Ubuntu Intel Haswell HD Graphics Ubuntu 14.10 Intel year-in-review 2014 tests of Intel HD Graphics 4600. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 39.03 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 39.07 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 39.10 |============================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 42.67 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 49.91 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 48.35 |=========================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 42.27 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 26.53 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 26.70 |================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 44.20 |================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 58.26 |====================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 73.06 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 28.30 |================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 49.75 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 50.63 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 4163 |==================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 3600 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 5936 |============================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 401 |============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 367 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 404 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 55477 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 3600 |== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 45222 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 89 |============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 91 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 91 |=============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... 280 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... 252 |========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 286 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.2 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 25.4 MAX: 60.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 25.5 MAX: 56.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 25.6 MAX: 57.0