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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Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Comparison, "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",17.7461755,17.6902658,17.7127528 "Xfce 4.10",17.6752276,17.7112782,17.7392673 "KDE 4.12.3",15.3582233,15.2826935,15.319188 "LXDE 0.6.1",17.6661823,17.739938,17.7817815 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",17.7103786,17.7655983,17.5619792 "Openbox 3.5.2",17.7123852,17.7184592,17.7388517 "Gnome Classic",124.5196587,133.499936,132.2059885,127.6065601 "GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry", Lower Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",11.84,11.67,11.58 "Xfce 4.10",13.31,12.87,13.11 "KDE 4.12.3",46.49,45.38,47.02 "LXDE 0.6.1",13.5,14.32,4.54,1.69,1.65,1.64 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",11.3,11.28,11.5 "Openbox 3.5.2",8.67,8.62,8.53 "Gnome Classic",25.26,25.03,24.79 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",31.9,31.7,31.7 "Xfce 4.10",31.6,31.5,31.7 "KDE 4.12.3",24.9,24.8,24.8 "LXDE 0.6.1",31.6,31.9,31.8 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",31.7,32.2,31.9 "Openbox 3.5.2",31.8,31.8,32 "Gnome Classic",163.8,163.6,164.2 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",7730,7740,7740 "Xfce 4.10",6370,6370,6370 "KDE 4.12.3",7730,7730,7710 "LXDE 0.6.1",6350,6350,6390 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",7740,7710,7750 "Openbox 3.5.2",6390,6390,6390 "Gnome Classic",41900,41900,41900 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",7700,7700,7690 "Xfce 4.10",6490,6490,6490 "KDE 4.12.3",7700,7700,7700 "LXDE 0.6.1",6510,6470,6510 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",7700,7710,7700 "Openbox 3.5.2",6500,6500,6500 "Gnome Classic",42000,42000,42100 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",15700,15400,15400 "Xfce 4.10",6460,6490,6490 "KDE 4.12.3",15600,15400,15400 "LXDE 0.6.1",6510,6480,6510 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",15700,15500,15500 "Openbox 3.5.2",6500,6500,6500 "Gnome Classic",29.7,29.7,29.8 "GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton", Lower Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",7.84,7.56,7.47 "Xfce 4.10",3.08,3.06,2.98 "KDE 4.12.3",3.5,3.38,3.47 "LXDE 0.6.1",7.2,6.94,6.87 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",3.41,3.39,3.25 "Openbox 3.5.2",1.22,1.32,1.34,1.29,1.23,1.25 "Gnome Classic",7.91,7.94,7.32,7.12,7.57,7.8 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",7710,7710,7710 "Xfce 4.10",7710,7710,7710 "KDE 4.12.3",7710,7700,7700 "LXDE 0.6.1",7710,7710,7710 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",7710,7700,7710 "Openbox 3.5.2",7710,7710,7710 "Gnome Classic",42600,42600,42600 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",153,154,153 "Xfce 4.10",156,156,156 "KDE 4.12.3",147,147,147 "LXDE 0.6.1",156,156,156 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",152,152,152 "Openbox 3.5.2",156,156,156 "Gnome Classic",809,811,803 "Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time", Lower Results Are Better "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", "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time", Lower Results Are Better "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", "x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",7610,7650,7650 "Xfce 4.10",7720,7720,7720 "KDE 4.12.3",15700,15700,15700 "LXDE 0.6.1",7720,7720,7720 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",7690,7630,7670 "Openbox 3.5.2",7720,7720,7720 "Gnome Classic",35300,35400,35400 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: Char in 80-char aa line", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",8730000,8900000,8900000 "Xfce 4.10",15400000,15600000,15500000 "KDE 4.12.3",11400000,11300000,11500000 "LXDE 0.6.1",15300000,15200000,15100000 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",12200000,12200000,12500000 "Openbox 3.5.2",15900000,15400000,15600000 "Gnome Classic",3770000,3700000,3740000 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",802.563825,802.92755,798.5628 "Xfce 4.10",799.495725,775.6913,751.112625 "KDE 4.12.3",354.21085,348.455025,358.65215 "LXDE 0.6.1",349.94855,356.044125,359.38705 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",1236.91765,1267.210375,1257.069575 "Openbox 3.5.2",357.4385,359.50615,356.281225 "Gnome Classic",598.61805,600.236725,585.5447 "GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox", Lower Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",18.47,18.74,18.24 "Xfce 4.10",21.32,21.22,21.22 "KDE 4.12.3",36.68,36.57,34.99 "LXDE 0.6.1",21.8,22.02,22.09 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",17.04,17.92,17.57 "Openbox 3.5.2",12.67,12.81,12.74 "Gnome Classic",29.28,29.03,28.63 "GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton", Lower Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",2.68,2.67,2.65 "Xfce 4.10",2.04,2.16,2.03 "KDE 4.12.3",3.64,3.55,3.13,3.5,3.7,3.24 "LXDE 0.6.1",2.32,2.45,2.29,2.3 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",2.29,2.42,2.35 "Openbox 3.5.2",1.35,1.23,1.32,1.29,1.23,1.29 "Gnome Classic",3.56,3.6,3.5 "GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton", Lower Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",4.74,4.7,4.69 "Xfce 4.10",3.38,3.31,3.27 "KDE 4.12.3",4.11,3.91,3.79,3.96 "LXDE 0.6.1",3.79,4,4.14,4.32,4.03,3.85 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",3.79,3.77,3.77 "Openbox 3.5.2",2.2,2.03,1.92,2.07,1.98,2.2 "Gnome Classic",5.46,5.57,5.2,5.3 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",209.569675,212.3521,211.461525 "Xfce 4.10",216.399425,215.355,214.439225 "KDE 4.12.3",150.99935,140.3235,138.93615,155.04065,153.632825,155.053225 "LXDE 0.6.1",155.59755,156.555975,157.17975 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",223.8753,227.3771,228.483775 "Openbox 3.5.2",155.670575,155.212525,154.025425 "Gnome Classic",88.195375,91.662825,88.53735 "QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",196.638775,197.973025,195.44325 "Xfce 4.10",244.26985,248.4518,246.533825 "KDE 4.12.3",163.675575,165.992375,172.270575 "LXDE 0.6.1",175.308375,175.6276,176.4512 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",208.3022,200.92865,206.6338 "Openbox 3.5.2",175.8584,175.9574,176.28015 "Gnome Classic",85.608975,103.103675,100.150475,96.899175,103.743225,99.53655 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",302000,312000,312000 "Xfce 4.10",317000,316000,316000 "KDE 4.12.3",311000,310000,311000 "LXDE 0.6.1",317000,317000,318000 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",291000,291000,291000 "Openbox 3.5.2",301000,299000,301000 "Gnome Classic",26700,26700,26700 "Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",68,67.8,68.6 "Xfce 4.10",68.2,66.5,66.7 "KDE 4.12.3",49.5,52.9,50.9 "LXDE 0.6.1",67.6,67.6,68.2 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",66.7,66.5,66.9 "Openbox 3.5.2",67.7,67.9,66.5 "Gnome Classic",96,96.3,95.7 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",111.9861936,113.1162198,112.7320766 "Xfce 4.10",124.5759336,112.2263784,125.1697235,113.2952151,120.1810252,124.1538826 "KDE 4.12.3",89.1521209,88.9036479,88.5790251 "LXDE 0.6.1",123.8185738,120.1043547,111.805009,120.8511893,120.7358502,120.1648264 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",118.60506,124.258522,119.3665302 "Openbox 3.5.2",125.3397452,125.2813078,124.7624351 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",63.5295386,62.0333678,62.2708859 "Xfce 4.10",63.9465297,62.9936261,63.5583501 "KDE 4.12.3",46.1529361,46.4513044,45.0544326 "LXDE 0.6.1",62.5578221,62.5620047,63.2821788 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",62.5979034,62.8062653,63.9283831 "Openbox 3.5.2",64.2044526,64.1450028,64.2085856 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",42.3128984,42.2273419,42.4089603 "Xfce 4.10",42.8423751,43.1342285,42.1525093 "KDE 4.12.3",32.9661248,32.860462,32.7505055 "LXDE 0.6.1",41.8098663,42.3085829,42.4733816 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",42.8411931,42.4206977,42.3117712 "Openbox 3.5.2",43.0251979,43.1537194,42.8693097 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",27.5778138,27.6029913,27.9680909 "Xfce 4.10",27.6509002,27.9374748,27.6323983 "KDE 4.12.3",22.5187463,22.5116911,22.6786203 "LXDE 0.6.1",27.6759375,27.6164726,27.1722153 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",27.5910297,27.5777949,27.3705 "Openbox 3.5.2",28.0439662,28.0998163,28.0176513 "x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px PutImage Square", Higher Results Are Better "Unity 7.1.2",3640,3740,3720 "Xfce 4.10",4070,3800,3360,3800,3860,3940 "KDE 4.12.3",3590,3420,3740,3780,3480,3650 "LXDE 0.6.1",2980,3530,2860,2930,3970,3170 "GNOME Shell 3.10.4",3000,2930,3010 "Openbox 3.5.2",3900,4300,4030,4240,3690,3600 "Gnome Classic",1290,1290,1300