Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA GeForce

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1410316-LI-NVIDIALIN37&grs&sro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 Pro GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 980Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte Z97-HD3Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM8192MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thSEK SE39UY04Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.103.16.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0NVIDIA 343.224.4.0GCC 4.9.1ext43840x2160Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)139GBWindows NT6.2 (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22: GeForce GTX 780 Ti, Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22: GeForce GTX 970, Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22: GeForce GTX 980: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimatexonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraunigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160unigine-heaven: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - LowUbuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 Pro GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 98080534120281707961057451322267.024453141.79212.39100.4420.36261.5294.4289.5126.46425.8110013381779135158905653760245.954461112.11171.6289.1317.82233.1987.1385.6823.94426.0110533732012154304954159190259.384407121.24186.1796.9220.97251.6192.0194.8525.48428.873290134660612606061857764806211.145933136.53202.8490.0720.13248.2498.1288.1326.42412.134006135046492770931685190879195.465764109.77168.2081.6917.86226.1491.3085.1824.20412.714175146054092907651699398815207.475808118.52181.4188.1520.83243.4995.6493.8325.48410.90OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 9809001800270036004500SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 10.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 14.19, N = 380510011053329040064175

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98030060090012001500SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.84, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 21.50, N = 3341338373134613501460

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98013002600390052006500SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 2.08, N = 3SE +/- 23.17, N = 3SE +/- 8.39, N = 3SE +/- 5.29, N = 3202817792012606146495409

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98060K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 105.46, N = 3SE +/- 121.15, N = 3SE +/- 136.17, N = 3SE +/- 490.17, N = 3SE +/- 875.69, N = 3SE +/- 465.11, N = 3170796135158154304260606277093290765

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 9804K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 15.01, N = 3SE +/- 153.95, N = 4SE +/- 18.35, N = 3SE +/- 34.45, N = 3SE +/- 3.76, N = 3SE +/- 42.72, N = 31057490569541185771685116993

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98020K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 224.36, N = 3SE +/- 15.90, N = 3SE +/- 68.29, N = 3SE +/- 211.48, N = 3SE +/- 340.51, N = 3SE +/- 519.85, N = 3513225376059190648069087998815

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98060120180240300SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3267.02245.95259.38211.14195.46207.47

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98013002600390052006500SE +/- 11.53, N = 3SE +/- 14.15, N = 3SE +/- 10.74, N = 3SE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 81.93, N = 3SE +/- 21.67, N = 3445344614407593357645808

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980306090120150SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3141.79112.11121.24136.53109.77118.52

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98050100150200250SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3212.39171.62186.17202.84168.20181.41

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98020406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3100.4489.1396.9290.0781.6988.15

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 320.3617.8220.9720.1317.8620.83

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98060120180240300SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3261.52233.19251.61248.24226.14243.49

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98020406080100SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 394.4287.1392.0198.1291.3095.64

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98020406080100SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 389.5185.6894.8588.1385.1893.83

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 326.4623.9425.4826.4224.2025.48

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Ubuntu 14.10 + NVIDIA 343.22Windows 8.1 ProOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 98090180270360450SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.80, N = 3425.81426.01428.87412.13412.71410.90

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