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.

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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","KDE SC 4.9","KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended","GNOME Shell 3.5.4","GNOME Classic 3.5.5","Xfce 4.10","LXDE 0.5.11" 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,KDE 4.9.00,KDE 4.9.00,GNOME Shell 3.5.4,GNOME 3.5.5,Xfce 4.10,LXDE 0.5.11 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","KDE SC 4.9","KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended","GNOME Shell 3.5.4","GNOME Classic 3.5.5","Xfce 4.10","LXDE 0.5.11" "Warsow - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,27.98,27.43,34.37,28.35,30.23,33.20,31.52 "Prey - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (FPS)",HIB,22.78,26.87,34.17,27.07,27.58,30.18,30.72 "Doom 3 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,29.63,34.07,40.87,35.77,35.03,40.90,39.62 "Reaction Quake 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,39.48,38.60,57.50,51.00,49.10,55.03,54.23 "Urban Terror - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,40.00,41.13,57.57,57.50,57.57,53.97,57.97 "World of Padman - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,52.30,53.23,105.17,100.30,85.33,89.55,90.90 "Prey - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,16.83,17.30,21.72,19.30,18.43,19.25,19.70 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,80.13,64.60,142.00,141.70,127.43,126.70,127.60 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,16.27,17.08,26.53,26.60,18.82,21.17,20.00 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,47.68,46.96,76.21,54.85,66.81,74.88,70.82 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,25.71,26.45,35.52,32.12,31.52,34.24,33.69 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,55.11,62.90,100.06,63.23,88.21,96.64,100.84 "Lightsmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (FPS)",HIB,36.12,45.39,63.88,39.79,50.21,50.37,53.05 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On (FPS)",HIB,9.83,9.73,12.79,9.94,10.12,10.12,10.15 "Lightsmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,40.95,44.66,68.23,47.88,47.41,46.79,50.58 "Doom 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,31.17,27.77,35.17,34.73,35.13,34.17,35.10