@thelinuxexperimentHi Nick!A few comments:I am not sure if it was smart to use the #steam #flatpak? Steam uses electron / CEF and is a platform, so running that through flatpak at least introduces a few weird hacks like #zypak afaik. It will also use general, not optimized libaries for a lot of tasks, where #CachyOS could shine with v3 or v4 optimized binaries.For the speed-test, an internet facing one doesnt make much sense as your speeds seem to be capped at 500mbits up/down. Instead using "netcat | pv" to get some file from a fast local machine might make sense.And about the mic volume, that is a #Linux thing! Normally there should be #alsa configs for every speaker so that 100% is okay. Changing the speaker volume generally is a hack and doesnt exist on Android, Windows or other OSes. It is simply there because of missing alsa configs. A laptop where the vendor made an alsa config that is preinstalled on distros would need 100% mic volume. (As far as I know)Otherwise really interesting benchmarks! The small file write speed is really important as that resembles regular desktop use, web browsing etc.