Ubuntu 16.10 Desktops

Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu 16.10 Desktops Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GNOME: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Xfce: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 LXDE: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 KDE Plasma: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Openbox: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 MATE: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 67.63 |========================================================== Xfce ....... 67.53 |========================================================== LXDE ....... 69.17 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 63.37 |====================================================== Openbox .... 68.07 |========================================================== MATE ....... 61.60 |===================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 49.84 |========================================================== Xfce ....... 45.10 |===================================================== LXDE ....... 49.45 |========================================================== KDE Plasma . 50.09 |========================================================== Openbox .... 50.59 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 42.32 |================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 12.43 |=========================================================== Xfce ....... 12.50 |=========================================================== LXDE ....... 12.43 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 12.48 |=========================================================== Openbox .... 12.50 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 12.30 |========================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 85.61 |=========================================================== Xfce ....... 66.56 |============================================== LXDE ....... 85.17 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 85.32 |=========================================================== Openbox .... 85.35 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 61.75 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 37.28 |=========================================================== Xfce ....... 32.59 |==================================================== LXDE ....... 36.98 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 37.04 |=========================================================== Openbox .... 37.07 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 31.78 |================================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 16.62 |============================= Xfce ....... 29.55 |==================================================== LXDE ....... 33.53 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 33.62 |=========================================================== Openbox .... 33.67 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 29.19 |=================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 16.33 |========================================================== Xfce ....... 15.23 |====================================================== LXDE ....... 16.30 |========================================================== KDE Plasma . 16.50 |=========================================================== Openbox .... 16.40 |=========================================================== MATE ....... 15.27 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 699 |============================================================= Xfce ....... 692 |============================================================ LXDE ....... 698 |============================================================= KDE Plasma . 694 |============================================================= Openbox .... 698 |============================================================= MATE ....... 689 |============================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 45847 |=========================================================== Xfce ....... 42668 |======================================================= LXDE ....... 42357 |======================================================= KDE Plasma . 43435 |======================================================== Openbox .... 41863 |====================================================== MATE ....... 22187 |============================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 218 |=================== Xfce ....... 216 |=================== LXDE ....... 698 |============================================================= KDE Plasma . 218 |=================== Openbox .... 698 |============================================================= MATE ....... 216 |=================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GNOME ...... 11984 |================= Xfce ....... 8708 |============ LXDE ....... 42450 |=========================================================== KDE Plasma . 12055 |================= Openbox .... 41860 |========================================================== MATE ....... 6494 |========= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GNOME ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 14.7 MAX: 39.0 Xfce ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.5 MAX: 32.0 LXDE ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.4 MAX: 31.0 KDE Plasma . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.8 MAX: 38.0 Openbox .... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 32.0 MATE ....... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 16.1 MAX: 35.0