NVIDIA Civ Vi Linux Benchmarks NVIDIA Civilization VI Linux benchmarks. Tests by michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 950: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 960: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1341/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1503/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1604/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Civilization VI Quality: Highest - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... MIN: 35 AVG: 134 MAX: 249 GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. MIN: 35 AVG: 150 MAX: 313 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 24 AVG: 481 MAX: 1244 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 14 AVG: 44 MAX: 727 GeForce GTX 950 ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 132 MAX: 396 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 17 AVG: 128 MAX: 321 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 15 AVG: 32 MAX: 66 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 15 AVG: 28 MAX: 67 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 14 AVG: 25 MAX: 51 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 21 AVG: 134 MAX: 336 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . MIN: 15 AVG: 44 MAX: 105 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 14 AVG: 26 MAX: 59 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 38 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 37 Civilization VI Quality: Lowest - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... MIN: 8.7 AVG: 17.0 MAX: 28.0 GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. MIN: 10.9 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 55.2 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 9.7 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 38.5 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 8.4 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 27.4 GeForce GTX 950 ..... MIN: 10.3 AVG: 17.8 MAX: 29.9 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 8.5 AVG: 17.0 MAX: 27.5 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 8.7 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 27.5 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 8.6 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 27.7 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 8.6 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 27.8 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 9.2 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 29.2 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . MIN: 8.3 AVG: 17.0 MAX: 27.2 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 8.9 AVG: 16.3 MAX: 28.0 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 8.6 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 27.9 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 8.8 AVG: 16.3 MAX: 27.6 Civilization VI Quality: Highest - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... 24.42 |============================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. 14.12 |================ GeForce GTX 760 ..... 9.23 |=========== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 38.84 |============================================= GeForce GTX 950 ..... 21.73 |========================= GeForce GTX 960 ..... 20.25 |======================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 36.87 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 40.62 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 42.40 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 17.99 |===================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 35.80 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 42.51 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 42.80 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 43.31 |================================================== Civilization VI Quality: Highest - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... MIN: 13 AVG: 41 MAX: 107 GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. MIN: 16 AVG: 71 MAX: 343 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 108 MAX: 334 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 13 AVG: 26 MAX: 75 GeForce GTX 950 ..... MIN: 13 AVG: 46 MAX: 290 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 20 AVG: 49 MAX: 243 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 27 MAX: 61 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 25 MAX: 41 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 13 AVG: 24 MAX: 40 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 20 AVG: 56 MAX: 179 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . MIN: 14 AVG: 28 MAX: 64 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 13 AVG: 24 MAX: 38 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 40 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 38 Civilization VI Quality: Highest - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... 7.45 |========= GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. 6.65 |======== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 2.08 |== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 22.97 |========================== GeForce GTX 950 ..... 7.57 |========= GeForce GTX 960 ..... 7.82 |========= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 31.16 |==================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 35.61 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 39.28 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 7.48 |========= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 22.65 |========================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 37.92 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 42.71 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 43.53 |================================================== Civilization VI Quality: Lowest - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 108 GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 88 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 8 AVG: 17 MAX: 109 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 8 AVG: 17 MAX: 88 GeForce GTX 950 ..... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 110 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 111 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 88 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 90 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 88 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 113 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 88 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 28 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 90 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 16 MAX: 28 Civilization VI Quality: Lowest - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... 58.77 |================================================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. 35.84 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ..... 48.93 |======================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 61.59 |================================================== GeForce GTX 950 ..... 56.03 |============================================= GeForce GTX 960 ..... 58.80 |================================================ GeForce GTX 970 ..... 61.53 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 61.57 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 61.60 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 56.42 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 58.97 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1060 .... 61.32 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 61.76 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 61.29 |================================================== Civilization VI Quality: Lowest - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 ..... 59.82 |================================================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti .. 57.87 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 59.98 |================================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 60.59 |================================================= GeForce GTX 950 ..... 59.63 |================================================= GeForce GTX 960 ..... 59.89 |================================================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 60.44 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 60.88 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 60.12 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 59.70 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 60.55 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 61.18 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 60.77 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 61.32 |==================================================