ASUS Zenbook Iris Scaling - Linux vs. Windows
Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel looking at ASUS Zenbook on Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 with Iris 5100 Graphics.


Windows 8.1: 

	Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 96GB

	OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 49.17 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 39.58 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 34.72 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 960
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 31.22 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 33.18 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 27.83 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 30.24 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1400 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 28.09 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 23.88 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 24.85 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 22.25 |==========================================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 . 14.81 |==========================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 125.47 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 131.67 |=======================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 134.61 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 104.15 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 103.75 |========================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 103.45 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 93.94 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 85.06 |=====================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 85.30 |=====================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1280 x 960 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 83.78 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 74.63 |=====================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 74.56 |====================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 90.79 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 71.32 |================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 71.43 |================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 78.21 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 59.85 |===============================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 60.13 |================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 81.18 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 70.52 |====================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 71.13 |====================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 75.13 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 63.23 |===================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 64.02 |===================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 65.52 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 52.92 |=================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 53.31 |=================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 68.79 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 55.90 |=================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 56.40 |==================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 63.16 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 50.10 |=================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 50.90 |=================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 8.1 .................. 42.64 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 36.05 |===================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 35.60 |==================================