macOS Gaming Tests With CPU Usage

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macOS 10.13.4
June 02 2018
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June 03 2018
  21 Minutes
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June 04 2018
  25 Minutes
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macOS 10.13.4

Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 + Intel HD 530 2048MB, Monitor: Color LCD

OS: macOS 10.13.4, Kernel: 17.5.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Environment Notes: XPC_FLAGS=0x0

Windows 10 Pro

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 234GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 2048MB, Network: LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 + Realtek USB GbE Family

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.170.1536, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3), Vulkan: 1.0.39, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Ubuntu 18.04

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection

macOS Gaming Tests With CPU UsageProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorNetworkChipsetAudioOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDisplay DriverOpenCLVulkanDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Apple MacBook Pro2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz234GBAMD Radeon Pro 450 + Intel HD 530 2048MBColor LCDmacOS 10.13.417.5.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1APFS2880x1800Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz234GB APPLE SSD SM0256LAMD Radeon Pro 450 2048MBLAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 + Realtek USB GbE FamilyMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro Build 1713410.0 (x86_64)22.19.170.1536OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3)1.0.39NTFSIntel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS)Intel Skylake16384MB525GB SABRENT + 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256LAMD Radeon 2048MBCirrus Logic GenericColor LCDBroadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoCUbuntu 18.044.15.0-22-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.1X Server 1.19.6amdgpu 18.0.14.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0)GCC 7.3.0ext4OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- macOS 10.13.4: XPC_FLAGS=0x0Processor Details- Ubuntu 18.04: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Ubuntu 18.04: GLAMORSecurity Details- Ubuntu 18.04: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection

macOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%201%301%402%XonoticXonoticXonoticXonoticDota 2Dota 22880 x 1800 - Ultra2880 x 1800 - Ultimate2880 x 1800 - High2880 x 1800 - Low2880 x 1800 - OpenGL2880 x 1800 - Vulkan

macOS Gaming Tests With CPU Usagedota2: 2880 x 1800 - OpenGLdota2: 2880 x 1800 - Vulkanxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Lowxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Highxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Ultraxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - UltimatemacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.0421.0325.9091.2765.6534.6932.8727.4027.33239.49200.10174.28130.8128.2027.83270.86154.12117.1480.08OpenBenchmarking.org

Dota 2

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: OpenGLmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 321.0327.4028.20
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: OpenGLmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04612182430Min: 21 / Avg: 21.03 / Max: 21.1Min: 27.4 / Avg: 27.4 / Max: 27.4Min: 28.2 / Avg: 28.2 / Max: 28.2

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.4 - OpenGL3.520.363.8Ubuntu 18.04 - OpenGL3.322.030.4macOS 10.13.4 - Vulkan3.416.729.5Ubuntu 18.04 - Vulkan0.310.220.8OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterDota 2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor20406080100

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: VulkanmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 325.9027.3327.83
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: VulkanmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04612182430Min: 25.9 / Avg: 25.9 / Max: 25.9Min: 27.3 / Avg: 27.33 / Max: 27.4Min: 27.7 / Avg: 27.83 / Max: 28.1

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.4 - Vulkan3.416.729.5Ubuntu 18.04 - Vulkan0.310.220.8OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterDota 2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor918273645

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: LowmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.0460120180240300SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 391.27239.49270.86MIN: 38 / MAX: 455MIN: 152 / MAX: 574MIN: 167 / MAX: 517
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: LowmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.0450100150200250Min: 91.12 / Avg: 91.27 / Max: 91.46Min: 238.13 / Avg: 239.49 / Max: 240.39Min: 269.63 / Avg: 270.86 / Max: 271.64

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.45.216.222.7Ubuntu 18.041.212.819.9OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor612182430

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: HighmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.044080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 365.65200.10154.12MIN: 19 / MAX: 334MIN: 126 / MAX: 462MIN: 87 / MAX: 204
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: HighmacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.044080120160200Min: 65.6 / Avg: 65.65 / Max: 65.7Min: 199.23 / Avg: 200.1 / Max: 200.83Min: 153.9 / Avg: 154.12 / Max: 154.31

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.44.715.621.4Ubuntu 18.040.59.518.4OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor612182430

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: UltramacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.044080120160200SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 334.69174.28117.14MIN: 10 / MAX: 285MIN: 106 / MAX: 375MIN: 57 / MAX: 174
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: UltramacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04306090120150Min: 34.6 / Avg: 34.69 / Max: 34.78Min: 174.04 / Avg: 174.28 / Max: 174.58Min: 116.75 / Avg: 117.14 / Max: 117.34

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.45.315.821.2Ubuntu 18.040.58.316.6OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor612182430

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: UltimatemacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.04306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 332.87130.8180.08MIN: 10 / MAX: 224MIN: 15 / MAX: 277MIN: 32 / MAX: 139
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: UltimatemacOS 10.13.4Windows 10 ProUbuntu 18.0420406080100Min: 32.84 / Avg: 32.87 / Max: 32.92Min: 129.28 / Avg: 130.81 / Max: 133.36Min: 79.97 / Avg: 80.08 / Max: 80.15

MinAvgMaxmacOS 10.13.44.815.625.0Ubuntu 18.040.36.915.6OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor816243240

macOS 10.13.4

Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 + Intel HD 530 2048MB, Monitor: Color LCD

OS: macOS 10.13.4, Kernel: 17.5.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Environment Notes: XPC_FLAGS=0x0

Testing initiated at 2 June 2018 12:32 by user fate4ka.

Windows 10 Pro

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 234GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 2048MB, Network: LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 + Realtek USB GbE Family

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.170.1536, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3), Vulkan: 1.0.39, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Testing initiated at 3 June 2018 18:36 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 18.04

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection

Testing initiated at 4 June 2018 15:43 by user phoronix.