Works for CentOS6.5 systems executing the following commands wget http://kernel.solsocog.de/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-3.14.3_solsocog-1.x86_64.rpm && yum install dracut -y && rpm -ivh kernel-3.14.3_solsocog-1.x86_64.rpm should do the trick, reboot and select the new kernel .config changes: Kernel 2.6.32-431.11.2 -> Kernel 3.14.3 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y -> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set # CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC is not set -> CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC=y CONFIG_HZ_1000=y -> CONFIG_HZ_100=y CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ=y -> CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE=y CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH=y -> CONFIG_SCHED_BFS=y I changed from CFS to BFS and from CFQ to DEADLINE, I also changed the default clock from 1000HZ to 100HZ and the tick to periodic. Due to a little bug inside CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC, causing the cpu frequency to be locked to the lowest possible step, theres a command you should use if your linux runs on ondemand mode, for CPUFREQ in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do [ -f $CPUFREQ ] || continue; echo -n performance > $CPUFREQ; done The command above sets the cpu scaling governor to performance, causing the cpu to stay at max frequency at all time. Edit: current kernel suffers privilege elevation bug, will update it eventually.