20    1   10  18.48 
06:09:30   3.9   0.0   1.8  94.3   0.1    2   6726   2901   26    2  108  19.16 
06:09:40   2.0   0.0   1.0  97.0   0.0    3   3812   1061    0    0    3  18.64 
06:09:50   1.5   0.0   0.7  97.8   0.0    1   3192   1001    0    0    2  18.14 
06:10:00   1.5   0.0   0.5  97.9   0.0    1   2640    679    9    0    8  17.76 
06:10:10   1.1   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   2477    551    0    0    2  17.50 
06:10:20   1.5   0.0   0.7  97.7   0.0    2   3430   1192    5    4    5  17.74 
06:10:30   2.0   0.0   1.0  96.9   0.0    1   3827   1266    3    2   14  18.14 
06:10:40   1.2   0.0   0.6  98.2   0.0    1   2577    598    4    0    5  17.75 
06:10:50   1.1   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   2628    610    1    0    1  17.52 
06:11:00   1.1   0.0   0.6  98.3   0.0    1   2547    605    5    2    3  17.54 
06:11:10   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2674    640    0    0    0  17.48 
06:11:20   1.4   0.0   0.8  97.7   0.0    1   3651    994    1    0    1  17.63 
06:11:30   2.8   0.0   0.8  96.4   0.0    1   3311   1004   17    0   10  18.19 
06:11:40   1.1   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   2514    590    5    0    4  17.80 
06:11:50   1.0   0.0   0.5  98.5   0.0    1   2556    588    0    0    1  17.59 
06:12:00   1.0   0.0   0.5  98.5   0.0    1   2474    563    0    0    4  17.51 
06:12:10   1.0   0.0   0.6  98.4   0.0    2   2557    594    0    0    2  17.34 
06:12:20   1.0   0.0   0.5  98.5   0.0    1   2426    558    1    0    1  17.27 
06:12:30   1.1   0.0   0.5  98.3   0.0    1   2640    640    3    0    4  17.36 
06:12:40   1.2   0.0   0.6  98.2   0.0    1   2972    854    6    0    3  17.22 
06:12:50   2.1   0.0   0.8  97.1   0.0    1   4769   2344   10    0    2  17.96 
06:13:00   1.4   0.0   0.8  97.8   0.0    1   4500   2276    1    0    4  18.23 
06:13:10   1.6   0.0   0.9  97.5   0.0    2   4555   2159    8    0   10  18.73 
06:13:20   1.8   0.0   0.7  97.4   0.0    1   3515   1327   22    0   27  18.52 
06:13:30   1.3   0.0   0.6  98.1   0.0    1   2671    663    1    0    0  18.18 
06:13:40   1.4   0.0   0.8  97.8   0.0    1   3061    948    2    2    2  18.01 
06:13:50   1.2   0.0   0.6  98.1   0.0    2   2875    852    1    1    7  17.71 
06:14:00   1.1   0.0   0.4  98.4   0.0    1   2531    597    0    0    1  17.45 
06:14:10   1.0   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   2517    562    0    0    0  17.31 
06:14:20   1.3   0.0   0.6  98.1   0.0    1   2825    730    0    0    1  17.32 
06:14:30   2.6   0.0   1.1  96.3   0.0    1   4430   1556    3    1    4  17.73 
06:14:40   1.4   0.0   0.7  97.9   0.0    1   2900    772    0    0    3  17.82 
06:14:50   2.2   0.0   1.1  96.7   0.0    2   4574   1674    1    0    1  18.09 
  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
06:15:00   1.9   0.0   0.9  97.2   0.0    1   4136   1629    9    0    0  18.32 
06:15:10   1.6   0.0   0.7  97.8   0.0    1   2941    827    7    0    0  17.89 
06:15:20   3.6   0.0   1.2  95.2   0.0    1   5722   2023   19    0    9  18.49 
06:15:30   3.4   0.0   1.4  95.1   0.0    1   5122   2088   19    0   14  18.93 
06:15:40   2.3   0.0   1.0  96.6   0.0    1   4071   1940   10    0    4  18.78 
06:15:50   1.5   0.0   0.7  97.7   0.0    1   3128    895    0    0    3  18.30 
06:16:00   1.5   0.0   0.8  97.7   0.0    1   3056    858    1    0    7  18.00 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Average   1.8   0.0   0.8  97.3   0.0  1.2 3680.6 1244.3  5.6  0.4  7.4  18.06 
 GeoMean   1.7   0.0   0.8  97.3   0.0  1.1 3502.7 1071.2  0.0  0.0  0.0  18.05 
  StdDev   0.8   0.0   0.3   1.1   0.0  0.4 1239.5  725.4  6.9  0.8 15.8   0.56 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Minimum   1.0   0.0   0.4  94.1   0.0  1.0 2426.4  551.3  0.0  0.0  0.0  17.22 
 Maximum   4.1   0.0   1.8  98.5   0.1  3.0 7658.5 3533.1 26.0  4.0 108.0  19.16 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
Summary:
System:  18.06 Watts on average with standard deviation 0.56

