Nouveau Driver Usage vs. NVIDIA Binary Driver
Using the Phoronix Test Suite system_monitor module to track various metrics under the Nouveau and NVIDIA binary drivers for this mobile NVIDIA GeForce 400 Fermi ASIC.s


Nouveau NVC0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 0e31 2048MB (1150/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

NVIDIA 270.30: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. 42.70 |========================================================
NVIDIA 270.30 . 10.60 |==============


VDrift 2010-06-30
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 800  AVG: 1926  MAX: 2301 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 800  AVG: 897   MAX: 2301 


VDrift 2010-06-30
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 6.1  AVG: 15.0  MAX: 22.7 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 4.5  AVG: 12.4  MAX: 17.8 


VDrift 2010-06-30
Memory Usage Monitor
Megabytes < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 . MIN: 270  AVG: 270  MAX: 271 


VDrift 2010-06-30
SYS Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 . MIN: 52.0  AVG: 62.4  MAX: 64.0 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. 23.41 |========================================================
NVIDIA 270.30 . 10.37 |=========================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
CPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 800  AVG: 883   MAX: 2301 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 800  AVG: 936   MAX: 2301 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 0.1  AVG: 8.6   MAX: 27.3 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 9.2  AVG: 12.5  MAX: 15.4 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Memory Usage Monitor
Megabytes < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 . MIN: 335  AVG: 335  MAX: 336 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
SYS Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Nouveau NVC0 . MIN: 44.0  AVG: 48.2  MAX: 56.0 


CPU Frequency Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megahertz
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 800  AVG: 1650  MAX: 2301 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 800  AVG: 936   MAX: 2301 


CPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 0.0  AVG: 13.1  MAX: 27.3 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 4.5  AVG: 12.4  MAX: 19.1 


HDD Read Speed Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
MB/s
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 0  AVG: 4    MAX: 238 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0  AVG: 6    MAX: 205 


Memory Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megabytes
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 251  AVG: 285  MAX: 336 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 287  AVG: 399  MAX: 443 


SYS Iowait Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 0.7 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 3.0 


SYS Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
Nouveau NVC0 .. MIN: 44.0  AVG: 58.9  MAX: 64.0 
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 48.0  AVG: 54.8  MAX: 60.0 


VDrift 2010-06-30
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 575  AVG: 575  MAX: 575 


VDrift 2010-06-30
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 47.0  AVG: 53.6  MAX: 56.0 


VDrift 2010-06-30
HDD Read Speed Monitor
MB/s < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0  AVG: 3    MAX: 164 


VDrift 2010-06-30
HDD Write Speed Monitor
MB/s < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 0.5 


VDrift 2010-06-30
Memory Usage Monitor
Megabytes < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 357  AVG: 371  MAX: 378 


VDrift 2010-06-30
SYS Iowait Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.1  MAX: 3.0 


VDrift 2010-06-30
SYS Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 52.0  AVG: 54.6  MAX: 60.0 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
GPU Frequency Monitor
Megahertz < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 575  AVG: 575  MAX: 575 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 52.0  AVG: 52.8  MAX: 53.0 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
HDD Read Speed Monitor
MB/s < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0  AVG: 3    MAX: 148 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
HDD Write Speed Monitor
MB/s < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 0.4 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Memory Usage Monitor
Megabytes < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 441  AVG: 442  MAX: 443 


Nexuiz 2.5.2
SYS Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 52.0  AVG: 55.3  MAX: 56.0 


GPU Frequency Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Megahertz
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 575  AVG: 575  MAX: 575 


GPU Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 46.0  AVG: 53.2  MAX: 56.0 


HDD Write Speed Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
MB/s
NVIDIA 270.30 . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 0.0  MAX: 0.5