Intel Ubuntu 14.04 Graphics Upgrades Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 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: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA: 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: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (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: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-f50361c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 143.13 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 108.70 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 112.03 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 25.43 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 20.60 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 22.63 |========================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 26.33 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 25.27 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 25.37 |=========================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 75.50 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 75.90 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 75.70 |============================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 32.06 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 31.71 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 32.21 |============================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 19.92 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 20.07 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 20.22 |============================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 18.22 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 18.36 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 18.74 |============================ Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 23.83 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 23.90 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 24.43 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 123.20 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 99.93 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 108.25 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 56.12 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 48.44 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 50.17 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 46.79 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 43.33 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 44.41 |=========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 35.21 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 33.32 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 34.13 |=========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 3921 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 3550 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 4435 |============================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 287 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 201 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 221 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 29755 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 26089 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 26124 |========================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 90 |===== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 590 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 590 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... 251 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. 250 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . 250 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... MIN: 2 AVG: 39 MAX: 87 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. MIN: 2 AVG: 49 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . MIN: 3 AVG: 44 MAX: 98 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 13.2 MAX: 37.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. MIN: 4.0 AVG: 13.1 MAX: 24.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 13.1 MAX: 24.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......................... MIN: 32 AVG: 42 MAX: 78 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA .............. MIN: 32 AVG: 42 MAX: 62 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Oibaf PPA + Linux 3.15 . MIN: 30 AVG: 41 MAX: 61