Graphics Linux Distro Comparison Intel Core i5-7600K testing on different distros for a future article. Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Leap 42.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora Workstation 27: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.13.9-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS Linux 7: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171122, Kernel: 4.14.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171020 [gcc-7-branch revision 253932], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 9.2.1: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 9.2, Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Solus 3: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Solus 3, Kernel: 4.13.15-34.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Manjaro 17.0.6: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 16GB Voyager 3.0, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: ManjaroLinux 17.0.6, Kernel: 4.9.58-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Antergos 17.11: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.11-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.13.12-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 53.50 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 54.30 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 54.03 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 51.50 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 50.07 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 55.87 |================================================ Debian 9.2.1 .......... 55.13 |=============================================== Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 50.23 |=========================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 55.63 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 32.43 |=========================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 31.67 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 35.37 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 31.97 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 34.93 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 30.93 |========================================= Debian 9.2.1 .......... 36.17 |================================================ Solus 3 ............... 34.10 |============================================= Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 36.37 |================================================ Antergos 17.11 ........ 35.23 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 30.4 MAX: 63.0 openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.4 MAX: 66.0 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 60.0 Fedora Workstation 27 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.3 MAX: 67.0 CentOS Linux 7 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 60.0 openSUSE Tumbleweed ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 65.0 Debian 9.2.1 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 27.1 MAX: 57.0 Solus 3 ............... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 61.0 Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 27.3 MAX: 59.0 Antergos 17.11 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 28.5 MAX: 61.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 44.69 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 46.40 |================================================== Debian 9.2.1 ....... 44.20 |=============================================== Solus 3 ............ 47.72 |=================================================== Manjaro 17.0.6 ..... 43.02 |============================================== Antergos 17.11 ..... 47.32 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 117.30 |============================================ openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 119.40 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 120.32 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 115.54 |=========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 104.40 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 124.79 |=============================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 123.95 |=============================================== Solus 3 ............... 120.16 |============================================= Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 111.35 |========================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 124.91 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 72.87 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 74.31 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 74.25 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 71.27 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 67.81 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 75.38 |================================================ Debian 9.2.1 .......... 70.30 |============================================= Solus 3 ............... 75.79 |================================================ Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 65.81 |========================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 75.79 |================================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 24.24 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 9.05 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 8.72 |================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 24.16 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 9.41 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 24.11 |=============================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 8.37 |================ Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 23.69 |============================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 24.67 |================================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 387.79 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 144.78 |================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 139.57 |================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 386.62 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 150.59 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 385.78 |============================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 133.94 |================ Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 379.01 |============================================= Antergos 17.11 ........ 394.77 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 17.59 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 16.70 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 15.95 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 17.91 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 17.37 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 17.20 |============================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 16.66 |============================================= Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 17.26 |============================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 17.48 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 183.29 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 174.04 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 166.24 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 186.65 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 180.99 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 179.28 |============================================= Debian 9.2.1 .......... 173.58 |============================================ Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 179.81 |============================================= Antergos 17.11 ........ 182.19 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 6780 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 6432 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 7033 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 6739 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 6676 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 6477 |============================================= Debian 9.2.1 .......... 7070 |================================================= Solus 3 ............... 7053 |================================================= Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 6401 |============================================ Antergos 17.11 ........ 7049 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 405 |================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 382 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 394 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 404 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 388 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 390 |================================================ Debian 9.2.1 .......... 398 |================================================= Solus 3 ............... 399 |================================================= Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 388 |================================================ Antergos 17.11 ........ 394 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 21350 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 18327 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 20078 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 20297 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 20110 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 19108 |========================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 21683 |================================================ Solus 3 ............... 21262 |=============================================== Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 20287 |============================================= Antergos 17.11 ........ 21642 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 147 |================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 145 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 147 |================================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 147 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 146 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 147 |================================================== Debian 9.2.1 .......... 146 |================================================== Solus 3 ............... 147 |================================================== Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 147 |================================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 147 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 375 |================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 394 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 400 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 375 |================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 397 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 373 |================================= Debian 9.2.1 .......... 398 |==================================== Solus 3 ............... 374 |================================== Manjaro 17.0.6 ........ 557 |================================================== Antergos 17.11 ........ 375 |==================================