Linux Mint 17 Desktops Running some open-source Linux desktop benchmarks on Linux Mint 17 using Intel graphics from an ASUS Zenbook Prime. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Cinnamon 2.2.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.9, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Shell 3.10.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE 4.13.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 MATE 1.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LXDE 0.6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 212.80 |========================================= GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 206.37 |======================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 179.31 |=================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 257.49 |================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 181.28 |=================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 252.41 |================================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 227.31 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 213.94 |=============================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 156.17 |================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 214.26 |=============================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 157.23 |=================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 211.83 |=============================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 1265.30 |================================================= GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 771.08 |============================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 362.27 |============== Xfce 4.10 .......... 753.63 |============================= MATE 1.8.0 ......... 362.74 |============== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 740.64 |============================= x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 3823 |=============================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 4175 |==================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 3632 |============================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 4007 |================================================= MATE 1.8.0 ......... 3948 |================================================= LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 4210 |==================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 7750 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 6390 |=========================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 7740 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 6473 |=========================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 6340 |=========================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 6343 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 11300000 |================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 15500000 |=============================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 12633333 |====================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 15800000 |================================================ MATE 1.8.0 ......... 15333333 |=============================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 15766667 |================================================ x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 153 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 156 |===================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 155 |===================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 156 |===================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 156 |===================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 156 |===================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 312667 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 300000 |================================================ KDE 4.13.0 ......... 297000 |=============================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 303000 |================================================ MATE 1.8.0 ......... 305000 |================================================ LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 315000 |================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 7703 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 6507 |============================================ KDE 4.13.0 ......... 7700 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 6553 |============================================ MATE 1.8.0 ......... 6507 |============================================ LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 6433 |=========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 7710 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 7710 |==================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 7710 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 7710 |==================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 7710 |==================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 7710 |==================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 15200 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 6507 |===================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 15500 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 6500 |===================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 6500 |===================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 7857 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 134.30 |================================================ GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 139.40 |================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 126.50 |============================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 136.53 |================================================= MATE 1.8.0 ......... 135.93 |================================================= LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 137.73 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 31.13 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 31.60 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 30.23 |================================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 31.63 |=================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 31.40 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 31.60 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 32.0 MAX: 71.0 GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 31.7 MAX: 67.0 KDE 4.13.0 ......... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 32.9 MAX: 70.0 Xfce 4.10 .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 31.3 MAX: 68.0 MATE 1.8.0 ......... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 66.0 LXDE 0.6.1 ......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 31.5 MAX: 69.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 32.23 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 32.52 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 31.25 |================================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 32.22 |=================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 32.41 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 32.40 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 115.41 |================================================ GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 119.53 |================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 112.08 |=============================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 117.54 |================================================= MATE 1.8.0 ......... 116.99 |================================================= LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 117.26 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 62.34 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 63.07 |================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 60.21 |================================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 63.70 |=================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 63.22 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 63.66 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 42.05 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 42.59 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 40.71 |================================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 42.37 |=================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 42.54 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 42.71 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 . 3704 |======================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ..... 3452 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 ...... 3710 |======================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ..... 3712 |======================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ..... 3700 |======================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 . 372 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ..... 373 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 ...... 380 |===================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ..... 379 |==================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ..... 412 |========================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 . 68 |======================================================= KDE 4.13.0 ..... 68 |======================================================= Xfce 4.10 ...... 68 |======================================================= MATE 1.8.0 ..... 68 |======================================================= LXDE 0.6.1 ..... 72 |========================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 . 186 |===================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ..... 187 |====================================================== Xfce 4.10 ...... 189 |====================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ..... 189 |====================================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ..... 199 |========================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 17.23 |================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 26.07 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 17.79 |=================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 21.63 |========================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 13.10 |========================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 18.02 |=================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 2.27 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 2.21 |=================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 1.35 |=============================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 2.06 |=============================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 1.27 |============================= LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 1.87 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 3.25 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 3.10 |================================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 2.00 |================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 3.24 |==================================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 2.04 |================================= LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 2.71 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 4.30 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 4.07 |================================================= KDE 4.13.0 ......... 1.27 |=============== Xfce 4.10 .......... 3.08 |===================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 1.27 |=============== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 2.27 |=========================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 16.29 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 14.33 |============================================= KDE 4.13.0 ......... 15.21 |================================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 13.95 |============================================ MATE 1.8.0 ......... 9.01 |============================ LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 11.28 |=================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 15.34 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 13.99 |=============================================== KDE 4.13.0 ......... 13.77 |============================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 12.85 |=========================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 12.85 |=========================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 11.71 |======================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Cinnamon 2.2.9 ..... 0.58 |==================================================== GNOME Shell 3.10.4 . 0.49 |============================================ KDE 4.13.0 ......... 0.54 |================================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 0.47 |========================================== MATE 1.8.0 ......... 0.45 |======================================== LXDE 0.6.1 ......... 0.45 |========================================