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.
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Desktop Linux Ubuntu Intel Mesa Graphics,
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",205.7,214.2,214.1
"Xfce 4.10",215.2,216.3,215.7
"KDE 4.10.4",198.3,182.8,182.4,181.6,182,183
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",163.6,153.1,155.5
"LXDE 0.5.12",198.9,216.9,211.1,216.1,203,216.9
"Openbox 3.5.0",216,218.3,215.4
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",187,201.9,202.5,200.9,201.8
"World of Padman 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",203.8,191.6,205.5,223.4,223.4,206.1
"Xfce 4.10",224.6,224.8,225.7
"KDE 4.10.4",197.9,199.7,184.3,182.1,181.9,181.4
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",162.9,163,179,178.6,178.8,162.3
"LXDE 0.5.12",224.9,225.4,224.2
"Openbox 3.5.0",223.5,225.5,225.7
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",208.1,207.8,207.8
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",38.7,38.9,38.9
"Xfce 4.10",38.9,39.1,38.8
"KDE 4.10.4",33.9,34,34
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",33.8,32.3,34.1
"LXDE 0.5.12",38.7,38.9,39
"Openbox 3.5.0",39,39,39.1
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",38.8,36.3,36.8,36.6
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",116.7,115.6,118.8
"Xfce 4.10",119.1,116.4,116.6
"KDE 4.10.4",109.4,109.7,109.8
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",103.1,104.2,104.1
"LXDE 0.5.12",120,116.7,116.9
"Openbox 3.5.0",119,119.5,119.7
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",115.6,116.5,116
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",74.2859858,74.1956382,74.3875641
"Xfce 4.10",78.7988081,78.9037012,78.8152746
"KDE 4.10.4",73.6931726,67.8339397,68.6839354,68.0363561,68.8026347,69.0807094
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",78.4207326,78.2925274,78.6494634
"LXDE 0.5.12",78.7135312,79.2060232,79.0078057
"Openbox 3.5.0",78.884859,79.265886,78.7201155
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",78.8611727,74.727288,74.4234538
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",44.902887,44.6974641,44.8642089
"Xfce 4.10",46.4897478,46.415405,46.2457329
"KDE 4.10.4",42.1916822,41.3287286,41.5505616
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",46.4848298,46.3942206,43.6666308,44.802676
"LXDE 0.5.12",46.4070917,46.5304392,46.5106201
"Openbox 3.5.0",46.3495631,46.4694087,46.5588451
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",46.3805006,45.0027505,46.5010296
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",28.4494847,28.4285579,28.4666296
"Xfce 4.10",29.135257,29.1867963,29.1073228
"KDE 4.10.4",27.3597496,27.0912086,26.8748513
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",29.0051985,29.1707779,29.1284076
"LXDE 0.5.12",29.2153525,29.1261358,29.0767114
"Openbox 3.5.0",29.2437606,29.228425,29.1711851
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",28.4342931,28.3919072,28.4944675
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.0.0",38.7834075,39.2918141,39.4294662
"Xfce 4.10",38.572263,39.5958298,39.5214668
"KDE 4.10.4",36.8287991,37.3073697,37.4692473
"GNOME Shell 3.8.3",35.3124743,39.4440549,39.3094524,39.2364826,39.5225992,39.6160872
"LXDE 0.5.12",38.7945455,39.4020318,39.2644729
"Openbox 3.5.0",38.7205111,39.4576461,39.368369
"Razor-Qt 0.5.2",38.4983795,39.3982404,39.3880176