driver and optimus performance tests
Intel Core i7-3630QM testing with a Dell Latitude E6530 and NVS 5200M 1024MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.


nouveau-optimus-off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 07Y85M, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: NVIDIA GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] 1024MB, Audio: IDT 92HD93BXX, Monitor: DELL U2414H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.8.10-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + LLVM 3.9.0 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 07Y85M, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB, Audio: Intel 7 /C216, Monitor: DELL U2414H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.8.10-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.1, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + LLVM 3.9.0 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

nouveau-optimus-on-lvds: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 07Y85M, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB, Audio: Intel 7 /C216, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.8.10-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.1, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + LLVM 3.9.0 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

nvidia-optimus-off-lvds: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 07Y85M, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: NVS 5200M 1024MB (670/1569MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD93BXX, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.8.10-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + LLVM 3.9.0 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


QGears2
XRender + Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
nouveau-optimus-off ...... 845.06  |=======================
nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1 . 437.14  |============
nouveau-optimus-on-lvds .. 1603.43 |===========================================
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds .. 722.05  |===================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
1920 x 1080 w/ HDR
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
nouveau-optimus-off ...... 7.96  |========
nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1 . 30.03 |==============================
nouveau-optimus-on-lvds .. 28.95 |=============================
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds .. 45.23 |=============================================


Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
nouveau-optimus-off ...... 3.89  |========
nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1 . 12.65 |=========================
nouveau-optimus-on-lvds .. 12.31 |========================
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds .. 22.68 |=============================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
nouveau-optimus-off ...... 3.26  |========
nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1 . 12.23 |============================
nouveau-optimus-on-lvds .. 9.77  |=======================
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds .. 19.37 |=============================================


GtkPerf 0.40
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
nouveau-optimus-off ...... 4.36 |==============================================
nouveau-optimus-on-hdmi1 . 0.72 |========
nouveau-optimus-on-lvds .. 0.42 |====
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds .. 1.27 |=============


Lightsmark 2008
1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
nvidia-optimus-off-lvds . 166.10 |=============================================