Windows 8.1 Intel Haswell Windows 8.1 Pro x64 vs. Ubuntu 13.10 Linux Intel Core i7 Haswell HD Graphics 4600 benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com authored by Michael Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-415d6dc), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Windows 8.1 Pro x64: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 224GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8.1 Pro x64 . 1514 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 24.80 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 24.63 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 24.70 |================================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 23.00 |============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 53.93 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 53.68 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 54.44 |================================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 51.72 |============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 35.88 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 35.96 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 43.27 |============================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 46.39 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 23.86 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 24.00 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 32.33 |============================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 36.39 |================================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 90 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 89 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 92 |=============================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 102 |================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8.1 Pro x64 . 2103 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 37.32 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 37.06 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 37.13 |======================= Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 52.53 |================================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 16.98 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 16.92 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 16.88 |===================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 26.32 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 29.96 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 29.73 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 29.93 |======================= Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 40.93 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 17.25 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 17.10 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 17.20 |======================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 22.85 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 12.32 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 12.23 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 12.28 |========================= Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 15.92 |================================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 3819 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 3688 |========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 3685 |========================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 4754 |================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 255 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 257 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 247 |========================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 326 |================================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 21.13 |=================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 22.10 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 35.07 |================================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 20.75 |=================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 35851 |=================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 31310 |================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 31155 |================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 61098 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 122.07 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 121.10 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 122.44 |============================== Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 125.62 |=============================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 278 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 278 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 263 |============================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 319 |================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 30.24 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. 29.91 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . 47.77 |================================ Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... 35.13 |======================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 89.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 40.5 MAX: 91.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 40.5 MAX: 91.0 Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 42.4 MAX: 93.0 Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 47.5 MAX: 76.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 ............. MIN: 31.0 AVG: 45.2 MAX: 68.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 + Mesa 10.0 . MIN: 18.0 AVG: 28.4 MAX: 61.0 Windows 8.1 Pro x64 ................... MIN: 37.0 AVG: 48.0 MAX: 71.0