Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1404144-PL-PERFORMAN65
performance-impact-of-lightweight-window-managers,
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",0.67,0.7,0.68
"Fluxbox without compton",0.69,0.67,0.69
"Fvwm2 without compton",0.68,0.68,0.7
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",1.24,1.23,1.24
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",1.2,1.17,1.22
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",0.82,0.83,0.82
"Openbox with compton",1.21,1.19,1.21
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",0.8,0.79,0.8
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",0.8,0.78,0.8
"i3 with unagi",1.1,1.09,1.08
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",13.36,13.11,13.08
"Fluxbox without compton",13.15,13.18,13.21
"Fvwm2 without compton",13.15,13.07,13.13
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",17.81,18.04,17.77
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",18.07,18.08,18.19
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",18.22,18.24,18.64
"Openbox with compton",18.07,18.24,19.61,17.73,17.2,18.1
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",16.44,16.86,16.59
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",16.89,16.96,16.85
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",890.62,891.37,889.95
"Fluxbox without compton",891.18,891.27,889.24
"Fvwm2 without compton",892.99,888.96,890.14
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",886.8,890.95,889.93
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",918.28,932.9,932.38
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",893.03,892.77,893.85
"Openbox with compton",890.15,890.48,890.23
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",891.01,890.17,890.66
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",892.5,892.64,892.71
"i3 with unagi",759.9,759.16,759.03
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",0.09,0.09,0.08,0.08,0.08,0.08
"Fluxbox without compton",0.09,0.09,0.09
"Fvwm2 without compton",0.09,0.09,0.09
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",0.08,0.08,0.08
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",0.08,0.08,0.08
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",0.09,0.09,0.09
"Openbox with compton",0.08,0.09,0.08,0.09,0.08,0.08
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",0.08,0.08,0.08
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",0.08,0.09,0.09,0.09,0.09,0.09
"i3 with unagi",0.08,0.08,0.08
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",14.34,14.33,14.33
"Fluxbox without compton",14.69,14.59,14.72
"Fvwm2 without compton",14.15,14.24,14.12
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",12.54,12.48,12.56
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",13.61,13.57,13.56
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",12.31,12.27,12.26
"Openbox with compton",12.16,12.22,12.31
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",12.57,12.48,12.49
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",15.56,15.96,17.16,17.42,17.79,13.94
"i3 with unagi",15.54,15.97,16.77,16.99,17.53,17.27
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",1.62,1.62,1.61
"Fluxbox without compton",1.6,1.63,1.6
"Fvwm2 without compton",1.61,1.64,1.61
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",1.78,1.73,1.77
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",1.8,1.73,1.77
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",1.63,1.66,1.66
"Openbox with compton",1.7,1.79,1.79
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",1.61,1.61,1.61
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",1.62,1.63,1.64
"i3 with unagi",1.63,1.65,1.63
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",2.6,2.57,2.58
"Fluxbox without compton",2.61,2.6,2.61
"Fvwm2 without compton",2.61,2.58,2.61
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",2.92,2.92,2.94
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",2.92,2.89,2.86
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",2.71,2.7,2.66
"Openbox with compton",2.84,2.84,2.87
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",2.68,2.62,2.6
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",2.65,2.67,2.63
"i3 with unagi",2.64,2.64,2.62
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",1.66,1.65,1.66
"Fluxbox without compton",1.63,1.66,1.65
"Fvwm2 without compton",1.67,1.67,1.67
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",1.8,1.8,1.79
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",1.81,1.83,1.78
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",1.73,1.71,1.71
"Openbox with compton",1.76,1.77,1.78
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",1.66,1.68,1.66
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",1.67,1.66,1.66
"i3 with unagi",1.67,1.66,1.68
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",19.71,19.7,19.66
"Fluxbox without compton",20.79,21.07,21.19
"Fvwm2 without compton",21.93,20.66,20.63,21.5
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",18.52,18.91,18.22
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",19.53,19.53,19.42
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",17.41,17.35,17.29
"Openbox with compton",17.77,17.72,17.76
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",17.25,16.99,16.93
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",15.82,16.46,17.07,17.81,18.43,19.33
"i3 with unagi",15.85,16.55,17.14,17.88,18.33,19.23
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",1010.86,1009.48,1008.61
"Fluxbox without compton",1013.15,1014,1012.01
"Fvwm2 without compton",1012.86,1012.73,1013.4
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",1023.18,1021.75,1019.05
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",1021.23,1026.39,1027.03
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",1020.74,1020.02,1023.47
"Openbox with compton",1019.26,1025.3,1022.76
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",29.4098275,29.417799,29.3986008
"Fluxbox without compton",29.4187219,29.3595887,29.4362296
"Fvwm2 without compton",29.3739841,29.4294529,29.4149673
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",29.4190965,29.4436708,29.3970696
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",29.3978024,29.4329237,29.415365
