Linux Gaming (Fedora 40) Desktop Environments Hardly Matter - Benchmarking Desktop Environments

Benchmarks run using proton 9.0-3 with desktop environments on Fedora 40.
Games
Black Myth: Wukong used for DirectX 12
Hitman: Absolution used for DirectX 10
Resident Evil 6 used for DirectX 9
Total War: WARHAMMER 3 used for DirectX 11
System details
Operating System: Fedora 40
Launcher: Steam (Native)
Proton version: 9.0-3
Feral Game Mode: On
CPU: Intel Rocket Lake i7-11700K
GPU: Red Devil 6800 XT
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z590-A.
RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz
Drive: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB for OS with game running off a second 2TB Samsung 970 EVO
Captured using Elgato HD60 X and OBS Studio
OBS-Studio: github.com/obs...
00:00 KDE Plasma
00:05 Black Myth: Wukong
03:20 Hitman: Absolution
04:59 Resident Evil 6
07:52 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
10:18 Cinnamon
10:23 Black Myth: Wukong
12:59 Hitman: Absolution
14:05 Resident Evil 6
14:42 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
18:33 Cosmic
18:38 Black Myth: Wukong
21:14 Hitman: Absolution
22:20 Resident Evil 6
24:57 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
26:47 Gnome Classic (Wayland)
26:52 Black Myth: Wukong
29:28 Hitman: Absolution
30:29 Resident Evil 6
33:06 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
34:57 Gnome (Wayland)
35:02 Black Myth: Wukong
37:38 Hitman: Absolution
38:44 Resident Evil 6
41:21 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
43:11 Hyprland
43:16 Black Myth: Wukong
45:53 Hitman: Absolution
46:59 Resident Evil 6
49:35 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
51:26 Sway
51:31 Black Myth: Wukong
54:07 Hitman: Absolution
55:13 Resident Evil 6
57:47 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
59:36 Awesome
59:41 Black Myth: Wukong
01:02:17 Hitman: Absolution
01:03:19 Resident Evil 6
01:05:56 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:07:47 Budgie
01:07:52 Black Myth: Wukong
01:10:28 Hitman: Absolution
01:11:34 Resident Evil 6
01:14:11 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:16:01 Cinnamon (X)
01:16:06 Black Myth: Wukong
01:18:42 Hitman: Absolution
01:19:49 Resident Evil 6
01:22:25 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:24:16 Deepen
01:24:21 Black Myth: Wukong
01:26:57 Hitman: Absolution
01:28:03 Resident Evil 6
01:30:40 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:32:31 i3
01:32:36 Black Myth: Wukong
01:35:12 Hitman: Absolution
01:36:16 Resident Evil 6
01:38:53 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:40:43 KDE Plasma (X)
01:40:48 Black Myth: Wukong
01:43:24 Hitman: Absolution
01:44:30 Resident Evil 6
01:47:07 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:48:58 LXDE
01:49:03 Black Myth: Wukong
01:51:39 Hitman: Absolution
01:52:45 Resident Evil 6
01:55:22 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
01:57:12 MATE
01:57:17 Black Myth: Wukong
01:59:54 Hitman: Absolution
02:01:00 Resident Evil 6
02:03:36 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:05:27 Openbox
02:05:32 Black Myth: Wukong
02:08:08 Hitman: Absolution
02:09:14 Resident Evil 6
02:11:51 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:13:42 Ratpoison
02:13:47 Black Myth: Wukong
02:16:23 Hitman: Absolution
02:17:29 Resident Evil 6
02:20:06 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:21:56 Sugar
02:22:01 Black Myth: Wukong
02:24:37 Hitman: Absolution
02:25:43 Resident Evil 6
02:28:20 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:30:11 XFCE
02:30:16 Black Myth: Wukong
02:32:52 Hitman: Absolution
02:33:58 Resident Evil 6
02:36:35 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:38:25 Xmonad
02:38:30 Black Myth: Wukong
02:41:07 Hitman: Absolution
02:42:13 Resident Evil 6
02:44:49 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:46:40 Gnome Classic (X)
02:46:45 Black Myth: Wukong
02:49:21 Hitman: Absolution
02:50:27 Resident Evil 6
02:53:04 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
02:54:55 Gnome (X)
02:55:00 Black Myth: Wukong
02:57:36 Hitman: Absolution
02:58:42 Resident Evil 6
03:01:19 Total War: WARHAMMER 3
03:03:09 Results

[@sentakuhm6519]

gr8 bench thank you for the share, btw can you please add your launch option for games?.

[@NiZVicious]

I use “gamemoderun %command%” for my games, there are some that I have had to use other options for but I include those in the description.
Information regarding gamemode can be found here github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

[@sentakuhm6519]

@@NiZVicious yes, i know gamemode and i use it with mangohud for monitoring..etc, i just want to know your launch options thats it, anyway thank you.

[@BUDA20]

there is something seriously wrong with Cinnamon (Wayland?) and stutter 10:27

[@NiZVicious]

Yes, that is under Wayland experimental. A few others do stutter a bit but yeah that one was very obvious.

[@steve.1020]

Can i just know what made you pick fedora as base instead of ubuntu,arch etc..
By the way i have similar specs as you i7-14700k 7800xt asus rog strix z790-a gaming wifi II and 64gb ddr5 ram and i don't get those results on fedora i must be doing something wrong.

[@NiZVicious]

Fedora was my first operating system so it just feels like “home” and I have believe it is very stable. It is on my gaming PC for this reason as I do not tinker that much anymore and when gaming I just want to boot and go.
I have distro hopped a lot over the years but always have come back to Fedora. However, I do run Arch on my 2011 Macbook Pro and Redhat 9 on my 2012 laptop for when I want to mess around.
My Fedora set up is here ua-cam.com/video/Bc0C7agIIvU/v-deo.html
Your system is newer than mine, I would have expected them to be better than what you see here.