Oh!! 18.06 Watts! this is more than normal. Did you opened beside this any other processes? Do you have a NVIDIA Card? if yes. Did you installed it correctly?

1.I have a NVIDIA card

The NVIDIA card is turned off (using prime-select intel)
The only running processes/programs was spotify & boostchanger. I am confident of this because i personally prevent any program from opening at startup until i open it and i double checked it from HTOP and system monitor.
I do not understand what you mean by "installed it correctly". I installed it via Ubuntu Software & updates & this is a glance at it.
powertop can provide me with what exactly is consuming battery (I did not install it yet, but if you want)

Thank you for providing me this infos. I have the same laptop with the same Graphic card. I think your Nvidia is not correctly installed and you are using 5.4.x Kernel and this Kernel is consuming a lot of battery, I do not why. I have Manjaro KDE with 5.10.x Kernel and I am using prime and my App and when I run powerstat I become at the end only 0.80 Watt. That is why I get 8 hours of battery. Nvidia consuming a lot of if the driver is not correctly installed. If you want to install Manjaro KDE and setup Nvidia with it I can help you. If you do not want so let us try to figure out which process is consuming more Watts with powertop

Screenshot_20210131_162346

So as you can see I have only 77% of the battery and I have 6 Hours and 48 min. I installed NVIDIA beside Intel and I have the option to switch between them.

I wanted to buy a Macbook just because of the bad battery life that I had! since my first day in linux, i suffered from NVIDIA all along without even knowing that NVIDIA was the reason behind it. I will forsure use Manjaro if the issue is not NVIDIA related.

before using Manjaro, i will just test your hypothesis.

I will uninstall NVIDIA completely
I will redo the tests.
If NVIDIA is the issue, then do you use dual screen? if yes, what was your experience because mine was awful on any debian based if i use anything other than NVIDIA drivers (Nouveau, etc...)
If NVIDIA is not the issue, then what do you suppose for me to do? role back to kernel 5.10.x?

Ok. Try to make the test again after deleting NVIDIA driver and please put the result here.

3- Yes, I have a dual screen and it works perfect on Intel and NVIDIA 4- I am sure that the NVIDIA is the reason of consuming a lot of Watt.

I prefer Manjaro for NVIDIA because there is a huge team in ARCH and Manjaro to make NVIDIA works out of the box on both. And don't worry the setup of NVIDIA on Manjaro is very very easy.

Test 1

$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               SMP
  model:                L17M3PG1
  serial:               12759
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Sun 31 Jan 2021 11:20:48 PM EET (54 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              40.57 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         44.03 Wh
    energy-full-design:  52.5 Wh
    energy-rate:         7.59 W
    voltage:             12.302 V
    time to empty:       5.3 hours
    percentage:          92%
    capacity:            83.8667%
    technology:          lithium-polymer
    icon-name:          'battery-full-symbolic'
  History (rate):
    1612128048  7.590   discharging

Test 2: BoostChanger was off until this time 23:07:01 (i turned off turbo boost, and turned power saving on)

$ sudo powerstat -d 2
[sudo] password for omar:                    
Running for 470.0 seconds (47 samples at 10.0 second intervals).
Power measurements will start in 2 seconds time.

