Device power monitoring and optimization

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, over a time period, using a processor, a change in a system power consumption metric indicating a value of power consumed by a system, wherein the system corresponds to at least one of: a single information handling device and a sub-system of the single information handling device, wherein the identifying a change comprises monitoring an application of the single information handling device while the application is running over the time period and determining that the system performing an operation within the application has a higher power usage at an end of the time period, and after a change to the system has occurred, as compared to a prior power usage of the system performing the operation at a beginning of the time period;

obtaining, using a processor, system change data identifying a plurality of changes to the system that have occurred since the beginning of the time period corresponding to the prior power usage of the system;

associating, using a processor, the change in the system power consumption metric and the system change data, wherein the associating comprises identifying one of the plurality of changes to the system resulting in the change in the system power consumption metric;

indicating, using an output device, a system change associated with the change in the system power consumption metric and a recommendation for improving the system power consumption, wherein the recommendation is based upon identifying a modification to be made to the system to improve the system change and that is related to the identified one of the plurality of changes that resulted in the change; and implementing the recommendation to improve the change in system power consumption.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the implemented change to the system is associated with the system change data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying is performed by a monitoring program distributed across more than one device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system change data is derived from a remote device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system change data relates to a plurality of like platforms.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indicating occurs prior to the determining for a particular device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system power consumption metric is selected from the group consisting of operating system (OS) power consumption, application power consumption, and hardware power consumption.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associating comprises associating a pattern of power consumption metrics with a plurality of applications.

9. A device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify, over time, a change in a system power consumption metric indicating a value of power consumed by a system, wherein the system corresponds to at least one of a single information handling device and a sub-system of the single information handling device, wherein the identifying a change comprises monitoring an application of the single information handling device while the application is running over the time period and determining that the system performing an operation within the application has a higher power usage at an end of the time period, and after a change to the system has occurred, as compared to a prior power usage of the system performing the operation at a beginning of the time period;

obtain system change data identifying a plurality of changes to the system that have occurred since the beginning of the time period corresponding to the prior power usage of the system;

associate the change in the system power consumption metric and the system change data, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to associate comprise instructions executable by the processor to identify one of the plurality of changes to the system resulting in the change in the system power consumption metric;

indicate a system change associated with the change in the system power consumption metric and a recommendation for improving the system performance, wherein the recommendation is based upon identifying a modification to be made to the system to improve the system change and that is related to the identified one of the plurality of changes that resulted in the change; and implement the recommendation to improve the change in system power consumption.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the implemented change to the system is associated with the system change data.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the system power consumption metric is obtained using a monitoring program distributed across more than one device.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the system change data is derived from a remote device.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the system change data relates to a plurality of like platforms.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein a system change is indicated prior to determining a change in system power consumption for the device.

15. The device of claim 9 , wherein the system power consumption metric is selected from the group consisting of operating system (OS) power consumption, application power consumption, and hardware power consumption.

16. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that identifies, over time, a change in a system power consumption metric indicating a value of power consumed by a system, wherein the system corresponds to at least one of a single information handling device and a sub-system of the single information handling device, wherein the identifying a change comprises monitoring an application of the single information handling device while the application is running over the time period and determining that the system performing an operation within the application has a higher power usage at an end of the time period, and after a change to the system has occurred, as compared to a prior power usage of the system performing the operation at a beginning of the time period;

code that obtains system change data identifying a plurality of changes to the system that have occurred since the beginning of the time period corresponding to the prior power usage of the system;

code that associates the change in the system power consumption metric and the system change data, wherein the code that associates comprises code that identifies one of the plurality of changes to the system resulting in the change in the system power consumption metric;

code that indicates a system change associated with the change in the system power consumption metric and a recommendation for improving the system performance, wherein the recommendation is based upon identifying a modification to be made to the system to improve the system change and that is related to the identified one of the plurality of changes that resulted in the change; and code that implements the recommendation to improve the change in system power consumption.