Performance impact of lightweight window managers Intel Pentium B960 testing with a Acer EA50_HC_HR and Intel HD 2000 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Openbox without compositing: Processor: Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer EA50_HC_HR, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit PCIe + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 129.32 |========================================= QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 238.04 |========================================= QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 461.57 |========================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 99.90 |========================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 105.07 |========================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 226.97 |========================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 15.19 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 29.87 |========================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 63.27 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 29.41 |========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 2277 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 2970 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 12100000 |======================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 142 |============================================ x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 246000 |========================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 3180 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 3430 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 3150 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Openbox without compositing . 3180 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 33.3 MAX: 69.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 15.7 MAX: 46.0 GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 1009.65 |======================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 19.69 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 1.66 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 2.58 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 1.62 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 14.33 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 0.08 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 890.65 |========================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 13.18 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Openbox without compositing . 0.68 |===========================================