gaming-gtx970vs1080 Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. GTX970-720p: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1164/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 GTX970-1080p: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1164/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX1080-720P: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (482/5005MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 GTX1080-1080p: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX450-720p: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 GTX450-1080p: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Crucial_CT500MX2 + 32GB CHA-mSATA.6i-M03, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 286.65 |================================================== GTX1080-720P . 323.33 |======================================================== GTX450-720p .. 166.13 |============================= OpenArena 0.8.8 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 410.57 |=================================================== GTX1080-720P . 448.97 |======================================================== GTX450-720p .. 188.20 |======================= OpenArena 0.8.8 1360 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX970-720p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 7.0 GTX1080-720P . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.2 MAX: 6.0 GTX450-720p .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 8.0 World of Padman 1.2 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 611.67 |======================================================== GTX1080-720P . 598.97 |======================================================= GTX450-720p .. 593.60 |====================================================== Smokin Guns 1.1 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 603.82 |======================================================= GTX1080-720P . 603.47 |======================================================= GTX450-720p .. 613.37 |======================================================== Tremulous 1.1.0 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 352.07 |======================================================== GTX1080-720P . 351.40 |======================================================= GTX450-720p .. 355.00 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 217.23 |======================================================== GTX1080-720P . 210.83 |====================================================== GTX450-720p .. 213.03 |======================================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 1360 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX970-720p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 12.0 GTX1080-720P . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 12.0 GTX450-720p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 13.0 Warsow 1.51 1360 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-720p .. 440.57 |======================================================== GTX1080-720P . 424.27 |====================================================== GTX450-720p .. 163.20 |===================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 261.43 |============================================= GTX1080-1080p . 316.52 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 123.69 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 373.40 |================================================ GTX1080-1080p . 431.80 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 106.87 |============== OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX970-1080p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 12.0 GTX1080-1080p . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 8.0 GTX450-1080p .. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 9.4 MAX: 14.0 World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 604.63 |====================================================== GTX1080-1080p . 611.60 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 545.43 |================================================= Smokin Guns 1.1 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 609.97 |======================================================= GTX1080-1080p . 606.97 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 526.37 |=============================================== Tremulous 1.1.0 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 354.13 |======================================================= GTX1080-1080p . 351.93 |====================================================== GTX450-1080p .. 355.57 |======================================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 213.23 |====================================================== GTX1080-1080p . 215.67 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 211.33 |====================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX970-1080p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 16.0 GTX1080-1080p . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 12.0 GTX450-1080p .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 18.0 Warsow 1.51 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX970-1080p .. 447.10 |======================================================= GTX1080-1080p . 444.73 |======================================================= GTX450-1080p .. 160.30 |====================