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",29.4625106,29.432848,29.4202913
"Openbox with compton",28.6294076,28.6193403,28.5984256
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",28.0828997,28.0795807,28.0632597
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",26.8725606,26.7651582,26.6923158
"i3 with unagi",28.5998558,28.6239517,28.6377868
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",
"Fluxbox without compton",
"Fvwm2 without compton",
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",
"Openbox with compton",
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",
"i3 with unagi",
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1366 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",63.2,63.3,63.3
"Fluxbox without compton",63.3,63.2,63.4
"Fvwm2 without compton",63.2,63.3,63.2
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",63.2,63.2,63.2
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",62.9,63.1,63.3
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",63.2,63.2,63.2
"Openbox with compton",50.6,50.5,60,60,50.8,50.6
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",59.1,58.9,59.1
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",48.1,48,48.1
"i3 with unagi",49.2,49.3,49.3
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",
"Fluxbox without compton",
"Fvwm2 without compton",
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",
"Openbox with compton",
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",
"i3 with unagi",
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1366 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",29.7,29.9,30
"Fluxbox without compton",30,29.8,29.8
"Fvwm2 without compton",29.9,29.9,29.9
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",29.8,29.9,29.9
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",29.8,29.7,30
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",29.9,29.9,29.7
"Openbox with compton",28.7,28.6,28.7
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",28.9,29.1,29
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",26.4,26.6,26.5
"i3 with unagi",27.3,27.5,27.5
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",15.2020253,15.1862699,15.187462
"Fluxbox without compton",15.1969899,15.1890812,15.1781974
"Fvwm2 without compton",15.2124817,15.1760229,15.221063
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",15.1922603,15.1986302,15.1864165
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",15.2100033,15.1916033,15.1781882
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",15.1961966,15.1980965,15.2004641
"Openbox with compton",14.7203218,14.7240986,14.7027415
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",14.9752695,14.9743857,14.9666805
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",14.6393106,14.5972467,14.6206756
"i3 with unagi",14.8899365,14.9075879,14.9004897
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",3180,3180,3180
"Fluxbox without compton",3210,3210,3210
"Fvwm2 without compton",3230,3230,3230
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",3420,3410,3400
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",3410,3460,3470
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",3360,3410,3440
"Openbox with compton",3380,3370,3370
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",3420,3420,3420
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",3380,3380,3380
"i3 with unagi",3450,3450,3450
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",3230,3120,3100
"Fluxbox without compton",3670,3220,3240,3230,3240,3110
"Fvwm2 without compton",3310,3180,3180
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",3040,3100,3150
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",3130,3060,3080
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",3050,3030,3060
"Openbox with compton",3040,3060,3020
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",3040,2990,3010
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",3030,3000,2980
"i3 with unagi",3070,3050,3050
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",3490,3400,3400
"Fluxbox without compton",3500,3390,3390
"Fvwm2 without compton",3470,3400,3400
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",3400,3510,3440
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",3440,3430,3510
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",3360,3500,3460
"Openbox with compton",3310,3410,3380
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",3430,3410,3410
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",3460,3390,3390
"i3 with unagi",3450,3400,3400
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",3180,3180,3180
"Fluxbox without compton",2570,3210,3210,3210,3210,3210
"Fvwm2 without compton",3230,3230,3230
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",3400,3410,3440
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",3490,3500,3470
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",3480,3460,3470
"Openbox with compton",3420,3370,3460
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",3420,3420,3420
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",3380,3380,3380
"i3 with unagi",3410,3410,3410
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",246000,246000,246000
"Fluxbox without compton",237000,237000,237000
"Fvwm2 without compton",235000,235000,235000
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",233000,233000,233000
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",230000,246000,246000,246000
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",236000,245000,229000
"Openbox with compton",228000,229000,228000
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",226000,226000,226000
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",236000,236000,236000
"i3 with unagi",233000,233000,233000
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",142,142,142
"Fluxbox without compton",142,142,142
"Fvwm2 without compton",142,142,143
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",145,145,145
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",144,144,145
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",146,145,145
"Openbox with compton",145,145,145
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",141,141,141
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",139,139,139
"i3 with unagi",140,140,140
