NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Maxwell Linux benchmarks on Ubuntu with proprietary NVIDIA 343.22 driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Maxwell Linux benchmarks on Ubuntu with proprietary NVIDIA 343.22 driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. ,,"Radeon R9 285","Radeon HD 7850","Radeon R7 260X","Radeon R9 270X","Radeon R9 290","GeForce GTX 750","GeForce GTX 750 Ti","GeForce GTX 780 Ti","GeForce GTX 680","GeForce GTX 770","GeForce GTX 980","GeForce GTX 760","GeForce GTX 970" Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Motherboard,,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Chipset,,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2,Intel Haswell-E DMI2 Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 Graphics,,XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz),ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB,Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB,XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB,eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz),eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz) Audio,,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio,Intel Wellsburg HD Audio Monitor,,SE39UY04,SE39UY04,SE39UY04,SE39UY04,SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04,SEK SE39UY04 Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection OS,,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04 Kernel,,3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64),3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2,Unity 7.2.2 Display Server,,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1,X Server 1.15.1 Display Driver,,fglrx 14.30.4,fglrx 14.30.4,fglrx 14.30.4,fglrx 14.30.4,fglrx 14.30.4,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22,NVIDIA 343.22 OpenGL,,4.3.13083,4.3.13083,4.3.13083,4.3.13083,4.3.13083,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0,4.3.0 Compiler,,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160 ,,"Radeon R9 285","Radeon HD 7850","Radeon R7 260X","Radeon R9 270X","Radeon R9 290","GeForce GTX 750","GeForce GTX 750 Ti","GeForce GTX 780 Ti","GeForce GTX 680","GeForce GTX 770","GeForce GTX 980","GeForce GTX 760","GeForce GTX 970" "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,81.15,42.19,57.17,80.17,112.76,16.43,49.54,153.19,90.08,104.92,152.93,76.04,140.17 "GpuTest - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Points)",HIB,41807,29787,24495,42139,63640,20561,21147,50543,42493,45626,58774,43399,53319 "GpuTest - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Points)",HIB,1439,595,796,1339,1794,602,687,2033,1300,1381,1993,1009,1778 "GpuTest - Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Points)",HIB,6235,2881,3897,4884,4526,3019,3243,10493,6680,7111,9340,5163,9271 "GpuTest - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Points)",HIB,168,338,102,139,243,89,107,336,212,216,368,165,339 "LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room (Score)",HIB,888,445,629,865,1317,489,583,1106,579,605,1700,475,1550 "LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala (Score)",HIB,1693,1146,1177,1597,2560,897,1013,2276,1208,1266,3099,989,2847 "LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR (Score)",HIB,12653,8615,7979,11442,19217,6774,8161,16851,8120,8586,22763,6923,20686 "Tesseract - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,102.01,29.59,64.18,92.05,129.84,57.42,73.38,185.18,116.09,123.06,181.84,103.15,169.18 "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,43.92,19.39,27.31,40.78,61.37,29.78,34.40,91.29,65.37,68.73,89.58,56.18,85.64 "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,12.18,3.35,7.21,10.64,19.32,4.81,8.70,26.16,16.47,17.42,25.14,14.27,23.90 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,141.25,92.45,95.00,132.75,162.36,63.76,73.74,189.00,144.52,152.08,169.52,129.36,158.17 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,104.29,42.56,71.81,96.41,122.67,39.58,48.40,137.61,101.70,106.61,117.90,88.50,109.06