Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix comparing the Microsoft Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS performance.
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (540/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz).
Testing initiated at 24 March 2014 03:03 by user phoronix.
Testing initiated at 24 March 2014 04:41 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)
Testing initiated at 24 March 2014 06:16 by user phoronix.
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (540/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Testing initiated at 29 March 2014 09:42 by user phoronix.
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Testing initiated at 29 March 2014 11:16 by user phoronix.
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Testing initiated at 29 March 2014 12:38 by user phoronix.