Ubuntu Skylake Linux 4.5 Mesa 11.0 vs. 11.2
Intel Core i5-6600K testing of different Skylake Mesa versions. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Mesa 11.0.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 11.2-devel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 54.80 |======================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 51.20 |==================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... MIN: 12.0  AVG: 18.1  MAX: 32.0 
Mesa 11.2-devel . MIN: 12.0  AVG: 18.9  MAX: 61.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 42.57 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 43.60 |======================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 29.74 |===================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 31.24 |======================================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 45.86 |======================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 43.40 |===================================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 22.22 |======================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 21.77 |=====================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 7.19 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 7.42 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 57.45 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 58.87 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 29.23 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 29.60 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 24.19 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 24.53 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.0.2 ..... 18.80 |=====================================================
Mesa 11.2-devel . 19.16 |======================================================