System76 Galago UltraPro Graphics Intel Core i7-4750HQ testing with Haswell Iris Pro 5200 graphics. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.902, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.902, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.902, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 45.84 |============= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 88.43 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 96.83 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 92.47 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 157.47 |============ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 297.57 |======================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 333.53 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 322.38 |========================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 32.03 |============ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 41.53 |================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 71.33 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 70.53 |=========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 30.7 MAX: 78.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 23.9 MAX: 54.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 48.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 40.0 Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 15.00 |===== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 52.33 |================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 83.20 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 81.37 |========================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 20.06 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 32.36 |====================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 38.89 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 37.86 |========================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 14.33 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 22.17 |====================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 26.90 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 26.37 |========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 15.16 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 25.99 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 37.86 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 36.85 |========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 11.08 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 19.11 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 27.82 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 26.95 |========================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 26.40 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 32.60 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 30.13 |======================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 33.55 |=========================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 38.4 MAX: 58.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. MIN: 21.0 AVG: 30.7 MAX: 48.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . MIN: 23.0 AVG: 33.4 MAX: 64.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . MIN: 22.0 AVG: 28.5 MAX: 58.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 105.83 |======================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 117.00 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 115.47 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 104.50 |======================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.4 MAX: 22.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.5 MAX: 22.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.7 MAX: 20.0 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 23.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 228.08 |======================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 260.26 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 259.10 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 253.26 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 138.50 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 244.25 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 249.34 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 233.87 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 86.61 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 145.94 |======================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 163.43 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 155.54 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 54.24 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 104.13 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 126.23 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 121.37 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 66.79 |================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 86.67 |====================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 100.51 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 98.59 |========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 44.14 |================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 62.01 |====================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 76.32 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 76.19 |=========================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 7935 |============================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 5196 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 5795 |==================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 5567 |==================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 226 |========== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 387 |================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 644 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 589 |=========================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 18975 |====== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 37064 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 88088 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 61869 |=================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 151 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 161 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 158 |============================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 158 |============================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ....................... 438 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel .............. 494 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.11 . 487 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.3-devel + Linux 3.12 . 486 |=============================