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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1807086-RA-UBUNTUWIN46&sro&grr.

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Dell XPS Intel GamingProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkChipsetAudioOSKernelDisplay DriverVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTSIntel Core i7-8550U @ 1.99GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Dell 0H0VG32 x 4096 MB 1867MHz H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD238GB PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GBIntel UHD 620 1024MBKiller Wireless-n/a/ac 1435 Wireless + Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) #2 + Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 1713410.0 (x86_64)22.20.16.48151.0.54GCC 7.1.0NTFS1920x1080Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th8192MBPM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GBIntel UHD 620 (1150MHz)Realtek ALC3271Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac WirelessUbuntu 18.044.15.0-23-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.1X Server 1.19.6modesetting 1.19.64.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5GCC 7.3.0ext4OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceSecurity Details- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Dell XPS Intel Gamingunigine-valley: 1280 x 1024 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreendota2: 1920 x 1080dota2: 1280 x 1024unigine-super: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen - Lowunigine-super: 1280 x 1024 - Fullscreen - Lowxplane11: Low - 1280 x 1024portal: 1920 x 1080xplane11: Low - 1920 x 1080portal: 1280 x 1024Windows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTSOpenGL: Windows 10OpenGL: Ubuntu 18.04 LTSD3D11: Windows 10Vulkan: Windows 10Vulkan: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS19.43109.3916.17166.6426.87100.5123.53156.7817.2711.5218.9319.6313.6018.3014.389.6618.1026.2310.1013.8018.2712.4718.6318.7013.4017.9018.7719.3717.1725.23OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen

D3D11OpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS48121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 318.2714.3817.27

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

D3D11OpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 312.479.6611.52

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

D3D11OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 318.6318.1018.9317.1718.77

Dota 2

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

D3D11OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1280 x 1024Windows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS612182430SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 318.7026.2319.6325.2319.37

Unigine Superposition

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low

D3D11OpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Superposition 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: LowWindows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS369121513.4010.1013.60

Unigine Superposition

Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low

D3D11OpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Superposition 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: LowWindows 10Ubuntu 18.04 LTS51015202517.9013.8018.30

X-Plane

Quality: Low - Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterX-Plane 11Quality: Low - Resolution: 1280 x 1024Ubuntu 18.04 LTSWindows 1061218243026.8719.43

Portal

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 18.04 LTSWindows 1020406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3100.51109.39

X-Plane

Quality: Low - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterX-Plane 11Quality: Low - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 18.04 LTSWindows 1061218243023.5316.17

Portal

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 1280 x 1024Ubuntu 18.04 LTSWindows 104080120160200SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3156.78166.64

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