Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Dell XPS Intel Gaming
Intel Core i7-8550U testing with a Dell 0H0VG3 XPS 13. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.


Windows 10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 1.99GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1867MHz H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD, Disk: 238GB PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 1024MB, Network: Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1435 Wireless + Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) #2 + Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)

	OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.20.16.4815, Vulkan: 1.0.54, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Dota 2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 19.63 |==================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 26.23 |=============================================
Vulkan: Windows 10 ....... 19.37 |=================================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 25.23 |===========================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 18.70 |================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 18.93 |=============================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 18.10 |===========================================
Vulkan: Windows 10 ....... 18.77 |=============================================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 17.17 |=========================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 18.63 |============================================


Portal
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ....... 166.64 |====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 156.78 |=================================================


Portal
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ....... 109.39 |====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 100.51 |================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 18.30 |=============================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 13.80 |==================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 17.90 |============================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 13.60 |=============================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 10.10 |=================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 13.40 |============================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 17.27 |===========================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 14.38 |===================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 18.27 |=============================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Windows 10 ....... 11.52 |==========================================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 9.66  |===================================
D3D11: Windows 10 ........ 12.47 |=============================================


X-Plane 11
Quality: Low - Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ....... 19.43 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 26.87 |=====================================================


X-Plane 11
Quality: Low - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ....... 16.17 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . 23.53 |=====================================================