Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980

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GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22
January 05 2015
 
GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22
January 05 2015
 
GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09
January 05 2015
 
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January 05 2015
 
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GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)

GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22

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: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)

GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22

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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGTX 970GTX 980GTX 970 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)60GBWindows NT6.1 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores)ASRock Z97 Extreme6Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM15360MB64GB OCZ AGILITYNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thSEK SE39UY04Intel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.16.0-28-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0NVIDIA 346.224.4.0GCC 4.9.1ext43840x2160Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)60GBWindows NT6.1 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores)ASRock Z97 Extreme6Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM15360MB64GB OCZ AGILITYeVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thSEK SE39UY04Intel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.16.0-28-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0NVIDIA 346.224.4.0GCC 4.9.1ext43840x2160OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22, GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 3840 x 2160unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimategputest: GiMark - 3840 x 2160gputest: Plot3D - 3840 x 2160gputest: Furmark - 3840 x 2160gputest: TessMark - 3840 x 2160gputest: Triangle - 3840 x 2160gputest: Pixmark Piano - 3840 x 2160gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 3840 x 2160GTX 970GTX 980GTX 970 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.2285.5417.89202.3282.9092.2424.31228.79171.77114.8544585369117889497135684355101996.5221.39269.3198.9194.1526.16262.81193.27129.1145315946420339785152760382107996.0721.26215.9690.9298.1326.16246.39186.23124.5144875906719939645154636388108785.8417.84251.0589.8487.7624.11242.23177.14117.98441453933178994891350563431001OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Heaven

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 385.5485.8496.5296.07
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100Min: 85.28 / Avg: 85.54 / Max: 85.68Min: 85.74 / Avg: 85.84 / Max: 85.89Min: 96.18 / Avg: 96.52 / Max: 96.9Min: 95.55 / Avg: 96.07 / Max: 96.89

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 317.8917.8421.3921.26
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10510152025Min: 17.89 / Avg: 17.89 / Max: 17.89Min: 17.83 / Avg: 17.84 / Max: 17.84Min: 21.37 / Avg: 21.39 / Max: 21.41Min: 21.24 / Avg: 21.26 / Max: 21.29

Unigine Tropics

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1060120180240300SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3202.32251.05269.31215.96
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1050100150200250Min: 201.65 / Avg: 202.32 / Max: 202.88Min: 250.81 / Avg: 251.05 / Max: 251.28Min: 268.03 / Avg: 269.31 / Max: 270.02Min: 215.46 / Avg: 215.96 / Max: 216.59

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 382.9089.8498.9190.92
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100Min: 82.87 / Avg: 82.9 / Max: 82.95Min: 89.84 / Avg: 89.84 / Max: 89.85Min: 98.52 / Avg: 98.91 / Max: 99.26Min: 90.46 / Avg: 90.92 / Max: 91.23

Unigine Valley

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 392.2487.7694.1598.13
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100Min: 91.84 / Avg: 92.24 / Max: 92.45Min: 87.7 / Avg: 87.76 / Max: 87.87Min: 93.51 / Avg: 94.15 / Max: 94.59Min: 97.75 / Avg: 98.13 / Max: 98.39

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 324.3124.1126.1626.16
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10612182430Min: 24.31 / Avg: 24.31 / Max: 24.31Min: 24.11 / Avg: 24.11 / Max: 24.12Min: 25.96 / Avg: 26.16 / Max: 26.31Min: 26.03 / Avg: 26.16 / Max: 26.23

Xonotic

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1060120180240300SE +/- 3.98, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 3.50, N = 5228.79242.23262.81246.39
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1050100150200250Min: 216.85 / Avg: 228.79 / Max: 233.15Min: 241.88 / Avg: 242.23 / Max: 242.67Min: 261.5 / Avg: 262.81 / Max: 263.55Min: 232.4 / Avg: 246.39 / Max: 250.38

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.104080120160200SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3171.77177.14193.27186.23
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.104080120160200Min: 171.64 / Avg: 171.77 / Max: 171.92Min: 176.98 / Avg: 177.14 / Max: 177.23Min: 192.82 / Avg: 193.27 / Max: 193.85Min: 185.46 / Avg: 186.23 / Max: 187.76

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10306090120150SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3114.85117.98129.11124.51
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateNVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1020406080100Min: 114.67 / Avg: 114.85 / Max: 115.2Min: 117.75 / Avg: 117.98 / Max: 118.15Min: 129.01 / Avg: 129.11 / Max: 129.25Min: 124.22 / Avg: 124.51 / Max: 124.7

GpuTest

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1010002000300040005000SE +/- 35.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 11.17, N = 3SE +/- 7.02, N = 34458441445314487
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.108001600240032004000Min: 4402 / Avg: 4458.33 / Max: 4525Min: 4406 / Avg: 4414.33 / Max: 4421Min: 4509 / Avg: 4531.33 / Max: 4543Min: 4473 / Avg: 4487 / Max: 4495

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1013K26K39K52K65KSE +/- 34.80, N = 3SE +/- 24.77, N = 3SE +/- 96.74, N = 3SE +/- 47.35, N = 353691539335946459067
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1010K20K30K40K50KMin: 53634 / Avg: 53690.67 / Max: 53754Min: 53904 / Avg: 53932.67 / Max: 53982Min: 59299 / Avg: 59464 / Max: 59634Min: 58973 / Avg: 59067 / Max: 59124

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10400800120016002000SE +/- 2.52, N = 3SE +/- 2.73, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 5.33, N = 31788178920331993
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.10400800120016002000Min: 1785 / Avg: 1788 / Max: 1793Min: 1785 / Avg: 1788.67 / Max: 1794Min: 2028 / Avg: 2032.67 / Max: 2040Min: 1982 / Avg: 1992.67 / Max: 1998

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.102K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 3.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 29.98, N = 3SE +/- 59.18, N = 39497948997859645
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.102K4K6K8K10KMin: 9492 / Avg: 9497 / Max: 9503Min: 9486 / Avg: 9489.33 / Max: 9492Min: 9730 / Avg: 9785.33 / Max: 9833Min: 9528 / Avg: 9645 / Max: 9719

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1030K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 63.91, N = 3SE +/- 72.59, N = 3SE +/- 460.26, N = 3SE +/- 353.50, N = 3135684135056152760154636
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1030K60K90K120K150KMin: 135556 / Avg: 135683.67 / Max: 135753Min: 134944 / Avg: 135056 / Max: 135192Min: 152135 / Avg: 152760.33 / Max: 153658Min: 153929 / Avg: 154635.67 / Max: 155008

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1080160240320400SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 4.81, N = 3355343382388
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.1070140210280350Min: 355 / Avg: 355.33 / Max: 356Min: 342 / Avg: 342.67 / Max: 344Min: 379 / Avg: 382.33 / Max: 388Min: 381 / Avg: 387.67 / Max: 397

GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.102004006008001000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.08, N = 3SE +/- 2.91, N = 31019100110791087
GTX 970GTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160NVIDIA 347.09Windows 7NVIDIA 346.22Ubuntu 14.102004006008001000Min: 1019 / Avg: 1019 / Max: 1019Min: 1001 / Avg: 1001 / Max: 1001Min: 1075 / Avg: 1079 / Max: 1082Min: 1082 / Avg: 1087.33 / Max: 1092

GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)

Testing initiated at 5 January 2015 15:10 by user phoronix.

GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22

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: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 5 January 2015 15:52 by user phoronix.

GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)

Testing initiated at 5 January 2015 17:23 by user phoronix.

GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22

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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 5 January 2015 17:38 by user phoronix.