FreeBSD 11 vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu vs. CentOS Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA PNY CS1211 120GB CS12 + SATA INTEL SSDSCKGW08 DC01, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_I218_V2 7.4.2 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 4.4-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1, File-System: hammer DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA PNY CS1211 120GB CS12 + SATA INTEL SSDSCKGW08 DC01, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_I218_V2 7.4.2 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 4.6-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1, File-System: hammer FreeBSD 10.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB SSD 754D117-483 CS121101 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + INTEL SSDSCKGW080A4 DC01 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0e0a) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.3-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032), File-System: zfs FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB SSD 754D117-483 CS121101 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + INTEL SSDSCKGW080A4 DC01 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0e0a) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.0-BETA4 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 262564), File-System: zfs Ubuntu 16.04.1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 16.10 20160805: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Clear Linux 9710: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 9710, Kernel: 4.7.0-252.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 CentOS Linux 7: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 25.41 |=============== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 37.92 |====================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 41.98 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 54.41 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 54.02 |================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 51.11 |============================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 81.98 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 177.15 |================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 393.13 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 408.32 |======================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 479.83 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 151.15 |=============== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 1263 |========= FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 6303 |============================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 6410 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6303 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6303 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6756 |================================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 5247 |====================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 378.92 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 385.31 |========================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 696.14 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 105.33 |================ DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 105.84 |================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 92.77 |============== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 92.43 |============== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 92.06 |============== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 303.83 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 37.60 |========================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 37.70 |========================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 42.74 |================================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 42.77 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 34.34 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 27.09 |============================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28.49 |================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 35.89 |======================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 24.56 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 23.38 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 22.94 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 24.29 |=============================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 5285.39 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5315.11 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5433.90 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 5438.83 |============================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 10138.70 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 10317.00 |====================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 11438.00 |========================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 11579.00 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12285.00 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 12316.00 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 10898.00 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 12319.00 |============================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 3.42 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 3.07 |============================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 3.19 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 3.32 |================================================ BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 6.54 |=============================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 6.56 |=============================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 6.84 |================================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 6.86 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 4.26 |============================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5.82 |========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5.68 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 4.72 |================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 4818 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 4803 |========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 4838 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 5621 |================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 8356815 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 8336014 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 8296404 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 8453925 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1627118 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1620876 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1623790 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 1646397 |============================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 11734.73 |========================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 11864.07 |========================================= FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 12627.63 |============================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 12012.30 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12908.43 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 12491.90 |=========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 12262.10 |=========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 12934.13 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 152 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 148 |===================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 149 |===================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 157 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 180 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 198 |================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 199 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 169 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 172 |========================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 172 |========================================= FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 172 |========================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 181 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 190 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 209 |================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 210 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 185 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 1728.05 |=========================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 1725.46 |=========================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 1580.16 |======================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 1025.85 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1788.37 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1846.71 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1771.71 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 1797.37 |============================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 21.14 |============================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 19.90 |=========================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 18.20 |======================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 12.47 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 15.00 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 17.61 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 22.34 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 16.57 |==================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 10.58 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 10.64 |===================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 12.70 |============================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 13.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 10.60 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 10.54 |===================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 10.61 |===================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 10.66 |===================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 38 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 38 |=================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 11 |=============== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 38 |=================================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 3661 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 3725 |================================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 3544 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 3559 |=============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 5.34 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5.25 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5.58 |================================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 5.26 |============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6.30 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6.31 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6.55 |================================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 6.20 |============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1.24 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1.20 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1.21 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7 ........ 1.22 |================================================ LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 319.22 |=============================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 317.30 |=============================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 302.74 |============================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 300.55 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 277.72 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 290.22 |=========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 307.98 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 ........ 269.93 |======================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 7.09 |======================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 7.06 |======================================= FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 8.75 |================================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 8.83 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6.73 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6.39 |=================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6.33 |=================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 7.91 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 16.67 |================================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 16.70 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12.72 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 11.20 |================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 12.01 |=================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 13.80 |======================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 238.39 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 17.84 |==== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 17.63 |=== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 17.67 |=== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 17.73 |=== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 1281.73 |============================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 1294.83 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1338.97 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1327.23 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1335.63 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 1335.13 |============================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 4.4.3 .... 295050295.74 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 295050953.61 |===================================== FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 191763435.98 |======================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 242065652.63 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 327434403.43 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 313139112.35 |======================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 319171256.56 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 327792111.44 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 10.3 .......... 36840.34 |======================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 41012.30 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 35057.44 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 35810.18 |======================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28452.21 |=============================== CentOS Linux 7 ........ 17508.20 |===================