Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Intel HD Graphics Haswell
All benchmarks from the same Intel Core i7 4770K system running Windows 8.1 with latest driver then Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Ubuntu 14.04 20140324
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Graphics Notes: SNA
Windows 8.1 Updated
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)
Nexuiz
OpenArena
Unigine Heaven
Unigine Sanctuary
Unigine Tropics
Unigine Valley
Xonotic
GpuTest
Ubuntu 14.04 20140324
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Graphics Notes: SNA
Testing initiated at 24 March 2014 07:46 by user phoronix.
Windows 8.1 Updated
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)
Testing initiated at 24 March 2014 00:41 by user phoronix.