# Top runs: * **Highest FPS**: `Proton 9` provides the highest average FPS. * **Smoothest FPS**: `Proton 10` shows the lowest standard deviation in FPS. * **Best overall**: `Proton 9` delivers the highest FPS with reasonably stable performance, making it the best overall. # Issues: * While testing with `Proton-cachyos 9`, it resulted in noticeably lower GPU load and higher RAM consumption compared to other configurations, leading to lower FPS compared to those running on `Proton 10` and `Proton 9`. # Summary This benchmark compares different versions of `Proton` and `Proton-cachyos` in a Counter-Strike 2 setting. The tests ran on a consistent hardware setup, including an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X CPU, across similar conditions using the `performance` scheduler on a `6.14.4-2-cachyos` kernel. Results indicate that using `Proton 9`, running on `Steam Runtime 3 (sniper)`, significantly enhances FPS performance, while `Proton 10` achieves the smoothest FPS stability. In contrast, `Proton-cachyos 9` shows suboptimal performance, affected by lower GPU load and higher RAM utilization, suggesting that `Proton 9` is the preferred choice for maximizing performance in this gaming scenario.