Nouveau Git Maxwell vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver
Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB.
Kernel Notes: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB.
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz).
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz).
Xonotic
This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Tesseract
Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Portal
OpenArena
ET: Legacy
ETLegacy is an open-source engine evolution of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a World War II era first person shooter that was released for free by Splash Damage using the id Tech 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
BioShock Infinite
A Steam-based test of the BioShock Infinite game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 14 January 2017 14:11 by user phoronix.
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 14 January 2017 15:12 by user phoronix.
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 15 January 2017 12:14 by user phoronix.
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 15 January 2017 14:39 by user phoronix.
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 15 January 2017 15:06 by user phoronix.
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 15 January 2017 15:31 by user phoronix.