Nouveau Boost Testing Karol Herbst's 4.5 re-clocking Git tree on Ubuntu 16.04 with Mesa 11.3-dev. GLXVBlank 0. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Boost 1: GTX 680: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Boost 2: GTX 680: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Boost 1: GTX 760: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Boost 2: GTX 760: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 23.42 |======================================= Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 23.52 |======================================= Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 20.73 |================================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 21.60 |==================================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 27.75 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 30.22 |================================================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 20.50 |======================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 20.50 |======================================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 18.75 |===================================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 15.43 |============================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 23.92 |=============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 25.54 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 198.10 |====================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 204.93 |======================================= Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 165.93 |=============================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 156.10 |============================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 245.97 |=============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 258.47 |================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 152.19 |================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 157.00 |=================================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 129.48 |============================= Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 131.52 |============================= Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 208.34 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 220.26 |================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 81.47 |=============================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 82.00 |=============================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 68.45 |========================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 71.87 |=========================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 120.20 |============================================= Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 130.20 |================================================= Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 97.13 |======================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 96.47 |======================================= Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 83.18 |================================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 84.13 |================================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 119.92 |================================================= Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 120.45 |================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 40.27 |================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 40.33 |================================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 32.23 |=========================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 34.30 |============================= Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 54.60 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 59.54 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 128.77 |================================ Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 128.93 |================================ Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 107.55 |========================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 108.51 |=========================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 187.00 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 199.30 |================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 92.66 |================================ Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 93.30 |================================ Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 76.46 |========================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 77.73 |=========================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 133.82 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 141.48 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 32828 |===================================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 32850 |===================================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 32337 |===================================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 33843 |======================================= Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 40348 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 43943 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 1113 |=========================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 1114 |=========================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 856 |===================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 919 |====================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 1904 |=============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 2084 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 70338 |=============================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 70301 |=============================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 66826 |============================= Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 68200 |============================== Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 104577 |============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 112154 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 171 |=============================== Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 171 |=============================== Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 125 |======================= Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 136 |========================= Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 259 |=============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 286 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... 429 |============================= Boost 2: GTX 680 .... 429 |============================= Boost 1: GTX 760 .... 315 |===================== Boost 2: GTX 760 .... 341 |======================= Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . 696 |=============================================== Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . 769 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Boost 1: GTX 680 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 24.0 Boost 2: GTX 680 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 28.0 Boost 1: GTX 760 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.1 MAX: 28.0 Boost 2: GTX 760 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 20.0 Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 33.0 Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 32.0