Intel Core i7-4900MQ testing with a System76 Gazelle Professional of various desktops on Ubuntu 13.10 x86_64 Linux as of 30 August. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1309040-SO-1308304SO95
Ubuntu 13.10 Desktops,
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",1.29,0.72,1.15,0.67,0.55,0.58
"KDE Plasma 4.11",0.67,0.44,0.35,0.32,0.32,0.31
"Xfce 4.10",0.61,0.54,0.69,0.42,0.34,0.5
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",0.66,0.47,0.45,0.46,0.44,0.41
"LXDE 0.6.0",0.62,0.48,0.42,0.39,0.38,0.56
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",0.58,0.58,0.57
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",2.35,2.35,2.34
"KDE Plasma 4.11",14.91,14.71,14.73
"Xfce 4.10",2.05,2.06,2.06
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",2.27,2.34,2.32
"LXDE 0.6.0",1.57,1.64,1.57
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",2.66,2.71,2.89,2.65,2.71,2.77
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",1.6,1.54,1.54
"KDE Plasma 4.11",11.41,18.5,18.48,19,10.81,18.59
"Xfce 4.10",1.49,1.49,1.49
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",1.48,1.52,1.56
"LXDE 0.6.0",1.26,1.21,1.23
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",2.74,2.89,3.02,3.89,3.74,2.68
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",10.38,10.52,10.58
"KDE Plasma 4.11",34.58,32.66,46.5,115.85,119.51,120.37
"Xfce 4.10",12.52,13.37,13.23
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",10.43,10.53,10.43
"LXDE 0.6.0",11.08,11.22,11.23
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",24.24,24.97,24.89
"GpuTest 0.5.0 - Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",290,290,290
"KDE Plasma 4.11",291,285,291
"Xfce 4.10",290,291,290
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",289,290,290
"LXDE 0.6.0",307,306,306
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",198,197,197
"GpuTest 0.5.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",92,92,92
"KDE Plasma 4.11",91,92,92
"Xfce 4.10",14291,92,92,92,92,92
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",92,92,93
"LXDE 0.6.0",97,98,97
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",65,66,66
"GpuTest 0.5.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",47122,52729,40150,51443,51481,53441
"KDE Plasma 4.11",46760,43829,47903,47666,47691,47648
"Xfce 4.10",37375,36917,37910
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",46470,52626,51977,52169,52856,51818
"LXDE 0.6.0",49008,48602,48759
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",19552,18728,19542
"GpuTest 0.5.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",397,381,397
"KDE Plasma 4.11",401,406,405
"Xfce 4.10",398,397,401
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",394,395,394
"LXDE 0.6.0",407,417,408
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",223,221,221
"GpuTest 0.5.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",4140,4143,4162
"KDE Plasma 4.11",4180,4077,4099
"Xfce 4.10",4165,4166,4166
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",4188,4188,4144
"LXDE 0.6.0",4130,4124,4127
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",3199,3194,3198
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",61.5,62.6,62.6
"KDE Plasma 4.11",62.8,62.8,63.1
"Xfce 4.10",62.3,62.9,63.1
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",61.8,62.4,62.6
"LXDE 0.6.0",61.1,62.4,62.9
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",36,35.7,35.8
"Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",
"KDE Plasma 4.11",
"Xfce 4.10",
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",
"LXDE 0.6.0",
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",
"Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",105.8,104.4,103.9
"KDE Plasma 4.11",104.5,101,105.4
"Xfce 4.10",104.9,103.6,103.9
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",103.8,105.2,104.1
"LXDE 0.6.0",103.5,104.6,104.5
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",51,49.5,49.3
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",
"KDE Plasma 4.11",
"Xfce 4.10",
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",
"LXDE 0.6.0",
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",38.1,38.5,38.7
"KDE Plasma 4.11",38.4,38.3,38.4
"Xfce 4.10",38.4,38,38.3
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",38.1,38.2,38.2
"LXDE 0.6.0",38.1,38.4,38.3
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",19.8,19.8,19.7
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",199.2,202.7,207
"KDE Plasma 4.11",204.5,202.8,205.8
"Xfce 4.10",205.4,205.7,207.8
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",200.3,203.8,205.2
"LXDE 0.6.0",203.7,205.7,203
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",94.6,96,95
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",38.5865612,39.4507991,39.6186532
"KDE Plasma 4.11",38.6373702,39.4105753,39.4674479
"Xfce 4.10",38.7360661,39.6767847,39.6659237
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",38.7698652,39.5916859,39.5404557
"LXDE 0.6.0",38.7537011,39.3536002,39.5788371
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",22.565604,22.7256284,22.5742726
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",2455.9478,2427.3091,1951.89345,1202.02015,2427.0031,2447.041775
"KDE Plasma 4.11",657.177025,660.953325,655.723575
"Xfce 4.10",669.7254,2053.856525,2080.349775,2112.175525,1996.454475,684.69835
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",1019.74155,2238.135625,1495.4999,873.307725,1925.737,1336.3221
"LXDE 0.6.0",645.276025,644.31315,645.406325
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",390.046075,389.920425,389.0601
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",324.248625,325.5109,324.87255
"KDE Plasma 4.11",241.9849,240.1688,236.779675
"Xfce 4.10",327.991325,326.192325,324.940925
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",322.6648,322.668625,321.458675
"LXDE 0.6.0",236.44525,232.186225,232.891025
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",161.712325,161.043475,161.212375
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 7.1.0",319.2565,320.635725,320.815725
"KDE Plasma 4.11",284.64195,289.692725,291.4407
"Xfce 4.10",423.386425,423.6248,423.799325
"GNOME Shell 3.8.4",318.204925,315.2838,314.4882
"LXDE 0.6.0",286.66795,287.05355,286.4548
"KDE Plasma 4.11 - manjaro",162.636775,162.6328,162.82