Top runs:

• Highest FPS: Proton 10 beta achieves the highest mean FPS, approximately 5% higher than the other runs.
• Smoothest FPS: Proton-cachyos 9 offers the smoothest FPS with a standard deviation slightly lower than the other runs, indicating more consistent frame pacing.
• Best overall: Proton 10 beta provides the best overall performance due to its significantly higher FPS, despite having slightly higher frame time variance compared to Proton-cachyos 9.

Issues:

Both the alternative CachyOS configurations underperformed in terms of FPS compared to the Steam Runtime 3 configuration by around 5-7%, indicating potential inefficiencies in these custom kernel and OS setups for this particular application.

Summary

This benchmark compares different Linux configurations, specifically Proton 10 beta on Steam Runtime 3 versus two Proton-cachyos configurations on CachyOS, using the Rocket League game. The analysis reveals that the Proton 10 beta on Steam Runtime 3 offers superior FPS performance, outperforming its counterparts running on CachyOS. Despite a slightly higher frame time variance, this setup clearly benefits from the optimized runtime environment. Meanwhile, both CachyOS variants fall short in FPS, which could suggest that their specific configurations or kernels may not be as well optimized for this demanding graphical environment.