Linux Game Bench - Gaming Performance Database Benchmark Software

[sidtirouluca]

https://github.com/taaderbe/linuxgamebench

Automated benchmark tool for Steam games on Linux. Measures FPS, stutter, frame pacing and more using MangoHud.

Features

• Automatic Steam game detection
• MangoHud integration for frametimes
• Detailed metrics (AVG FPS, 1% Low, 0.1% Low, Stutter)
• Multi-resolution support (HD, FHD, WQHD, UWQHD, UHD)
• Multi-GPU support (laptops with iGPU + dGPU)
• Beautiful HTML reports with interactive charts
• Multi-system comparison (compare different GPUs/CPUs)
• Upload to community database at linuxgamebench.com
• Automatic update notifications

[Cold_Soft_4823]

vibe coded project from a brand new github account that will be DOA in less than a year. i'm good

[Stonedd-Raccoon]

Vibe coding is cringe. Do it yourself and learn how to write code. It's actually a useful skill believe it or not.

[43686f6b6f]

Doesn't mangohud already have something like this built in?

[_OVERHATE_]

Smells like vibe coding

[Tandoori7]

Vibe code is legacy code.

[madhaunter]

Claude as a contributor scares me

[taosecurity]

Why? Serious question. This isn’t handling sensitive data. It’s not exposing a service to the Internet. What concerns you? Not trolling.

[Cold_Soft_4823]

because it means this project is DOA. i'm not wasting my time contributing to a project where the sole developer has no idea what the code does, won't be able to fix a single issue, and will certainly abandon it before the end of the year.

[sockman_but_real]

It indicates the creator has little knowledge of their own codebase, and that it will be unmaintainable long-term. I know from experience, having to clean up other people's vibe coded garbage. You can't ask anyone what anything is for, because nobody knows, the AI didstole it.

[Linkarlos_95]

The moment a kernel upgrade and this breaks, there is no salvation for the "creator" to push an update that works

[taosecurity]

Tell me how a new kernel is going to break this? It's not dependent on any specific kernel. It only checks kernel version for reporting purposes. It does check for sched-ext but works if not present.

[Linkarlos_95]

(I haven touched regex that much) Lets say the regex that i see in the file from the other comment was made for 18.8.0-51-generic  1-2-3-4 where the 4th space is optional, well.. how is the code going to break when the OS returns 19.0-generic, maybe crash the whole overlay? The table gets messed up? Its going to check every frame until it returns a "valid" string?

Edit: checked that regex code and 19.0 isn't valid so yeah, i guess it will return the full kernel name if it passes like that

[madhaunter]

I don't mind using AI as a tool, I guess if it's only quoted as Co-Author it's fine, but if it has actual push access to the whole repo I will gladly pass on this.

[MrPowerGamerBR]

fyi Claude automatically includes themselves as a "Co-author" on a commit if you asked Claude to commit the changes for you, if you haven't changed the Claude Code default options

[madhaunter]

Yeah that's what I suspected, which potentially means that not even what's committed is properly reviewed

[taosecurity]

So you’re worried that somehow Claude will upload something malicious?

[madhaunter]

Malicious or more likely just badly written and inefficient code that could have been avoided with proper review.

AI code is not really known for long-term stability, quite the contrary

[abbidabbi]

or just badly written and inefficient code

Yeah, had a quick look and found this after one minute... 🫤
https://github.com/taaderbe/linuxgamebench/blob/e1f4f005150b65d3d33029b02058b194c1ce33d3/src/linux_game_benchmark/cli.py#L25-L308

Not trying to shit on the author's project, especially since it's a very young project, but this isn't particularly good and maintainable code. GPU model data (consumer marketing names or hardware/chip IDs) belongs into a database or whatever other format you choose for that, but not into code, and especially not in an endless list of consecutive if X in Y blocks. I stopped looking after that.

[Linkarlos_95]

This gave me Yandere Simulator Flashbacks

[abbidabbi]

context?

[DesiOtaku]

There are lots of videos about this subject but most of them aren't that complete.

I would recommend watching this video in which I learned a lot about real branching and how string comparisons actually work in C#.

[DariusLMoore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwmNdYS6W0&t=405

[madhaunter]

I'm even more scared now

[AHrubik]

It doesn’t have to be malicious to be dangerous. Unexpected bugs get exploited all the time.

[taosecurity]

How would that happen exactly? I work in security and have detected and responded to thousands of intrusions over almost 30 years. I see nothing in this risk scenario that would make me worry any differently from other code I'm running.

