Clear Linux Xfce vs. GNOME Clear Linux desktop tests by Michael Larabel. Xfce: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 15430, Kernel: 4.11.1-350.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Shell: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 15430, Kernel: 4.11.1-350.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Flashback: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 15430, Kernel: 4.11.1-350.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 87.73 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 88.23 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 80.77 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 70.37 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 70.33 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 65.07 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Xfce ............ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 31.0 GNOME Shell ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 31.0 GNOME Flashback . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.7 MAX: 34.0 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Windowed Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 39.56 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 39.04 |===================================================== GNOME Flashback . 39.84 |====================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 15.20 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 15.19 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 15.02 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 210.76 |===================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 210.62 |===================================================== GNOME Flashback . 191.61 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 97.98 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 97.74 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 88.06 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 758 |======================================================= GNOME Shell ..... 749 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 770 |======================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 45113 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 39937 |================================================ GNOME Flashback . 25278 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 693 |======================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 693 |======================================================== GNOME Flashback . 683 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Xfce ............ 40348 |====================================================== GNOME Shell ..... 40273 |====================================================== GNOME Flashback . 23883 |================================