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Char in 80-char aa line",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",12100000,12100000,12100000
"Fluxbox without compton",12000000,12000000,12000000
"Fvwm2 without compton",12100000,12100000,12100000
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",10700000,10700000,10700000
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",10900000,11100000,11000000
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",10800000,10800000,10800000
"Openbox with compton",10900000,10800000,10800000
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",9620000,9620000,9570000
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",9450000,9440000,9430000
"i3 with unagi",9340000,9300000,9340000
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",2970,2970,2970
"Fluxbox without compton",2640,3010,3010,3010,3010,2690
"Fvwm2 without compton",3030,3030,3030
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",2550,2570,2600
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",2560,2570,2590
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",2550,2580,2590
"Openbox with compton",2550,2580,2540
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",2570,2570,2570
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",2360,2530,2530,2530
"i3 with unagi",2590,2590,2590
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px PutImage Square",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",2240,2320,2270
"Fluxbox without compton",2330,2320,2240
"Fvwm2 without compton",2230,2270,2330
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",1660,1660,1630
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",1650,1620,1610
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",1480,1670,1620,1640,1540,1030
"Openbox with compton",1620,1480,1640,1650,1660,1670
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",1480,1500,1500
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",1530,1540,1540
"i3 with unagi",1510,1560,1500
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",226.6701,227.68115,226.571175
"Fluxbox without compton",224.83615,224.0673,227.24105
"Fvwm2 without compton",225.5021,227.976275,224.7449
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",207.38205,194.713125,203.390825
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",244.038625,248.986875,249.257875
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",192.79335,187.54365,192.756025
"Openbox with compton",195.00825,189.01065,188.695925
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",190.141125,188.47955,190.934275
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",206.791,204.976725,205.79385
"i3 with unagi",135.254375,134.502775,134.100775
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",105.356975,104.9153,104.940175
"Fluxbox without compton",105.50175,105.312375,105.9646
"Fvwm2 without compton",105.0377,105.942775,105.779825
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",83.060475,82.44755,83.215925
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",87.59015,83.0411,83.1613
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",83.371675,83.21445,82.9913
"Openbox with compton",82.98035,82.7576,82.690875
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",81.8724,81.854775,81.54775
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",86.0942,86.075875,85.9478
"i3 with unagi",67.0278,67.0551,67.434625
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",99.78385,99.96795,99.935275
"Fluxbox without compton",99.8519,99.8604,99.9124
"Fvwm2 without compton",99.8232,99.9876,99.49115
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",79.218675,89.500775,94.1813,93.955725,83.984575,81.859425
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",80.24985,79.92015,81.338975
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",79.154475,78.876825,79.500025
"Openbox with compton",82.083075,81.33075,81.5906
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",80.209725,79.762725,79.140875
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",82.7101,82.719825,82.186175
"i3 with unagi",68.327675,68.45945,69.112
"QGears2 - Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",461.826375,460.13705,462.75065
"Fluxbox without compton",456.6785,456.772725,455.62195
"Fvwm2 without compton",455.10485,456.6739,454.91795
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",427.6774,428.18025,428.71365
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",421.785775,421.97945,419.581125
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",430.48295,427.72745,430.097125
"Openbox with compton",368.859825,240.045775,239.143725,239.27375,239.225,238.686025
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",441.629675,444.9098,443.816175
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",435.42655,435.369925,435.29905
"i3 with unagi",243.6059,244.6608,243.212725
"QGears2 - Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",238.5526,237.143625,238.42695
"Fluxbox without compton",238.165875,237.0372,237.180825
"Fvwm2 without compton",235.92415,235.861375,234.578175
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",220.59655,221.383625,219.3945
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",215.981375,217.204975,215.4432
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",218.474825,221.263225,219.28045
"Openbox with compton",220.836825,219.081625,217.629775
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",233.644825,233.26405,232.754175
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",230.90365,231.900825,234.157725
"i3 with unagi",155.5266,154.405025,155.821825
"QGears2 - Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text",
Higher Results Are Better
"Openbox without compositing",129.384075,128.877575,129.70055
"Fluxbox without compton",130.093625,129.744925,129.00255
"Fvwm2 without compton",129.317025,129.194425,129.79265
"Openbox with tint2 and compton",118.043375,117.487875,117.166075
"Fluxbox with compton and tint2",117.741925,118.675625,119.555775
"Fvwm2 with compton and tint2",116.4541,116.471625,116.235675
"Openbox with compton",118.348,117.01345,116.73965
"Openbox with cairo-compmgr 0.3x",116.510525,116.5985,116.334425
"Awesome with unagi and tint2",121.574975,117.127275,118.059175
"i3 with unagi",101.163975,100.275525,101.2192