Debian kFreeBSD vs. Debian Linux - Squeeze/Wheezy

Benchmarking Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/kFreeBSD with the Squeeze 6.0 and Wheezy testing releases to look for performance differences. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSqueeze 6.0.6Wheezy Testing Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSDIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy Bridge DMI22 x 4096 MB 1600MHz64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4650 256MBATI R6xx HDMIDELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionDebian 6.0.62.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.7radeon 6.13.12.1 Mesa 7.7.1GCC 4.4.5ext31920x1080INTEL DX79SI8192MBOCZ-VERTEX/1.30AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB (650/900MHz)Intel (Unknown) HD AudioIntel PRO/1000 Connection 7.0.5Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.68.1-1-amd64 (x86_64)ufsIntel DX79SIIntel Xeon E5/Core2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz64GB OCZ VERTEXLLVMpipeRealtek ALC892Intel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionDebian testing3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)GNOME 3.4.2.1X Server 1.12.4radeon 6.14.42.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7ext4INTEL DX79SI8192MBOCZ VERTEX 1.30Intel Patsburg HD AudioIntel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64)Xfce 4.8ufsOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --disable-libitm --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattrProcessor Details- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux, Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.6.6.- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD: Python 2.6.6.- Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2.- Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: Python 2.7.3rc2.Disk Mount Options Details- Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD, Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: rw

minion: Quasigroupminion: Solitaireminion: Gracefulminion: Bibdffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVvpxenc: vpxencpybench: Total For Average Test Timesn-queens: Elapsed Timegnupg: 1GB File Encryptionencode-ape: WAV To APEdcraw: RAW To PPM Image Conversioncompress-lzma: 256MB File Compressioncompress-gzip: 2GB File Compressionprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationc-ray: Total Timebuild-php: Time To Compilebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESbyte: Dhrystone 2fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solvingmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinelammps: Rhodopsin Proteindolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsstream: Addstream: Triadstream: Scalestream: Copypostmark: Disk Transaction Performanceunpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2compilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Compiletiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy Testing Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSD154.58121.8071.85127.0219.2627.152454223.208.695.7757.89129.4611.6655.9332.4417.8627.64259301538.443034233326938633.8013078.736.095886.5439.2327.696120.196429.875805.426190.4510539.53169.77180.022.82180.05135.9780.56141.7914.5524.042991264.7710.8013.4474.15122.3614.0166.6348.0423.1537.65209561282.812329766722621315.7711922.8322.824987.1545.4332.896850.147291.366664.606695.549933.399.5723.764.17154.04118.7873.45129.5118.7529.311893211.478.495.6457.19128.8311.4123.1621.86253111630.603165300025874598.7012786.775.915755.3424.106546.256923.276060.196486.818.5670.2951.172.832408214.468.699.6361.70111.5611.9424.5426.053.08229391612.151792366726097477.4013263.0718.315606.6523.876881.187395.156850.216857.5010337.058.3020.775.15OpenBenchmarking.org

Minion

Benchmark: Quasigroup

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: QuasigroupDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD4080120160200SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3154.04154.58180.051. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD306090120150SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3118.78121.80135.971. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Graceful

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: GracefulDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD20406080100SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 371.8580.5673.451. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Bibd

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3127.02141.79129.511. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux510152025SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 5SE +/- 0.25, N = 314.5519.2618.751. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD714212835SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 329.3127.1524.041. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

PyBench

Total For Average Test Times

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Total For Average Test TimesDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD6001200180024003000SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31893240824542991

N-Queens

Elapsed Time

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed TimeDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD60120180240300SE +/- 0.02, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.12, N = 2211.47214.46223.20264.771. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2

GnuPG

1GB File Encryption

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPG 1.4.101GB File EncryptionDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD3691215SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 48.498.698.6910.80