  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
23:05:01   2.0   0.0   0.8  97.2   0.0    1   3081   1218    9    0    2  17.82 
23:05:11   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.0   0.0    1   2470    874    0    0   21  17.21 
23:05:21   1.9   0.0   0.7  97.4   0.0    1   3058   1229    2    2    4  17.22 
^[ 23:05:31   3.2   0.0   1.3  95.5   0.1    2   4276   1740   60    7   27  18.04 
23:05:41   2.3   0.0   0.9  96.8   0.0    1   3266   1308    0    0    1  17.97 
23:05:51   2.3   0.0   1.0  96.7   0.0    1   4236   1705   11    1    6  17.55 
23:06:01   2.7   0.0   1.0  96.3   0.0    1   4040   1663    1    0    1  17.84 
23:06:11   1.2   0.0   0.6  98.1   0.1    1   2558   1014   20    5   24  17.42 
23:06:21   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   2068    681    1    0    1  17.11 
23:06:31   1.1   0.0   0.4  98.4   0.0    1   1863    564    0    0    0  16.79 
23:06:41   1.1   0.0   0.5  98.4   0.0    1   1970    626    0    0    0  16.77 
23:06:51   3.3   0.0   1.0  95.2   0.6    2   5044   1719  106   14   33  18.64 
23:07:01   5.2   0.0   1.8  92.9   0.2    1   7143   2425  154  112  129  19.87 
23:07:11   2.1   0.0   0.8  97.0   0.1    1   3633   1521    2    1    8  18.99 
23:07:21   2.8   0.0   0.7  96.5   0.1    1   3101    971   53   16   49  18.35 
23:07:31   1.6   0.0   0.7  97.7   0.1    1   2837   1146    3    0   14  17.99 
23:07:41   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.3   0.0    1   2102    705    0    0    3  17.57 
23:07:51   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.0   0.0    1   2204    756    0    0   29  17.05 
23:08:01   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.2   0.0    1   2095    671    1    0    3  16.71 
23:08:11   1.3   0.0   0.6  98.1   0.0    1   2149    706    0    0    7  16.64 
23:08:21   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2033    662    0    0    4  16.45 
23:08:31   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    2   2148    705    0    0    1  16.49 
23:08:41   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.3   0.0    1   2071    682    0    0    1  16.40 
23:08:51   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    1   2191    741    1    0    3  16.48 
23:09:01   1.4   0.0   0.4  98.2   0.0    1   2093    681    1    0    0  16.54 
23:09:11   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.3   0.0    1   2130    681    0    0    0  16.54 
23:09:21   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.2   0.0    1   2091    680    0    0    1  16.57 
23:09:31   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.3   0.0    1   2145    681    0    0    0  16.57 
23:09:41   1.4   0.0   0.4  98.3   0.0    1   2041    636    0    0    0  16.52 
23:09:51   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2169    718    3    0    0  16.49 
23:10:01   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2061    648    0    0    0  16.46 
23:10:11   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    1   2134    709    0    0    0  16.49 
23:10:21   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.3   0.0    2   2103    674    0    0    3  16.52 
23:10:31   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.2   0.0    1   2135    703    1    0    0  16.46 
23:10:41   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2076    673    0    0    0  16.56 
23:10:51   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2137    711    1    0    0  16.60 
23:11:01   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2112    671    0    0    0  16.57 
23:11:11   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2166    721    0    0    0  16.59 
23:11:21   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2062    669    0    0    1  16.60 
23:11:31   1.4   0.0   0.6  98.0   0.0    1   2337    824    0    0    0  16.74 
  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
23:11:41   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2059    674    0    0    0  16.61 
23:11:51   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.3   0.0    1   2185    708    2    0    0  16.70 
23:12:01   1.3   0.0   0.4  98.2   0.0    2   2073    659    0    0    0  16.57 
23:12:11   1.2   0.0   0.5  98.3   0.0    1   2119    698    0    0    1  16.56 
23:12:21   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2051    653    0    0    1  16.53 
23:14:42  49.5   0.0  50.5   0.0   0.0  151   3004   3415  196  108  172   5.84 
23:14:42  23.0   0.0  18.9  52.5   5.7    4    291    106    0    0    0   5.84 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Average   3.1   0.0   2.0  94.7   0.2  4.4 2540.7  936.7 13.4  5.7 11.7  16.57 
 GeoMean   1.7   0.0   0.7   0.0   0.0  1.2 2356.2  825.5  0.0  0.0  0.0  16.27 
  StdDev   7.5   0.0   7.6  15.4   0.8 21.6 1029.3  549.2 39.1 22.2 31.4   2.39 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Minimum   1.1   0.0   0.4   0.0   0.0  1.0  291.4  105.8  0.0  0.0  0.0   5.84 
 Maximum  49.5   0.0  50.5  98.4   5.7 151.0 7142.9 3414.6 196.0 112.0 172.0  19.87 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
Summary:
System:  16.57 Watts on average with standard deviation 2.3

