Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Comparison

Intel Core i7-3517U testing with a ASUS UX32VDA on Ubuntu 14.04 of different desktop environments... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com..

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Unity 7.1.2
March 07 2014
 
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March 08 2014
 
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March 08 2014
 
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March 08 2014
 
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March 08 2014
 
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March 31 2014
 
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Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Comparison Intel Core i7-3517U testing with a ASUS UX32VDA on Ubuntu 14.04 of different desktop environments... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.. ,,"Unity 7.1.2","Xfce 4.10","KDE 4.12.3","LXDE 0.6.1","GNOME Shell 3.10.4","Openbox 3.5.2","Gnome Classic" Processor,,Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores) Motherboard,,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,ASUS UX32VDA v1.0,Gigabyte P35-DS3 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 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9 Memory,,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB Disk,,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212,500GB Seagate ST3500418AS Graphics,,Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz),eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (850/2052MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC269VB,Realtek ALC889A Network,,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS,,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Ubuntu 14.04,Arch rolling Kernel,,3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64),3.13.7-1-ck (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 7.1.2,Xfce 4.10,KDE 4.12.3,LXDE 0.6.1,GNOME Shell 3.10.4,Openbox 3.5.2,Enlightenment Display Server,,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0,X Server 1.15.0 Display Driver,,intel 2.99.910,intel 2.99.910,intel 2.99.910,intel 2.99.910,intel 2.99.910,intel 2.99.910,NVIDIA 334.21 OpenGL,,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3,4.3.0 Compiler,,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2,GCC 4.8.2 20140206 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Unity 7.1.2","Xfce 4.10","KDE 4.12.3","LXDE 0.6.1","GNOME Shell 3.10.4","Openbox 3.5.2","Gnome Classic" "GtkPerf - GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry (sec)",LIB,11.70,13.10,46.30,6.22,11.36,8.61,25.03 "GtkPerf - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton (sec)",LIB,7.62,3.04,3.45,7.00,3.35,1.28,7.61 "GtkPerf - GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton (sec)",LIB,4.71,3.32,3.94,4.02,3.78,2.07,5.38 "GtkPerf - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton (sec)",LIB,2.67,2.08,3.46,2.34,2.35,1.29,3.55 "GtkPerf - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox (sec)",LIB,18.48,21.25,36.08,21.97,17.51,12.74,28.98 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,27.72,27.74,22.57,27.49,27.51,28.05, "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,42.32,42.71,32.86,42.20,42.52,43.02, "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,62.61,63.50,45.89,62.80,63.11,64.19, "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,112.61,119.93,88.88,119.58,120.74,125.13, "Urban Terror - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,14.52,14.94,19.54,14.61,14.87,14.98,10.4 "Urban Terror - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,68.13,67.13,51.10,67.80,66.70,67.37,96.00 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,31.46,31.42,40.29,31.42,31.27,31.2,6.06 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,31.77,31.60,24.83,31.77,31.93,31.87,163.87 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,17.72,17.71,15.32,17.73,17.68,17.72,129.46 "x11perf - Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window (Operations / Second)",HIB,15500,6480,15467,6500,15567,6500,29.73 "x11perf - Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window (Operations / Second)",HIB,7637,7720,15700,7720,7663,7720,35367 "x11perf - Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap (Operations / Second)",HIB,7710,7710,7703,7710,7707,7710,42600 "x11perf - Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window (Operations / Second)",HIB,7697,6490,7700,6497,7703,6500,42033 "x11perf - Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid (Operations / Second)",HIB,308667,316333,310667,317333,291000,300333,26700 "x11perf - Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square (Operations / Second)",HIB,153,156,147,156,152,156,808 "x11perf - Test: Char in 80-char aa line (Operations / Second)",HIB,8843333,15500000,11400000,15200000,12300000,15633333,3736667 "x11perf - Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px (Operations / Second)",HIB,7737,6370,7723,6363,7733,6390,41900 "x11perf - Test: 500px PutImage Square (Operations / Second)",HIB,3700,3805,3610,3240,2980,3960,1293 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling (FPS)",HIB,801.35,775.43,353.77,355.13,1253.73,357.74,594.80 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears (FPS)",HIB,211.13,215.40,149.00,156.44,226.58,154.97,89.47 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text (FPS)",HIB,196.69,246.42,167.31,175.80,205.29,176.03,98.17