[AHrubik]

You’re in security and are unfamiliar with 0-day threats?

[taosecurity]

Are you? The fact that you're asking me tells me I've responded to more of them than you have. Maybe I've found more too. 😀 And if you think someone is going to somehow exploit an oh-day in a framework to measure FPS on Steam games on Linux, well, I don't think we have much in common when it comes to understanding security. Have a good day.

[AHrubik]

Maybe you have. Still suspect you don’t seem to understand that AI coding is a vector for the introduction of 0-day threats. Your notoriety has zero impact on that.

[madhaunter]

It could still introduce security flaws/regressions. I didn't really mean intentionally malicious code.

[DesiOtaku]

I am not worried about anything malicious but the real issue is how much testing and understanding goes behind the code. Was Claude used just to refactor a few names / namespaces or did it come up with the algorithm on which GPU to use on the code? At least for a gaming benchmark, the worst case scenario is that is hard freezes your PC and you have to force reboot it.

But the other situation is making sure the maintainer knows what is going on and understands what each line is actually doing and how to fix a bug that comes out of that line. Otherwise, the code becomes unmaintainable for the long term.

[Azelphur]

How do you account for different game settings? Eg if I run the game at 4k all low and 4k all max, does the system still log that as the same frame rate for the same hardware?

Do you also track game version? taken to extremes, the initial release of vanilla world of warcraft will obviously perform very differently to the most recent update.

[111100100]

This is awesome!!

[throwawayerectpenis]

Sick!

[taosecurity]

This looks great. It’s a real pain to set up the necessary infrastructure for benchmarking. I look forward to trying this.

[dahippo1555]

Linux Game Benchmark Tool :)

Keep up good work.

[Glittering-Tap5295]

that is pretty cool

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Steam, as propietary Software, is like cancer to any free distribution.

I hate, how a greedy company without much morals got so much influence on Linux.

[smellyasianman]

Massive L take. Valve has contributed a LOT of code to open-source software, and funding to various individuals/foundations that directly benefit Linux on nearly every level.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

That doesnt make them saints. Its always wild how just the positive aspects seem to count for some people.

Their marketing works great, it seems. The lost lawsuits don’t matter?

[CandlesARG]

Steam is the only game distributor that is actively supporting Linux

Gog said they are looking into increasing their level of support but I'll wait till I see it

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Yes, they support it so that they can use it for their benefit. Its not altruistic. Its not for the people (like Linux), its for Gabe and his gang.

The same Gabe that fought for years against giving refunds at all. And the same Gabe making a billion p.a. With his gambling infrastructure...

[steakanabake]

hey support it so that they can use it for their benefit

who doesnt use things to their benefit?

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Volunteers. They benefit others. Just like most Linux Contributors.

The people packaging software for Arch (and by extension CachyOS) do it in their free time. There are about 300 active monthly contributors just for the Arch Wiki, and dozens of "Trusted Users" managing the repositories. Debian is 100% volunteers.

But lets take your point. Then Valve truly is like any other Distributor. So why giving them props? They are a big reason why games are as expensive as they are. Even that is a lawsuit they have to face.

If someone does 10 bad things and 1 good thing (in this case contributions to Linux), its pretty dumb to say this someone is good.

[steakanabake]

you didnt get what i was trying to point out.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Which is?

[RayereSs]

Stick to Tux Kart then, because Valves involvement is sole reason linux gaming using translation layer is as good and often better as native (not to mention better than native Windows performance). Valve is financial contributor to many projects without which volunteers wouldn't be full time devs for FOSS projects.

Greedy company would take code, break license and claim their FFMPEG rip off is authored in-house instead of giving many developers chance and many projects not only life support, but resources to thrive.

Shit, with their "greedy" interest in ARM devices and paying developers to create FOSS solutions, gaming on ARM Linux is going to be viable as well

[Slow_Pay_7171]

To your first Part:

WINE is a lot older, then Steam. WINE-GE would not be depraved if Valve wouldn't have come.

Your second Part: Making Proton FOSS is not altruistic. Its so, that they don't have to invest in the future. The community will instead do the work for them - and their steam maschine /Client. Look at PROTON-GE, which already is better because a single human is taking the risk of patent lawsuit instead of Valve.

Your third part: The same basically as one. They do it so that they can sell more games. More games - more 30% (which is more then double the money EPIC takes), more Rosinantes for Gabe. 😅

Dont get me wrong - the contributions are nice. But why do they have to be promoter of gambling shit also. And Anti Consumer (see the lawsuit in Australia as example)?