Turns out that the time has more than doubled as you said and NVIDIA was working although i turned it of through prime-select. the issue is that it never really appeared on htop or ps -aux at all! nor in systemctl.
The number did not reach your expectation although it doubled, reaching 0.8 Watt will literally mean 10 hours of work (i really wish to reach that number).
I am now literally between choosing the second monitor to work and between Pantheon DE simplicity. Pantheon provides so many things that KDE lacks such as dynamic work-spaces and such. I mean by that; isn't their any other way to use both Pantheon & have a large battery at the same time?
Is their anything more that i could investigate to further increase my battery life time? I mean any ideas in mind.

Could you switch to Kernel 5.10.X? and test again?

Excuse my clumsiness but i have never done that before. all that i reached was trying to install it via apt (Debian package manager).

I tried to search for kernel 5.10.X on apt but i have not found it using apt
I have found this link that mentions how to install 5.10. the summary is that the power consumer returned back to 17 Watt/hour.

These are the results after installing 5.10

Test 1:

$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               SMP
  model:                L17M3PG1
  serial:               12759
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Mon 01 Feb 2021 11:05:40 AM EET (33 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              41.04 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         43.65 Wh
    energy-full-design:  52.5 Wh
    energy-rate:         19.753 W
    voltage:             12.126 V
    time to empty:       2.1 hours
    percentage:          94%
    capacity:            83.1429%
    technology:          lithium-polymer
    icon-name:          'battery-full-symbolic'
  History (charge):
    1612170340  94.000  discharging
  History (rate):
    1612170340  19.753  discharging

Test 2

$ sudo powerstat -d 2
Running for 470.0 seconds (47 samples at 10.0 second intervals).
Power measurements will start in 2 seconds time.

