Ubuntu Oibaf ppa vs openSUSE pontostroy:X11 Intel Core i5-3330 testing with a ASRock H61M-ITX and MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu 7790: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MB (1050/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-1cdeeef trusty-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 6770: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-1cdeeef trusty-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE 6770: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CML8GX3M2A1866C9, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.13.1-2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.5 + LLVM 3.5svn, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE 7790: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CML8GX3M2A1866C9, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 2048MB (1050/1500MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.13.1-2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.5 + LLVM 3.5svn, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Arch-radeon6850: Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, Chipset: AMD RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS + 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVS-0 + 160GB Seagate ST3160827AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MB (775/1000MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SMT22A350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.13.1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.2 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-df21f31) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131219 + Clang 3.5 (SVN 200375) + LLVM 3.5svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CPU Frequency Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megahertz Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 CPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 32.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 37.5 AVG: 57.2 MAX: 71.5 GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 27432 |====================================================== Ubuntu 6770 ..... 10505 |===================== openSUSE 6770 ... 10503 |===================== openSUSE 7790 ... 27215 |====================================================== Arch-radeon6850 . 15761 |=============================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 1767 |=================================================== Ubuntu 6770 ..... 1159 |================================== openSUSE 6770 ... 1158 |================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 1775 |==================================================== Arch-radeon6850 . 1892 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 78676 |======================= Ubuntu 6770 ..... 121030 |==================================== openSUSE 6770 ... 120853 |==================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 78199 |======================= Arch-radeon6850 . 177879 |===================================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 1248 | Ubuntu 6770 ..... 121422 |==================================== openSUSE 6770 ... 120822 |==================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 1248 | Arch-radeon6850 . 179263 |===================================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 6.8 GpuTest 0.6.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 54.5 AVG: 58.3 MAX: 59.5 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.9 MAX: 8.5 GpuTest 0.6.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 58.5 AVG: 68.6 MAX: 71.5 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 15.0 MAX: 17.3 GpuTest 0.6.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 61.7 MAX: 62.5 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 GpuTest 0.6.0 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 15.0 MAX: 17.2 GpuTest 0.6.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 61.7 MAX: 63.0 Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ... 289.57 |============================================ Ubuntu 6770 ... 363.15 |======================================================= openSUSE 6770 . 359.88 |======================================================= openSUSE 7790 . 233.79 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 106.80 |=============================================== Ubuntu 6770 ..... 103.27 |============================================= openSUSE 6770 ... 102.07 |============================================= openSUSE 7790 ... 113.17 |================================================== Arch-radeon6850 . 121.03 |===================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 43.0 Ubuntu 6770 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 23.0 openSUSE 6770 ... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 16.0 openSUSE 7790 ... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 39.0 Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 38.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 OpenArena 0.8.8 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 24.9 MAX: 28.2 OpenArena 0.8.8 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 53.2 MAX: 60.0 QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 242.70 |========================================== Ubuntu 6770 ..... 267.42 |============================================== openSUSE 6770 ... 307.99 |===================================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 304.04 |==================================================== Arch-radeon6850 . 197.56 |================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 383.30 |================================= Ubuntu 6770 ..... 453.46 |======================================= openSUSE 6770 ... 622.43 |===================================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 516.92 |============================================ Arch-radeon6850 . 496.81 |========================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 7790 ..... 3036.30 |======================== Ubuntu 6770 ..... 3141.56 |======================== openSUSE 6770 ... 6689.48 |==================================================== openSUSE 7790 ... 4174.47 |================================ Arch-radeon6850 . 5540.15 |=========================================== QGears2 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 QGears2 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 24.2 MAX: 32.1 QGears2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 37.5 AVG: 38.7 MAX: 42.0 QGears2 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 QGears2 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 3.5 AVG: 22.6 MAX: 28.4 QGears2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 39.5 AVG: 42.3 MAX: 44.0 QGears2 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 2800 AVG: 2800 MAX: 2800 QGears2 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.1 MAX: 0.3 QGears2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Arch-radeon6850 . MIN: 43.5 AVG: 43.8 MAX: 44.5