Ubuntu Mir Composite Bypass Performance Intel Core i7-4900MQ Haswell graphics testing of Ubuntu's new composition bypass support. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Old XMir: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 New XMir Composite Bypass: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 X.Org Server: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 176.97 |==================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 202.13 |========================================= X.Org Server .............. 213.67 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 112.53 |==================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 127.87 |========================================= X.Org Server .............. 135.47 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 31.10 |======================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 32.83 |=========================================== X.Org Server .............. 33.97 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Old XMir .................. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 32.1 MAX: 75.0 New XMir Composite Bypass . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 30.5 MAX: 69.0 X.Org Server .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 29.4 MAX: 67.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 77.30 |======================================= New XMir Composite Bypass . 82.93 |========================================== X.Org Server .............. 86.90 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Old XMir .................. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 12.9 MAX: 24.0 New XMir Composite Bypass . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.9 MAX: 22.0 X.Org Server .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.5 MAX: 23.0 Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 48.27 |========================================= New XMir Composite Bypass . 50.53 |=========================================== X.Org Server .............. 52.27 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 102.48 |========================= New XMir Composite Bypass . 114.65 |============================ X.Org Server .............. 175.65 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 102.60 |===================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 114.91 |========================================= X.Org Server .............. 120.32 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 52.06 |=========================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 56.46 |============================== X.Org Server .............. 83.98 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 52.13 |======================================= New XMir Composite Bypass . 56.47 |========================================== X.Org Server .............. 59.41 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 36.30 |============================ New XMir Composite Bypass . 38.57 |============================== X.Org Server .............. 57.10 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 36.26 |======================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 38.54 |========================================== X.Org Server .............. 40.05 |============================================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 6280 |====================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 7152 |=========================================== X.Org Server .............. 7517 |============================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 330 |============================================ New XMir Composite Bypass . 335 |============================================= X.Org Server .............. 344 |============================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Old XMir .................. 18578 |================================== New XMir Composite Bypass . 21393 |======================================== X.Org Server .............. 23785 |============================================