Kernel415
A Display Driver comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.


linux4.15-nv415: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-72-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.27, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

linux4.15-nv440: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-72-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

linux5.3-nv440: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

linux5.3-nv440-2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 590.00 |====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 581.93 |===================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 490.37 |===========================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 588.33 |====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 31.0 
linux4.15-nv440 .. MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 7.0 
linux5.3-nv440 ... MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 33.0 
linux5.3-nv440-2 . MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 7.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 286.65 |====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 286.06 |====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 288.47 |====================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 268.90 |================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed - Renderer: D3D11
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 48.77 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 48.49 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 48.53 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 48.35 |=====================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: D3D11
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 50.73 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 47.50 |==================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 49.05 |===================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 47.30 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 213.90 |===================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 214.02 |===================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 214.25 |===================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 218.32 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 86787 |====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 87708 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 87333 |====================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 88317 |=====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 .. 88820 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 .. 88115 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 ... 88339 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440-2 . 84893 |===================================================