graphics_test AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core testing with a ASUS M5A97 R2.0 and Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 2048MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00B, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL 2007WFP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 . 346.91 |========================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 1680 x 1050 w/ HDR Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 . 62.66 |=========================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 . 78.68 |=========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 . 59.65 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270 . 21.02 |===========================================