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Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1706047-TR-VULKANPHO98&grw&sro&rro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpenGLVulkan Intel HD 630 AMD RX 480 AMD R9 Fury NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Intel HD 630 AMD RX 480 AMD R9 Fury NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores)Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CFIntel Device 591f + Z27016384MB250GB Samsung SSD 850Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz)Realtek ALC892Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 17.044.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.19.3modesetting 1.19.34.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA1.0.42GCC 6.3.0 20170406ext41920x1080AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MBDELL P2415Qamdgpu 1.3.994.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0)Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBmodesetting 1.19.3NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz)4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 381.224.5.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1602/5005MHz)Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz)Acer B286HK4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531modesetting 1.19.34.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPAAMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MBDELL P2415Qamdgpu 1.3.994.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0)Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBmodesetting 1.19.3NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz)4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 381.224.5.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1598/5005MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- OpenGL: AMD RX 480, OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury, Vulkan: AMD RX 480, Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury: GLAMOR

madmax: 1920 x 1080 - Low - Camp Hollow Pointdota2: 1920 x 1080sam2017: 1920 x 1080 - Lowsam2017: 1920 x 1080 - UltraOpenGLVulkan Intel HD 630 AMD RX 480 AMD R9 Fury NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Intel HD 630 AMD RX 480 AMD R9 Fury NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 108037.9017.3381.8015.07152.55113.97311.20124.70155.92113.70318.90159.50274.12131337.10144.43289.33137.70388.27207.2034.5517.2765.7713.80247.86104.77452.80131.07249.26110.87509.33179.47287.99143.93525.23159.33305.25150.00606.70268.90OpenBenchmarking.org

Mad Max

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Camp Hollow Point

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMad MaxResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Camp Hollow PointNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury70140210280350305.25287.9934.55247.86249.26289.33274.1237.90152.55155.92

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3150.00143.9317.27104.77110.87137.70131.0017.33113.97113.70

Serious Sam Fusion 2017

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSerious Sam Fusion 2017Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: LowNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury130260390520650SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 3.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 3.87, N = 3SE +/- 1.59, N = 3SE +/- 3.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 3.16, N = 3SE +/- 3.81, N = 3606.70525.2365.77452.80509.33388.27337.1081.80311.20318.90

Serious Sam Fusion 2017

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSerious Sam Fusion 2017Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury60120180240300SE +/- 6.06, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 3.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3268.90159.3313.80131.07179.47207.20144.4315.07124.70159.50

Mad Max

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Stronghold

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMad MaxResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: StrongholdNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury306090120150115.59111.7128.7695.1496.91110.12110.2323.3456.6553.73

Mad Max

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMad MaxResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is DeadNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury80160240320400336.01295.5234.97232.77266.59352.37297.4435.81176.59175.20

Mad Max

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Landmover

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMad MaxResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: LandmoverNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury80160240320400380.75330.2444.09271.76308.50377.48317.8345.29196.08213.12

CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

VulkanOpenGLOpenBenchmarking.orgPercentCPU Usage (Summary) MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringNVIDIA GTX 1080NVIDIA GTX 1060Intel HD 630AMD RX 480AMD R9 Fury20406080100Min: 0 / Avg: 28.66 / Max: 100Min: 0 / Avg: 29.6 / Max: 89.5Min: 0 / Avg: 28.01 / Max: 100Min: 0 / Avg: 25.43 / Max: 98.5Min: 0 / Avg: 26.22 / Max: 86.5Min: 0 / Avg: 35.07 / Max: 100Min: 0 / Avg: 34.82 / Max: 99.5Min: 0 / Avg: 32.68 / Max: 96.5Min: 0 / Avg: 25.31 / Max: 92.86Min: 0 / Avg: 32.82 / Max: 96.97

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.5