Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking

Comparing Unity, KDE, GNOME Shell, GNOME Classic, Xfce, and LXDE on Ubuntu 12.10 Linux x86_64 from an Intel Ivy Bridge system. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 2D tests to come shortly.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1209071-RA-UBUNTU12131
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Unity 6.4
September 03 2012
 
KDE SC 4.9
September 03 2012
 
KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended
September 04 2012
 
GNOME Shell 3.5.4
September 04 2012
 
GNOME Classic 3.5.5
September 04 2012
 
Xfce 4.10
September 03 2012
 
LXDE 0.5.11
September 03 2012
 
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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking Suite 1.0.0 System Test suite extracted from Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking. pts/doom3-1.1.0 +set r_customWidth 1920 +set r_customHeight 1080 +set com_machineSpec 1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low pts/doom3-1.1.0 +set r_customWidth 1280 +set r_customHeight 1024 +set com_machineSpec 1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low pts/lightsmark-1.2.0 1920x1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/lightsmark-1.2.0 1280x1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/openarena-1.4.0 +set r_customWidth 1920 +set r_customHeight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/openarena-1.5.0 +set r_customWidth 1920 +set r_customHeight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/prey-1.1.2 +set r_customWidth 1920 +set r_customHeight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/prey-1.1.2 +set r_customWidth 1280 +set r_customHeight 1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/reaction-1.0.0 +set r_customwidth 1920 +set r_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/urbanterror-1.1.0 +set r_customwidth 1920 +set r_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/warsow-1.4.1 +vid_customwidth 1920 +vid_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/padman-1.1.0 +set r_customwidth 1920 +set r_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-low.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-high.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1280 +vid_height 1024 +exec effects-low.cfg Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low