Even if you see it from command below:
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
it doesn't mean it's going to work.
It requires that the kernel is compiled with the cpufreq_performance if you're using the performance governor.
The previous comment is not correct about if it lists you can use it, wrong.
You can verify by
watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo
using sudo of course. If the FREQ changes then you know it's working.
Required - cpufreq_performance.ko module <-- You can check to make sure it exists by running.
First make sure acpi-cpufreq.ko is available.
ls /lib/modules//kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/ ls /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/cpufreq/
If the cpufreq_performance.ko module doesn't exist that means you'll need to compile it.