DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 vs. Ubuntu 12.10 Multi-Core Scaling Intel Core i7-3960X testing on DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 and Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. lookign at the multi-threaded OS performance for a future article on Phoronix.com. DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 719.35 |================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 719.31 |================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 719.47 |================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 718.98 |================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 710.68 |================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 717.87 |================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 1382.46 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 1433.33 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 1451.94 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 1436.30 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 1429.78 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 1367.87 |=================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 101.20 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 58.95 |====================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 44.21 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 36.45 |============== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 27.86 |========== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 23.39 |========= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 23.30 |========= Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 89.96 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 49.83 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 36.84 |============== Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 30.98 |============ Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 25.03 |========= Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 22.31 |======== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 214.77 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 107.40 |=================== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 71.65 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 53.79 |========= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 35.91 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 32.46 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 216.55 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 106.82 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 71.39 |============= Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 53.55 |========= Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 35.72 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 31.58 |====== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 40 |============ Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 46 |============== Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 72 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 89 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 101 |============================== Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 117 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 139 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 16 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 16 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 16 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 16 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 16 |====== DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 16 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 17 |======= Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 31 |============ Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 43 |================= Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 53 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 71 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 105 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 53 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 53 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 53 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 53 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 53 |============= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 53 |============= Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 64 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 99 |======================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 121 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 136 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 155 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 172 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 79 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 79 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 79 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 79 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 79 |================= DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 79 |================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 106 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 142 |============================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 161 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 172 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 185 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 192 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 1 Thread ... 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 2 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 3 Threads .. 39 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 4 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 6 Threads .. 40 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 12 Threads . 39 |============ Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread ......... 44 |============= Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads ........ 71 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads ........ 90 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads ........ 105 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads ........ 123 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads ....... 136 |=========================================