Ubuntu 17.04 Desktops RadeonSI Comparison
Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Budgie: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GNOME Shell: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

KDE Plasma 5: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

MATE: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Unity 7.5: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Xfce4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 15.09  |=====
GNOME Shell .. 15.08  |=====
KDE Plasma 5 . 157.19 |=======================================================
MATE ......... 157.93 |=======================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 158.99 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 159.41 |========================================================


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 15.10 |=========
GNOME Shell .. 15.06 |=========
KDE Plasma 5 . 97.36 |=========================================================
MATE ......... 95.27 |========================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 96.62 |=========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 96.07 |========================================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 92.70  |==================================================
GNOME Shell .. 92.52  |==================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 103.53 |========================================================
MATE ......... 89.07  |================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 103.63 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 98.03  |=====================================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 45.20 |=====================================================
GNOME Shell .. 41.18 |================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 44.45 |====================================================
MATE ......... 41.43 |================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 48.77 |=========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 41.23 |================================================


Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 116.35 |========================================================
GNOME Shell .. 115.54 |========================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 116.33 |========================================================
MATE ......... 116.27 |========================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 115.55 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 116.11 |========================================================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 204.27 |========================================================
GNOME Shell .. 205.43 |========================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 205.90 |========================================================
MATE ......... 199.57 |======================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 205.80 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 201.03 |=======================================================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Normal
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 205.67 |========================================================
GNOME Shell .. 205.83 |========================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 204.70 |========================================================
MATE ......... 199.97 |======================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 204.53 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 199.90 |======================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 68.70 |========================================================
GNOME Shell .. 70.20 |=========================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 69.10 |========================================================
MATE ......... 68.90 |========================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 70.00 |=========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 70.20 |=========================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 128.59 |=======================================================
GNOME Shell .. 122.07 |=====================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 129.66 |========================================================
MATE ......... 114.80 |=================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 130.11 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 123.40 |=====================================================


ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 183.37 |========================================================
GNOME Shell .. 182.90 |========================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 183.07 |========================================================
MATE ......... 171.60 |====================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 182.10 |========================================================
Xfce4 ........ 175.87 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Budgie ....... 128.44 |====================================================
GNOME Shell .. 126.33 |===================================================
KDE Plasma 5 . 127.41 |====================================================
MATE ......... 132.48 |======================================================
Unity 7.5 .... 127.38 |====================================================
Xfce4 ........ 137.87 |========================================================