DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 vs. Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Enterprise Linux Intel Core i7-3960X testing on DragonFly via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: 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: 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 DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: hammer CentOS 6.3: 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: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 10.61 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 10.76 |=========================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 12.80 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 9.38 |===================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 480 |===================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 13045.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 13076.27 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 12999.73 |============================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 13618.30 |================================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 26187872.87 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 27483308.57 |============================================ DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 24742097.93 |======================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 28115196.33 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 40 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 139 |===================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 137 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 16 |======== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 105 |===================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 102 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 53 |================ Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 172 |===================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 163 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 79 |====================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 192 |===================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 183 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 39 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 136 |===================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 134 |==================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 717.19 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 1539.14 |============================================= DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 709.15 |===================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 1684.00 |================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 7.25 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 31.65 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 29.80 |================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 22.91 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 19.02 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 25.50 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 21.10 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 32.23 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 31.54 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 32.26 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 32.48 |=================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 13.67 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 11.63 |=========================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 13.87 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 11.99 |============================================ LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 130.24 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 129.00 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 130.15 |================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 112.11 |=========================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 62.30 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 57.83 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 64.09 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 57.82 |============================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 9.12 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 9.10 |==================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 8.96 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 8.58 |================================================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 223.46 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 223.04 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 221.12 |================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 45646 |======================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 40990 |====================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 95527 |===================================================