R9 290 Mesa performance - Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 2000GB External HDD + 1000GB 10EACS External, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: CVTE TV + Acer P243W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.17.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 2000GB External HDD + 1000GB 10EACS External, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon R9 290, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: CVTE TV + Acer P243W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 3.18.0-1-mainline (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 2000GB External HDD + 1000GB 10EACS External, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: CVTE TV + Acer P243W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 3.19.3-3-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150304 + Clang 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 2249.22 |==================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 2289.54 |===================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 2674.80 |=========================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 275.58 |====================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 286.85 |======================================= Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 321.69 |============================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1200 w/ HDR Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 185.60 |=================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 192.54 |===================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 231.01 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 293.03 |===================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 299.53 |====================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 348.33 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 47.0 Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 49.0 Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 46.0 World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 481.80 |======================================= Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 480.53 |======================================= Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 545.53 |============================================ Smokin Guns 1.1 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 488.77 |====================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 493.03 |====================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 570.53 |============================================ Tremulous 1.1.0 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 333.90 |========================================= Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 328.13 |======================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 359.67 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 41.39 |======================================= Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 43.74 |========================================= Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 47.60 |============================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 154.10 |=========================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 155.92 |============================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 128.98 |==================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 130.05 |==================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 158.80 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 151.53 |==================================== Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 156.97 |====================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 183.37 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 18.0 Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 18.0 Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 17.0 X-Plane 9.45 1920 x 1200 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 26 |================================================ Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 26 |================================================ Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 26 |================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.17.4 Mesa 10.3.5 . 3.08 |============================================= Linux 3.18 Mesa 10.4 ..... 3.15 |============================================== Linux 3.19.3 Mesa 10.5.3 . 3.17 |==============================================