  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
11:07:06   2.2   0.0   0.8  97.0   0.0    1   3214   1350    2    2    2  18.30 
11:07:16   1.0   0.0   0.2  98.7   0.0    1   1419    398    0    0    8  18.03 
11:07:26   0.8   0.0   0.2  98.9   0.0    1   1340    339    0    0    4  17.57 
11:07:36   0.9   0.0   0.2  98.9   0.0    1   1426    396    0    0    0  17.42 
11:07:46   1.4   0.0   0.2  98.3   0.0    1   1394    483    9    0    0  17.32 
11:07:56   0.9   0.0   0.2  98.8   0.0    1   1406    376    1    0    1  17.25 
11:08:06   0.8   0.0   0.2  98.9   0.0    3   1338    339    0    0    0  17.15 
11:08:16   3.4   0.0   0.9  95.7   0.0    1   3931   1653    3    1    1  17.93 
11:08:26   2.0   0.0   0.9  97.0   0.1    1   2743   1290   13    0  148  18.21 
11:08:36   0.5   0.0   0.2  98.8   0.5    1    792    471    4    0    4  17.68 
11:08:46   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    907    507    0    0    0  17.63 
11:08:56   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    771    451    0    0    1  17.18 
11:09:06   0.5   0.0   0.2  99.3   0.0    1    908    511    0    0    0  17.07 
11:09:16   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.3   0.0    1    744    413    0    0    0  16.93 
11:09:26   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    846    498    0    0    1  17.03 
11:09:36   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    788    482    0    0    1  17.01 
11:09:46   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    893    504    0    0    0  16.99 
11:09:56   0.4   0.0   0.2  99.4   0.0    1    748    433    0    0    0  16.87 
11:10:06   1.5   0.0   0.7  97.8   0.0    1   2402   1467    1    1    1  17.11 
11:10:16   6.5   0.0   1.8  90.3   1.4    1   6053   2492  216  111  134  18.54 
11:10:26   1.4   0.0   0.6  97.9   0.0    3   2490   1380    9    0    0  18.35 
11:10:36   0.6   0.0   0.3  99.1   0.0    1   1024    563    0    0    2  17.95 
11:10:46   0.6   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    1   1026    552    0    0    0  17.40 
11:10:56   0.5   0.0   0.2  99.2   0.0    1    948    509    0    0    9  17.22 
11:11:06   0.5   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    1   1084    581    0    0    7  17.11 
11:11:16   0.5   0.0   0.2  99.2   0.0    1    936    501    1    0    0  17.03 
11:11:26   0.5   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    2   1000    525    0    0    2  16.95 
11:11:36   0.5   0.0   0.2  99.3   0.0    1    924    490    0    0    1  16.92 
11:11:46   0.6   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    2   1011    537    0    0    1  16.89 
11:11:56   0.5   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    1    939    501    0    0    1  16.90 
11:12:06   0.6   0.0   0.3  99.2   0.0    2   1015    561    0    0    1  16.91 
11:12:16   0.5   0.0   0.2  99.2   0.0    1    940    497    0    0    0  16.87 
11:12:26   0.6   0.0   0.3  99.0   0.0    1   1270    707    0    0    0  16.90 
11:12:36  15.8   0.1   3.3  80.7   0.2    2  12434   4956  246   36   56  20.31 
11:12:46   7.9   0.0   2.1  89.9   0.1    2   6377   3051   94   28   52  20.32 
11:12:56   1.5   0.0   0.6  97.8   0.1    2   2374    925    8    0    0  19.15 
11:13:06   1.8   0.0   0.7  97.4   0.1    1   2627   1094    0    0   28  18.72 
11:13:16   1.5   0.0   0.5  98.0   0.1    2   2177    858    0    0   33  18.23 
11:13:26   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    1   2171    871    0    0   31  18.06 
11:13:36   1.4   0.0   0.4  98.1   0.0    1   2136    813    4    1    5  17.78 
  Time    User  Nice   Sys  Idle    IO  Run Ctxt/s  IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit  Watts
11:13:46   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    1   2226    880    3    0    6  17.79 
11:13:56   2.4   0.0   0.5  97.0   0.1    1   2460   1035   27    0    3  17.87 
11:14:06   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.1    1   2192    867    9    0    0  17.74 
11:14:16   1.3   0.0   0.5  98.2   0.0    1   2087    805    0    0   22  17.69 
11:14:26   1.7   0.0   0.6  97.7   0.0    1   2626   1245    7    0   15  17.73 
11:14:36   1.2   0.0   0.4  98.4   0.0    1   1781    608    0    0    0  17.60 
11:14:46   1.4   0.0   0.5  98.1   0.0    2   2154    822    0    0    0  17.55 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Average   1.6   0.0   0.5  97.8   0.1  1.3 2010.4  884.8 14.0  3.8 12.4  17.64 
 GeoMean   1.0   0.0   0.4  97.8   0.0  1.2 1577.4  713.8  0.0  0.0  0.0  17.63 
  StdDev   2.5   0.0   0.6   3.2   0.2  0.5 1949.6  800.9 48.0 17.1 30.0   0.79 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
 Minimum   0.4   0.0   0.2  80.7   0.0  1.0  743.8  338.8  0.0  0.0  0.0  16.87 
 Maximum  15.8   0.1   3.3  99.4   1.4  3.0 12433.7 4956.1 246.0 111.0 148.0  20.32 
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ 
Summary:
System:  17.64 Watts on average with standard deviation 0.79

Test 3: Powertop, it gives an error after some time (although it never does that in 5.4.X)

I am in the middle of picking a cross road and i hope that you give me your opinion. Both battery life & dual screen as well as Pantheon DE are incredibly important to me; what should be the solution to have both?

Use Manjaro KDE (sacrifice Pantheon DE and all of its exclusive features)
Search for a method to block NVIDIA from loading with the system without uninstalling it (as each time i need to use dual screen i need to reinstall the drivers and uninstall them afterwards). probably using blacklist (never done it before).
Use Nouveau Drivers instead of NVIDIA (but it does not work for the second monitor, it has a bug and i couldn't also install the latest Nouveau drivers)

In case of 2 & 3 i do not know how to proceed as i always face bugs and i always depend on the GUI to automate it.

Sorry if the extended question, but i was willing to buy a Mac just because of these bugs (to save me time) but you gave me hope back into the battery life thing.

Guess what i found, Nouveau tries to make Nvidia work so Nvidia still consumes power, so much less in comparison with Nvidia drivers but it does. I want to totally black list it so that i can opt the maximum of my battery but i still dis not know how yet.

Sorry I was very busy. Give Manjaro KDE a try .. With KDE you will get everything you want. As I said before, I have the same Laptop and I am using Manjaro KDE and everything is working perfect.

nbebaw / boostchanger

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