memoryidle Intel Core i7-7500U testing with a Razer and Intel HD 620 on openSUSE 20170825 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Unity 7: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Xfce 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 GNOME Shell 3.24: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 GNOME On Wayland: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 LXDE 0.9.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Openbox: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.6.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Budgie: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 KDE Plasma 5: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Tumbleweed: KDE Plasma 5: Processor: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Razer, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000, Graphics: Intel HD 620 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Monitor: LQ125T1JW02, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: openSUSE 20170825, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Timed Idle Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better Unity 7 .................. MIN: 664 AVG: 665 MAX: 666 Xfce 4.12 ................ MIN: 401 AVG: 402 MAX: 404 GNOME Shell 3.24 ......... MIN: 731 AVG: 744 MAX: 756 GNOME On Wayland ......... MIN: 698 AVG: 713 MAX: 729 LXDE 0.9.3 ............... MIN: 306 AVG: 308 MAX: 310 Budgie ................... MIN: 667 AVG: 672 MAX: 676 KDE Plasma 5 ............. MIN: 934 AVG: 988 MAX: 1182 Tumbleweed: KDE Plasma 5 . MIN: 430 AVG: 433 MAX: 437