Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora 25 vs. openSUSE - Steam Intel Linux

Steam Linux benchmarks plus a few extra OpenGL reference standalone tests. All on the same Intel Kaby Lake system. Tests for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1701184-RI-STEAMLINU30&grs&rdt.

Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora 25 vs. openSUSE - Steam Intel LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores)ASUS PRIME Z270-PIntel Device 591f16384MBSamsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBIntel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDDELL P2415QRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 16.104.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170108Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.18.4modesetting 1.18.44.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel- padoka PPA1.0.21GCC 6.2.0 20161005ext41920x1080Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores)Clear Linux 127604.9.4-294.native (x86_64)Xfce 4.12X Server 1.19.1modesetting 1.19.14.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel1.0.3GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores)Fedora 254.9.3-200.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64)4.5 Mesa 13.0.31.0.30GCC 6.3.1 20161221Ubuntu 16.104.8.0-34-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.18.4modesetting 1.18.44.3 Mesa 12.0.31.0.21GCC 6.2.0 20161005openSUSE 201701124.9.0-1-default (x86_64)KDE Frameworks 5X Server 1.19.0intel 2.99.9174.5 Mesa 13.0.31.0.32xfsOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3: SELinux: Enabled.

Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora 25 vs. openSUSE - Steam Intel Linuxbioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Lowetlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080dota2: 1920 x 1080 - Vulkandota2: 800 x 600 - OpenGLdota2: 800 x 600 - Vulkanxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowdota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLtesseract: 1920 x 1080csgo: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.322.9175.6314.0336.7037.63163.0814.8763.5935.9763.8434.1089.0717.2345.2347.23187.0117.5767.1236.9665.6727.5966.1713.2735.8738.48154.4715.2358.5034.7657.5728.5064.0039.73167.4315.4060.0536.5263.3375.7313.5741.1741.60165.7716.0736.2963.83OpenBenchmarking.org

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 322.9134.1027.5928.50MIN: 5.94 / MAX: 81.82MIN: 7.6 / MAX: 81.9MIN: 3.96 / MAX: 82.17MIN: 6.39 / MAX: 82.03

ET: Legacy

Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.320406080100SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 375.6389.0766.1764.0075.73

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: VulkanUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.348121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 314.0317.2313.2713.57

Dota 2

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: OpenGL

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: OpenGLUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.31020304050SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 336.7045.2335.8739.7341.17

Dota 2

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: Vulkan

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: VulkanUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.31122334455SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 4SE +/- 0.36, N = 337.6347.2338.4841.60

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.34080120160200SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3163.08187.01154.47167.43165.77MIN: 103 / MAX: 255MIN: 131 / MAX: 282MIN: 110 / MAX: 240MIN: 113 / MAX: 261MIN: 114 / MAX: 262

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLUbuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.348121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 314.8717.5715.2315.4016.07

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.31530456075SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 363.5967.1258.5060.05

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3816243240SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 335.9736.9634.7636.5236.29

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-devClear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-devFedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.31530456075SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.18, N = 3SE +/- 1.60, N = 6SE +/- 0.88, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 363.8465.6757.5763.3363.83

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