Simple configuration suggestions for BFS: Desktop: 1000 Hz No tickless (possibly worth enabling for turbo enabled CPUs) Full preemption No cpu frequency scaling Notebook / mobile device: 300 Hz Tickless Full preemption CPU frequency scaling, ondemand default Server (all sorts): 100 Hz No tickless No preemption No cpu frequency scaling Counterstrike server: 3000 Hz No tickless No preemption No cpu frequency scaling Dedicated encoding / compiling / computational machine: 100 Hz No tickless No preemption No cpu frequency scaling echo 300 > /proc/sys/kernel/rr_interval