n100 mesact get cpu speed

Pete's Latency histogram is for an i5

N100 is a low power cpu with a 800MHz base clock. Turbo enables higher clocks when needed.

I don't have an N100 but found this: "The n100 base frequency is 800MHz. It turbos to much higher but powerd only sees that as 801. It can't see the actual turbo speeds as the CPU controls that itself based on the power and thermal restrictions."

Check also what dmidecode outputs (at idle and loaded), "Current speed" should change.

Built the rt kernel from source: 6.9.0-rc5 and in mesact it shows:
Max Speed: 3400 MHz
Current Speed: 2871 MHz

Here are the packages:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L28lG0zD...2XQJx?usp=drive_link

Thank you, thank you, everyone.

Lot's of great advice- I will work through them all, starting with the tweaks, and then finally the kernel update if nothing helped, and keep photos/logs of the steps so that I can report back. It will only be on the next weekend, but I can't wait to get back to the workshop and experiment!