Monkey Audio Encoding

WAV To APE

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMonkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6WAV To APEDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD3691215SE +/- 0.07, N = 8SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.10, N = 10SE +/- 0.12, N = 55.649.635.7713.441. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -pedantic

dcraw

RAW To PPM Image Conversion

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterdcrawRAW To PPM Image ConversionDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD1632486480SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 5SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 357.1961.7057.8974.151. (CC) gcc options: -lm

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3111.56128.83122.36129.461. (CC) gcc options: -O2

Gzip Compression

2GB File Compression

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD48121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 311.4111.9411.6614.01

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.01e12 Prime Number GenerationDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD1530456075SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 355.9366.631. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

C-Ray

Total Time

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD1122334455SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 323.1624.5432.4448.041. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD612182430SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 617.8623.1521.8626.051. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4Time To CompileDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux918273645SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 33.0827.6437.65

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD6K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 435.02, N = 6SE +/- 38.76, N = 3SE +/- 342.86, N = 4259302095625311229391. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD400800120016002000SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31630.601612.151538.441282.811. (CC) gcc options: -O3

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD7M14M21M28M35MSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 58890.67, N = 3SE +/- 16333.33, N = 3SE +/- 312057.87, N = 3316530001792366730342333232976671. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

BYTE Unix Benchmark

Computational Test: Dhrystone 2

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgLPS, More Is BetterBYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6Computational Test: Dhrystone 2Debian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD6M12M18M24M30MSE +/- 46779.70, N = 3SE +/- 2143.69, N = 3SE +/- 3665.09, N = 3SE +/- 4567.18, N = 326938633.8022621315.7726097477.4025874598.70

Fhourstones

Complex Connect-4 Solving

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 SolvingDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 11.56, N = 3SE +/- 11.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 313263.0712786.7713078.7311922.831. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 35.9118.316.0922.821. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD13002600390052006500SE +/- 5.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 3SE +/- 11.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 35886.544987.155755.345606.651. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

Test: Rhodopsin Protein

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD1020304050SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 339.2345.431. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux816243240SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 323.8724.1027.6932.89

Stream

Type: Add

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: AddDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux15003000450060007500SE +/- 28.22, N = 10SE +/- 8.10, N = 10SE +/- 27.91, N = 10SE +/- 6.40, N = 106881.186546.256850.146120.191. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Triad

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: TriadDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux16003200480064008000SE +/- 42.50, N = 10SE +/- 5.98, N = 10SE +/- 33.05, N = 10SE +/- 8.36, N = 107395.156923.277291.366429.871. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Scale

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: ScaleDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux15003000450060007500SE +/- 27.62, N = 10SE +/- 6.79, N = 10SE +/- 42.14, N = 10SE +/- 6.12, N = 106850.216060.196664.605805.421. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Copy

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: CopyDebian kFreeBSDDebian Linux15003000450060007500SE +/- 49.45, N = 10SE +/- 5.15, N = 10SE +/- 56.03, N = 10SE +/- 5.96, N = 106857.506486.816695.546190.451. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD2004006008001000SE +/- 88.60, N = 10SE +/- 2.19, N = 10SE +/- 2.53, N = 10105399103

Unpacking The Linux Kernel

linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterUnpacking The Linux Kernellinux-2.6.32.tar.bz2Debian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD918273645SE +/- 0.13, N = 8SE +/- 1.07, N = 8SE +/- 0.49, N = 8SE +/- 0.64, N = 88.5637.059.5333.39

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD4080120160200SE +/- 8.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.15, N = 5SE +/- 4.55, N = 6SE +/- 0.15, N = 3169.779.5770.298.30

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

Squeeze 6.0.6Wheezy TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileDebian LinuxDebian kFreeBSD4080120160200SE +/- 3.10, N = 6SE +/- 0.92, N = 6SE +/- 2.52, N = 6SE +/- 1.00, N = 6180.0223.7651.1720.77

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8

Wheezy TestingSqueeze 6.0.6OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8Debian kFreeBSDDebian Linux1.15882.31763.47644.63525.794SE +/- 0.10, N = 8SE +/- 0.05, N = 8SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 45.152.834.172.82


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