Gaming benchmarks of Windows 10/11 and 17 Linux Distros

No launch options or optimisations outside of those already implemented by the OS developer/s were used as the point of these benchmarks were to look at bench marking vanilla installations.
To try an ensure the most "out of the box" benchmarks all installations are the official/recommended options with the native version of Steam being the only additional software installation if a version of Steam did not come prepackaged.
For Windows GPU drivers were from Windows update.
For Linux if there was an option to choose proprietary drivers during an install of Linux the open-source options were chosen.

Proton version when required: 9.0-2
CPU: Intel Rocket Lake i7-11700K
GPU: Red Devil 6800 XT
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z590-A.
RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz
Drive: Crucial MX500
Windows had a single NTFS partition.
Linux had an operating system partition and gaming partition formatted as Ext4 Garuda was the exception being installed onto a BTRFS OS partition with the gaming partition being Ext4.
Captured using Elgato HD60 X and OBS Studio
OBS-Studio: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio
Games:
Total War: Warhammer 3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/11...
Grand Theft Auto V
https://store.steampowered.com/app/27...
Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.gog.com/en/game/cyberpunk...

Timestamps 00:00
Windows 10 3:50
Win10 TWW3 4:03
Win10 GTA 5 DX11 6:33
Win10 GTA 5 DX10 10:07
Win10 Cyberpunk RT on 13:32
Win10 Cyberpunk RT off 15:15

Windows 11 16:47
Win11 TWW3 14:44
Win11 GTA 5 DX11 19:30
Win11 DX10 22:55
Win11 Cyberpunk RT on 26:20
Win11 Cyberpunk RT off 27:56

Arch Linux 29:27
Arch TWW3 Native 29:33
Arch TWW3 Proton 31:41
Arch GTA 5 DX11 33:55
Arch GTA 5 DX10 37:14
Arch Cyberpunk RT on 40:35
Arch Cyberpunk RT off 42:11

Bazzite 43:48
Bazzite TWW3 Native 44:00
Bazzite TWW3 Proton 46:09
Bazzite GTA 5 DX11 48:31
Bazzite GTA 5 DX10 58:53
Bazzite Cyberpunk RT on 55:19
Bazzite Cyberpunk RT off 56:57

CachyOS KDE 58:34
CachyOS TWW3 Native 58:51
CachyOS TWW3 Proton 1:1:08
CachyOS GTA5: DX11 1:03:30
CachyOS GTA 5 DX10 1:06:50
CachyOS Cyberpunk: RT on 1:10:11
CachyOS Cyberpunk RT off 1:11:45

Debian 12.6.0 1:13:23
Debian TWW3 Native 1:13:29
Debian TWW3 Proton 1:15:40
Debian GTA 5 DX11 1:17:55
Debian GTA 5 DX10 1:21:14
Debian Cyberpunk: Does not have RT 1:24:31

Drauger OS 7.7-BETA 3 1:26:12
Drauger OS TWW3 Native 1:26:20
Drauger OS TWW3 Proton 1:30:16
Drauger OS GTA 5 DX11 1:32:33
Drauger OS GTA 5 DX10 1:35:53
Drauger OS Cyberpunk RT on 1:39:27
Drauger OS Cyberpunk RT off 1:40:46

EndeavourOS 1:42:21
EndeavourOS TWW3 Native 1:42:32
EndeavourOS TWW3 Proton 1:44:46
EndeavourOS GTA 5 DX11 1:47:03
EndeavourOS GTA 5 DX10 1:50:30
EndeavourOS Cyberpunk RT on 1:53:52
EndeavourOS Cyberpunk RT off 1:55:28

Fedora 40 Official Workstation
Fedora TWW3 Native 1:57:12
Fedora TWW3 Proton 1:59:09
Fedora GTA 5 DX11 2:01:44
Fedora GTA 5 DX10 2:05:11
Fedora Cyberpunk RT on 2:08:29
Fedora Cyberpunk RT off 2:10:06

Garuda KDE Dr460nized 2:11:42
Garuda TWW3 Native 2:11:52
Garuda TWW3 Proton 2:14:02
Garuda GTA 5 DX11 2:16:18
Garuda GTA 5 DX10 2:19:45
Garuda Cyberpunk RT on 2:23:06
Garuda Cyberpunk RT off 2:24:41

Manjaro KDE 24.0.3 2:26:18
Manjaro TWW3 Native 2:26:29
Manjaro TWW3 Proton 2:28:36
Manjaro GTA 5 DX11 2:30:54
Manjaro GTA 5 DX10 2:34:14
Manjaro Cyberpunk RT on 2:37:35
Manjaro Cyberpunk RT off 2:39:10

Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon 2:40:46
Linux Mint TWW3 Native 2:41:00
Linux Mint TWW3 Proton 2:43:13
Linux Mint GTA 5 DX11 2:45:38
Linux Mint GTA 5 DX10 2:49:01
Linux Mint Cyberpunk RT on 2:52:20
Linux Mint Cyberpunk RT off 2:53:55

MX Linux 23.3 2:55:35
MX Linux TWW3 Native 2:55:37
MX Linux TWW3 Proton 2:57:50
MX Linux GTA 5 DX11 3:00:12
MX Linux GTA 5 DX10 3:03:47
MX Linux Cyberpunk No option for RT 3:07:08

NixOS Gnome 3:08:55
NixOS TWW3 Native 3:09:02\
NixOS TWW3 Proton 3:11:10
NixOS GTA 5 DX11 3:13:33
NixOS GTA 5 DX10 3:16:53
NixOS Cyberpunk RT on 3:20:12
NixOS Cyberpunk RT off 3:21:46

Nobara 40 Official 3:23:24
Nobara TWW3 Native 3:23:34
Nobara TWW3 Proton 3:25:49
Nobara GTA 5 DX11 3:28:08
Nobara GTA 5 DX10 3:31:29
Nobara Cyberpunk RT on 3:34:45
Nobara Cyberpunk RT off 3:36:19

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 3:37:55
OpenSUSE TWW3 Native 3:38:12
OpenSUSE TWW3 Proton 3:40:28
OpenSUSE GTA 5 DX11 3:42:49
OpenSUSE GTA 5 DX10 3:46:14
OpenSUSE Cyberpunk RT on 3:49:33
OpenSUSE Cyberpunk RT off 3:51:09

Pop! OS 22.04 3:52:46
Pop! TWW3 Native 3:52:51
Pop! TWW3 Proton 3:55:08
Pop! GTA 5 DX11 3:57:23
Pop! GTA 5 DX10 4:00:50
Pop! Cyberpunk RT on 4:04:08
Pop! Cyberpunk RT off 4:05:43

Ubuntu 24.04 4:07:19
Ubuntu TWW3 Native 4:07:24
Ubuntu TWW3 Proton 4:09:41
Ubuntu GTA 5 DX11 4:11:58
Ubuntu GTA 5 DX10 4:15:18
Ubuntu Cyberpunk RT on 4:18:37
Ubuntu Cyberpunk RT off 4:20:15

Zorin OS 17.1 Core 4:21:54
Zorin TWW3 Native 4:22:03
Zorin TWW3 Proton 4:24:19
Zorin GTA 5 DX11 4:26:39
Zorin GTA 5 DX10 4:29:57
Zorin Cyberpunk RT on 4:33:16
Zorin Cyberpunk RT off 4:34:50

Results 4:36:28