phoronix-test-before-driver-update I ran this test before upgrading nVidia drivers phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 (MS-7823) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-0 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009 + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 2000GB Ext HDD 1021 + 3001GB My Book 25DA, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K2200 4096MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 222.23 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 11.0 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 32.21 |================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 32.23 |================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 138.18 |=============== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 35696 |================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better phoronix-test-before-update-description-of-run-config . 34983 |================