libreboot-gaming_1 Top 3 Libreboot system configurations (9020 SFF, KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8) and a highend computer 2021 in gaming benchmarks. With the same strong graphics card AMD 7900 XTX, to demonstrate the system bottleneck and show a best case scenario. Mainly tested with newest proprietary drivers, but also did a run with Ubuntu defaults (which with non-free not sure what they are). KGPE-D16 gets worse performance due to double NUMA cores per CPU package, which could be fixed by scheduling the right cores e.g. use a VM and assign (there should be guides available somewhere). 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB (default): Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF v1.0 (20241008 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 250GB, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB (1360/2000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3220, Monitor: DELL U2520D, Network: Intel I217-LM OS: Debian, Kernel: 6.11.5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 47.1, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.14, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.6-1 (LLVM 19.1.3 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB (default): Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF v1.0 (20241008 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M (2526/1249MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3220, Monitor: DELL U2520D, Network: Intel I217-LM OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.2 (LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr.: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF v1.0 (20241008 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2526/1249MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3220, Monitor: DELL U2520D, Network: Intel I217-LM OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr.: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 6380 @ 2.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (Dasharo coreboot+SeaBIOS v0.4.0 BIOS), Chipset: AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 192GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2526/1249MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: DELL U2520D, Network: 2 x Intel 82574L OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3584x1440 KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr.: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS KCMA-D8 v1.0 (4.11-56-g6ffb50080a BIOS), Chipset: AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2526/1249MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: DELL U2520D, Network: 2 x Intel 82574L OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3584x1440 Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr.: Processor: Intel Core i5-11600K @ 5.10GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590M GAMING X (F9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Tiger Lake-H, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1024GB KINGSTON SKC3000S1024G, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2526/1249MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897 OS: Debian, Kernel: 6.11.10-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 47.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.9 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1 (LLVM 19.1.4 DRM 3.59), Compiler: GCC 14.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Counter-Strike 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 63.4 |========= 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 134.6 |==================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 134.6 |==================== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 92.9 |============== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 267.4 |======================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 114.15 |====================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 125.37 |======================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 125.07 |======================== KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 40.18 |======== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 61.86 |============ Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 194.85 |====================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 96.67 |=================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 125.67 |======================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 126.49 |========================= KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 40.05 |======== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 62.16 |============ Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 195.10 |====================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 259.81 |==================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 265.49 |==================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 267.30 |===================== KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 121.13 |========= KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 145.65 |=========== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 494.64 |====================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 275.62 |===================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 265.59 |===================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 267.87 |===================== KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 122.00 |========= KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 145.13 |=========== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 491.78 |====================================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 91.3 |================ 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 219.1 |====================================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 225.7 |======================================= KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 83.6 |============== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 118.2 |==================== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 171.4 |============================== Counter-Strike 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 43.6 |====== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 133.3 |=================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 135.1 |==================== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 92.9 |============== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 268.0 |======================================= Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 91.7 |================ 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 218.5 |====================================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 225.5 |======================================= KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 83.9 |=============== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 119.5 |===================== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 160.0 |============================ ET: Legacy 2.81 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 264.4 |=============== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 392.4 |====================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 415.4 |======================= KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 134.4 |======== KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 184.6 |========== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 691.1 |======================================= ET: Legacy 2.81 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 329.8 |=================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB ........ 395.0 |====================== 9020 SFF: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 419.4 |======================== KGPE-D16: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. . 151.1 |========= KCMA-D8: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. .. 185.1 |=========== Modern: 7900 XTX 24GB propr. ... 686.1 |======================================= Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 390.91 |====================================== Portal Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9020 SFF: RX 580 8GB ........... 317.35 |======================================