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
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.
,,"Unity 6.4","Xfce 4.10","LXDE 0.5.11","KDE SC 4.9","KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended","GNOME Shell 3.5.4","GNOME Classic 3.5.5"
Processor,,Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)
Motherboard,,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC
Chipset,,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM
Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB
Disk,,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755
Graphics,,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core
Audio,,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888
Monitor,,VA2431,VA2431,VA2431,VA2431,VA2431,VA2431,VA2431
Network,,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n
OS,,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10
Kernel,,3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 6.4.0,Xfce 4.10,LXDE 0.5.11,KDE 4.9.00,KDE 4.9.00,GNOME Shell 3.5.4,GNOME 3.5.5
Display Server,,X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5),X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5)
Display Driver,,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3
OpenGL,,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel,3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel
Compiler,,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080
,,"Unity 6.4","Xfce 4.10","LXDE 0.5.11","KDE SC 4.9","KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended","GNOME Shell 3.5.4","GNOME Classic 3.5.5"
"Warsow - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,27.98,33.20,31.52,27.43,34.37,28.35,30.23
"Prey - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (FPS)",HIB,22.78,30.18,30.72,26.87,34.17,27.07,27.58
"Doom 3 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,29.63,40.90,39.62,34.07,40.87,35.77,35.03
"Reaction Quake 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,39.48,55.03,54.23,38.60,57.50,51.00,49.10
"Urban Terror - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,40.00,53.97,57.97,41.13,57.57,57.50,57.57
"World of Padman - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,52.30,89.55,90.90,53.23,105.17,100.30,85.33
"Prey - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,16.83,19.25,19.70,17.30,21.72,19.30,18.43
"OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,80.13,126.70,127.60,64.60,142.00,141.70,127.43
"OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,16.27,21.17,20.00,17.08,26.53,26.60,18.82
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,47.68,74.88,70.82,46.96,76.21,54.85,66.81
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,25.71,34.24,33.69,26.45,35.52,32.12,31.52
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,55.11,96.64,100.84,62.90,100.06,63.23,88.21
"Lightsmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (FPS)",HIB,36.12,50.37,53.05,45.39,63.88,39.79,50.21
"Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On (FPS)",HIB,9.83,10.12,10.15,9.73,12.79,9.94,10.12
"Lightsmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,40.95,46.79,50.58,44.66,68.23,47.88,47.41
"Doom 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,31.17,34.17,35.10,27.77,35.17,34.73,35.13