--- title: Telegraf Documentation description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Turbostat url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/turbostat/ estimated_tokens: 3118 product: Telegraf version: v1 --- - Telegraf v1.36.0+ # Turbostat Input Plugin This service plugin monitors system performance using the [turbostat](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/tools/power/x86/turbostat) command. This plugin requires the `turbostat` executable to be installed on the system. **Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.36.0 **Tags:** hardware,system **OS support:** 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](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details. ## Configuration ```toml ## 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`. ```text 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](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/refs/heads/master/tools/power/x86/turbostat/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. ```text 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. ```text 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 ``` #### Related - [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/) - [Turbostat Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/inputs/turbostat/README.md)