PC-BSD FreeBSD 10.0 vs. PC-BSD 9.2 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of PC-BSD 10.0 x64 RELEASE vs. PC-BSD 9.2 for a future article on phoronix.


PC-BSD 10.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO TP-6N, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: FUJITSU MHZ2160BH G2 00000009 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: NVIDIA (0x0be2) HDA, Monitor: Lenovo Limited, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.3.8

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.0-RELEASE-p5 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.38, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 183502), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Ubuntu 13.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

PC-BSD 9.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO TP-6N, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: FUJITSU MHZ2160BH G2 00000009, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0be2) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.3.8

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.2-RELEASE-p11 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: nv 2.1.20, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 20070831 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 183502), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 269.88 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 38.86  |========
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 37.02  |========


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 67.32 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 56.22 |================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 45.98 |=======================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 111.71 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 51.47  |==========================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 46.24  |=======================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 27.86 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 16.84 |==================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 26.28 |======================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 262 |=======================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 681 |===========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 213 |==================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 578549.21 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 295506.44 |===========================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 627.90  |==================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1013.18 |=======================================================


Bork File Encrypter 1.4
File Encryption Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 71.03 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 64.25 |====================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 533.26 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 742.89 |========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 483.16 |====================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 229.64 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 352.63 |========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 225.31 |====================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 155.35 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 188.68 |========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 153.39 |==============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 807.23  |======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1154.62 |=======================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 748.45  |====================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 793.34  |====================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1228.88 |=======================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 795.65  |====================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 680.72 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 789.67 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 33 |===========================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 73 |============================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 22 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 45 |============================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 40 |===========================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 88 |============================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 49  |===========================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 107 |===========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 36 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 57 |============================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 9047 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 9136 |==========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 8621 |=======================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 40.66 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 65.14 |=========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 55.70 |=================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 27.53 |===========================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 58.68 |=========================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 57.24 |========================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 74.55  |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 61.51  |==============================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 113.91 |========================================================


Primesieve 4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 1048.18 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 226.81  |============
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 258.17  |==============


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 40.49 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 23.72 |=========================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 53.95 |=========================================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 237.22 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 175.72 |=========================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 231.12 |=======================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 17.24 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 9.51  |=============================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 18.83 |=========================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 36.28 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 22.92 |====================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 36.44 |=========================================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 8357 |==========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 3423 |========================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 7300 |===================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.0 .. 89880526.16  |======================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 208265702.15 |==================================================
PC-BSD 9.2 ... 106025540.99 |=========================