Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1610176-LO-UBUNTU16170
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