Intel Ironlake Arrandale Mesa 9.1
Intel Core i3 330M Arrandale (Ironlake Gen5) system benchmarking mesa 8.0, mesa 9.0, and mesa 9.1 i965 DRI drivers. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 (git-a8ff9a4), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.3 (git-c864835), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 (git-7a1612a), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 9.46  |==========================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 10.58 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 10.61 |===============================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 22.83 |==============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 36.00 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 35.80 |===============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 9.30  |=======================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 9.30  |=======================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 11.20 |===============================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 22.95 |==============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 36.35 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 36.40 |===============================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 14.10 |====================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 18.30 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 16.70 |===========================================


Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 27.50 |=======================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 57.00 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 56.90 |===============================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 30.50 |===================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 40.40 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 36.40 |==========================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 24.51 |===========================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 42.81 |===============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 42.81 |===============================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 . 11.98 |====================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-c864835 . 15.43 |==============================================
Mesa 9.1 git-7a1612a ... 15.60 |===============================================