Desktop Linux Ubuntu Intel Mesa Graphics Benchmarks of Ubuntu 13.10 with different desktop environments available in the Saucy archives as of 21 June 2013. Benchmarks with Intel HD Graphics 4600 Haswell on Mesa 9.2. Benchmarks by Michael larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Unity 7.0.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE 4.10.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Shell 3.8.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LXDE 0.5.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.12, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Openbox 3.5.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Razor-Qt 0.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 39.17 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 39.23 |==================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 37.20 |================================================= GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 38.74 |=================================================== LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 39.15 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 39.18 |==================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 39.09 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 211.33 |================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 215.73 |=================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 185.02 |============================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 157.40 |===================================== LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 210.48 |================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 216.57 |=================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 198.82 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 38.83 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 38.93 |==================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 33.97 |============================================= GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 33.40 |============================================ LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 38.87 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 39.03 |==================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 37.13 |================================================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 208.97 |=============================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 225.03 |=================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 187.88 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 170.77 |======================================= LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 224.83 |=================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 224.90 |=================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 207.90 |=============================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 117.03 |================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 117.37 |================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 109.63 |=============================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 103.80 |============================================ LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 117.87 |================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 119.40 |=================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 116.03 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 74.29 |================================================= Xfce 4.10 ......... 78.84 |==================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 69.36 |============================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 78.45 |==================================================== LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 78.98 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 78.96 |==================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 76.00 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 44.82 |================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 46.38 |==================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 41.69 |=============================================== GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 45.34 |=================================================== LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 46.48 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 46.46 |==================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 45.96 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.0.0 ....... 28.45 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 ......... 29.14 |==================================================== KDE 4.10.4 ........ 27.11 |================================================ GNOME Shell 3.8.3 . 29.10 |==================================================== LXDE 0.5.12 ....... 29.14 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.0 ..... 29.21 |==================================================== Razor-Qt 0.5.2 .... 28.44 |===================================================