Auphora Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 testing with a ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO and ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Stock: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ck (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.7.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 GTX780SC6GB: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5680 @ 4.20GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR-2, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 20480MB, Disk: 956GB MR9260-8i, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6144MB (324/324MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Network: NetEffect NE020 10Gb Accelerated OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa-git: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-5743fd9 2016-02-13 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160205, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Fedora@Stock: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 + 1000GB My Passport 07A8, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X 4096MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Korora 23, Kernel: 4.3.4-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Mesa-/KDE: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.4.1-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-1807806) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Arch with Grsecurity: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Antergos Linux 16.2-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.4.2.201602182048-1-grsec (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Ubuntu@Mesa-git: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-4ba7ad6 2016-03-05 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160225, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Arch@Stock: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.4.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Unigine Heaven 4.0 2560 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock ................ 33.00 |======================== GTX780SC6GB .......... 67.76 |================================================= Mesa-git ............. 38.21 |============================ Fedora@Stock ......... 33.62 |======================== Mesa-/KDE ............ 38.08 |============================ Arch with Grsecurity . 33.41 |======================== Ubuntu@Mesa-git ...... 38.11 |============================ Arch@Stock ........... 38.13 |============================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 2560 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock ........... 432.71 |================================================== GTX780SC6GB ..... 245.93 |============================ Mesa-git ........ 455.30 |==================================================== Fedora@Stock .... 399.33 |============================================== Mesa-/KDE ....... 429.81 |================================================= Ubuntu@Mesa-git . 461.57 |===================================================== Arch@Stock ...... 452.69 |==================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 2560 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock ........... 253.71 |==================================================== GTX780SC6GB ..... 185.30 |====================================== Mesa-git ........ 258.47 |===================================================== Fedora@Stock .... 221.73 |============================================= Mesa-/KDE ....... 242.75 |================================================= Ubuntu@Mesa-git . 255.65 |==================================================== Arch@Stock ...... 260.17 |===================================================== Atlantis Substance Demo 4.5.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock . 55.50 |================================================================ Atlantis Substance Demo 4.5.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock . MIN: 5 AVG: 19 MAX: 120 Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock . 48.09 |================================================================ Stock . 23.66 |=============================== Stock . 16.96 |======================= Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock . MIN: 7 AVG: 24 MAX: 382 Stock . MIN: 18 AVG: 45 MAX: 217 Stock . MIN: 60 AVG: 71 MAX: 219