Linux 4.7 CPUFreq Schedutil Testing vs. P-State Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 21 May 2016 at 12:11 PM EDT. Page 1 of 5. 19 Comments. With the in-development Linux 4.7 kernel there is a new CPUFreq governor that leverages the kernel's scheduler utilization data in an attempt to make better decisions about adjusting the CPU's frequency / performance state. Here are some benchmarks of tha