Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.10 Intel Kabylake
Intel Core i5-7600K testing on Linux and Windows. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Windows 10 Pro x64: 

	Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 238GB

	OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 16.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170108, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Clear Linux 12760: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux 12760, Kernel: 4.9.4-294.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 40.90 |================================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 36.47 |=============================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 35.92 |============================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 73.08 |================================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 62.95 |============================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 63.76 |============================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 15.89 |================================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 13.77 |============================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 14.34 |=============================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 14.89 |==============================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 17.97 |================================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 12.57 |======================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 15.30 |===========================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 16.41 |=============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 238.44 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 171.38 |======================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 161.77 |=====================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 188.17 |========================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 131.18 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 107.31 |=========================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 110.11 |==========================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 123.47 |=============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 100.61 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 90.66  |============================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 93.50  |=============================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 100.24 |===============================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 . 1326 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 829 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 664 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 677 |============================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 665 |===========================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 . 2999 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 26983 |======================
Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 35583 |==============================
Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 37085 |===============================
Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 38434 |================================