FreeBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu vs. Other Linux Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. 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 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 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 Fedora 24: 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: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.6.5-300.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160621 + Clang 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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 Manjaro 16.06.1: 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: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.4.13-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160707, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 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: openSUSE 20160805, Kernel: 4.7.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 81.98 |======== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 51.11 |===== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 25.41 |== Fedora 24 .................... 56.49 |====== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 41.98 |==== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 95.55 |========= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 408.57 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 54.41 |===== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 54.02 |===== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 151.15 |============= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 479.83 |======================================== Fedora 24 .................... 242.94 |==================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 177.15 |=============== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 217.36 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 393.13 |================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 408.32 |================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 5247 |================================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 6756 |========================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 1263 |======== Fedora 24 .................... 5952 |===================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 6410 |======================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 6357 |======================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 4838 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 6303 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 6303 |======================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 303.83 |======================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 92.06 |============ DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 105.84 |============== Fedora 24 .................... 92.76 |============ Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 186.30 |========================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 187.31 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 92.77 |============ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 92.43 |============ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 35.89 |================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 28.49 |=========================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 37.70 |==================================== Fedora 24 .................... 27.43 |========================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 42.77 |========================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 26.88 |========================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 27.80 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 34.34 |================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 27.09 |========================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 24.29 |========================================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 22.94 |====================================== Fedora 24 .................... 23.47 |======================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 23.29 |======================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 24.05 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 24.56 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 23.38 |======================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 5438.83 |======================================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 5433.90 |======================================= Fedora 24 .................... 5321.93 |====================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 5240.26 |====================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 5207.28 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 5285.39 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 5315.11 |====================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12319 |========================================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 10898 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 10317 |================================== Fedora 24 .................... 11288 |====================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 11579 |======================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 12295 |========================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 12099 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 12285 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 12316 |========================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.32 |======================================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 3.19 |====================================== Fedora 24 .................... 3.38 |======================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 3.23 |====================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 3.54 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 3.42 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 3.07 |==================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 4.72 |============================= Clear Linux 9710 ............. 5.68 |=================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 6.56 |======================================== Fedora 24 .................... 5.53 |================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 6.86 |========================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 5.35 |================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 5.61 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 4.26 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 5.82 |==================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12934.13 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 12262.10 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 11864.07 |=================================== Fedora 24 .................... 12174.53 |==================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 12012.30 |=================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 12900.93 |====================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 12476.97 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 12908.43 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 12491.90 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ........ 169 |========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 199 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 148 |===================================== Fedora 24 ............. 174 |============================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 157 |======================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 ....... 181 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 180 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 198 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ........ 185 |============================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 210 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 172 |========================================= Fedora 24 ............. 184 |============================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 181 |=========================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 ....... 191 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 190 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 209 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1797.37 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 1771.71 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 1725.46 |==================================== Fedora 24 .................... 1845.26 |======================================= FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 1025.85 |===================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 1868.39 |======================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 1861.93 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 1788.37 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 1846.71 |======================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 16.57 |============================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 22.34 |========================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 19.90 |===================================== Fedora 24 .................... 18.52 |================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 12.47 |======================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 18.34 |================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 18.22 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 15.00 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 17.61 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 10.66 |================================ Clear Linux 9710 ............. 10.61 |=============================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 10.64 |================================ Fedora 24 .................... 10.59 |=============================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 13.81 |========================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 10.59 |=============================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 10.62 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 10.60 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 10.54 |=============================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3559 |======================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 3544 |======================================= Fedora 24 .................... 3703 |========================================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 3581 |======================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 3780 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 3661 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 3725 |========================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 269.93 |================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 307.98 |======================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 317.30 |======================================== Fedora 24 .................... 297.27 |===================================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 300.55 |====================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 276.58 |=================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 286.90 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 277.72 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 290.22 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 7.91 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 6.33 |============================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 7.06 |================================== Fedora 24 .................... 6.60 |=============================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 8.83 |========================================== Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 6.54 |=============================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 6.75 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 6.73 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 6.39 |============================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 327792111.44 |================================== Clear Linux 9710 ............. 319171256.56 |================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 295050953.61 |=============================== Fedora 24 .................... 312672760.38 |================================ FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 242065652.63 |========================= Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 310800443.97 |================================ OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 302678518.73 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 327434403.43 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 313139112.35 |================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ........ 17508.20 |=================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28452.21 |=============================== FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 41012.30 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 35057.44 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 35810.18 |=======================================