Ubuntu 13.10 Desktops Intel Core i7-4900MQ testing with a System76 Gazelle Professional of various desktops on Ubuntu 13.10 x86_64 Linux as of 30 August. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Unity 7.1.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE Plasma 4.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.00, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Shell 3.8.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LXDE 0.6.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VD v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: ManjaroLinux 0.8.7, Kernel: 3.11.0-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.00, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130725, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 320.24 |================================= KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 288.59 |============================= Xfce 4.10 ................. 423.60 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 315.99 |================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 286.73 |============================= KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 162.70 |================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 324.88 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 239.64 |================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 326.37 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 322.26 |========================================== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 233.84 |=============================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 161.32 |===================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 2151.87 |========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 657.95 |============= Xfce 4.10 ................. 1599.54 |=============================== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 1481.46 |============================= LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 645.00 |============= KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 389.68 |======== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 39.22 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 39.17 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 39.36 |============================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 39.30 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 39.23 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 22.62 |========================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 202.97 |========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 204.37 |=========================================== Xfce 4.10 ................. 206.30 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 203.10 |========================================== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 204.13 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 95.20 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 38.43 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 38.37 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 38.23 |============================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 38.17 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 38.27 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 19.77 |======================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 104.70 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 103.63 |=========================================== Xfce 4.10 ................. 104.13 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 104.37 |=========================================== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 104.20 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 49.93 |===================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 62.23 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 62.90 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 62.77 |============================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 62.27 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 62.13 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 35.83 |========================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 4148 |============================================= KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 4119 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 4166 |============================================= GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 4173 |============================================= LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 4127 |============================================= KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 3197 |================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 392 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 404 |============================================= Xfce 4.10 ................. 399 |============================================= GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 394 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 411 |============================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 222 |========================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 49394 |========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 46916 |======================================== Xfce 4.10 ................. 37401 |================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 51319 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 48790 |========================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 19274 |================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 92 |== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 92 |== Xfce 4.10 ................. 2459 |============================================= GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 92 |== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 97 |== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 66 |= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 290 |============================================ KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 289 |=========================================== Xfce 4.10 ................. 290 |============================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 290 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 306 |============================================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 197 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 59 KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 60 Xfce 4.10 ................. MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 60 GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 59 LXDE 0.6.0 ................ MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 61 KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . MIN: 6 AVG: 50 MAX: 99 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 20.0 KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 21.0 Xfce 4.10 ................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 20.0 GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 21.0 LXDE 0.6.0 ................ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 20.0 KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 20.1 MAX: 41.0 GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 10.49 |====== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 78.25 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 13.04 |======= GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 10.46 |====== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 11.18 |====== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 24.70 |============== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 1.56 |==== KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 16.13 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 1.49 |==== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 1.52 |==== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 1.23 |=== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 3.16 |========= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 2.35 |======= KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 14.78 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 ................. 2.06 |====== GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 2.31 |======= LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 1.59 |===== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 2.73 |======== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.1.0 ............... 0.83 |============================================= KDE Plasma 4.11 ........... 0.40 |====================== Xfce 4.10 ................. 0.52 |============================ GNOME Shell 3.8.4 ......... 0.48 |========================== LXDE 0.6.0 ................ 0.48 |========================== KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro . 0.58 |===============================