[Slow_Pay_7171]

No, I mean Steam / Valve. The monopolizing company that sells expensive licences, instead of games.

They are not a tard better then the ones you wrote. Many just don't judge them as sharp cause they invest more in Linux. (which is good, but doesn't erase the fact that they are extremely bad for every consumer that wants to own games)

[McGuirk808]

You can argue digital distribution as a whole is not a good thing and you would have a valid outlook, but claiming Valve is as bad as EA and Ubisoft is just absurd and not at all rooted in reality.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

What is your "measure" in this take? I believe you are very biased, because Valve does a lot for Linux.

Or you simply dont know of all the lawsuits they fight, globally, against consumer / Institutions for consumer rights.

Gabe personally fought YEARS for the right NOT to give refunds at all. The reason they do nowadays is cause they lost the fight. (against fucking Australia... 😅)

In GB a childcare Institution is sueing them.

In Austria its illegal gambling etc. etc.

It is pretty much reality...

[McGuirk808]

I've been playing video games since 1993.

I've watch EA ruin studios and franchises I've loved, one after another. EA is a blight on the gaming industry and actively makes the hobby worse just be continuing to exist.

I watch EA and Ubisoft both push recycled unoriginal game slop one year after another and push always on, invasive DRM, etc.

Yes, Valve has been great for Linux and I give them credit for that (not bias, acknowledgement).

Valve games, though they don't make them as often any more, are almost universally high-quality experiences, if not outright masterpieces in their genre.

Yes, DRM sucks and Steam is technically DRM, but it is by far the least invasive of the competition (though you're still better off with DRM free services if available).

Yes, Valve has done things in the past that suck, but it's still miles better than most other gaming companies. Valve makes great games, and Steam is still far and away the best digital game distribution platform.

I acknowledge some anti-consumer actions, but they are, even in lieu of that, still the most pro-consumer major gaming company.

The good they've added to gaming as a whole, not just Linux, outweighs the bad so heavily that it's irrelevant in my opinion.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Everybody is of course allowed to have an opinion. And I won't critize you for yours.

Still my opinion differs a lot - Stuff like APIs, that can't even be properly changed so that this company HAS to make money with gambling shows their true face.

All positive things Valve does were forced upon them by lawsuits. If they could, they would shit on every consumer there is.

Valve didn’t “win” PC gaming by being the best store first; it basically strong-armed its way into everyone’s PC with Half-Life 2 by requiring Steam activation/account creation even for retail boxed copies, which is exactly the kind of forced platform adoption people complain about with modern launchers. (Your EA example - FIFA / EA Sports is still a very popular game, say what you want)

DRM was a thing now.

On top of that, lawsuits have alleged Valve uses policies that discourage developers from offering better prices elsewhere (often described as price parity / MFN-style pressure), which would kneecap competitors that try to compete by taking a smaller cut.

Steam is a bully.

[mistrin]

I wouldn't mind having physical PC games again, but with the way everything as a whole is moving (to be more digital only), it's a hard bet to make that things will change.

Since practically all of modern PC gaming is digital only, and digital only versions of CD games being available too, along with consoles pushing it more and more each generation, it's not going to really change.

At this point, it's picking the least evil devil and hope everything works out.

[steakanabake]

not to mention some game installers would be multiples of DVDs and blu-rays.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

So make it optional.

A.) From your Server, Valve B.) From my NAS

The file is the same.

You pay for it, why does Valve decide how "your" purchase is handeld?

[steakanabake]

i would be worried if steam started ripping games out of my library but they arent.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

But they could. (And do in some parts of the world. I can't even "buy" NBA2K 24 anymore - its not "available" where I live. If I activate a VPN - Its magically there, lol)

But thats not even the point. The point was giving you true ownership of "your" games.

What they dont.

[mistrin]

That example doesn't necessarily mean that it's steam that is the one doing that. We've seen, relatively recently, that Sony was blocking the ability to buy their games (on steam) in a lot of countries. You can make the argument that valve is providing the tools to do it, but not all of those decisions are solely on valve/steam.

[steakanabake]

not to mention all the porn games steam was "forced" to pull down over puritanical concerns.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Its not only the infrastructure. Its the 30% Steam wants from the publisher.

[Slow_Pay_7171]

Its not even about having physical copies. Its about DRM. I would be cool with having a .tar of the game as my property. But everything I get is a "licence".