Tyan 1U Server Xeon Gold Linux vs. TrueOS FreeBSD OS Comparison
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing different Linux + BSD distributions on a Tyan server.


Antergos 17.8: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Antergos Linux 17.8-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.12.8-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170630, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

CentOS Linux 7: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 95232MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Clear Linux 17210: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Clear Linux OS 17210, Kernel: 4.12.8-379.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

Debian 9.1: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Fedora 26: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170622, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

openSUSE Leap 42.3: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: openSUSE 20170823, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.1.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170629 [gcc-7-branch revision 249772], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

TrueOS Stable: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 97024MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB EXM04B6Q + Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164 CC26 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: LLVMpipe

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 97024MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB EXM04B6Q + Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164 CC26 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: LLVMpipe

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 + Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ................ 14093.00 |===============================
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 17181.00 |======================================
Clear Linux 17210 ............ 14801.00 |=================================
Debian 9.1 ................... 15887.00 |===================================
Fedora 26 .................... 16236.00 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 14134.00 |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 14927.00 |=================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 ...... 8832.80  |====================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ................ 2412.54 |====================================
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 2520.09 |======================================
Clear Linux 17210 ............ 2608.56 |=======================================
Debian 9.1 ................... 2590.81 |=======================================
Fedora 26 .................... 2531.72 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 2370.11 |===================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2453.30 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2571.64 |======================================
TrueOS Stable ................ 1077.67 |================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 ...... 1109.79 |=================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ................ 6.81  |=====================
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 6.72  |=====================
Clear Linux 17210 ............ 6.13  |===================
Debian 9.1 ................... 5.52  |=================
Fedora 26 .................... 6.16  |===================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6.51  |====================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 6.86  |=====================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5.99  |===================
TrueOS Stable ................ 13.17 |=========================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 ...... 10.07 |===============================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ................ 12.15 |=======================
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12.65 |========================
Clear Linux 17210 ............ 11.09 |=====================
Debian 9.1 ................... 10.52 |====================
Fedora 26 .................... 10.65 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 15.88 |==============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 13.51 |=========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 10.59 |====================
TrueOS Stable ................ 19.17 |====================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 ...... 21.82 |=========================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ................ 4843.07 |======================================
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 4955.97 |=======================================
Clear Linux 17210 ............ 4990.37 |=======================================
Debian 9.1 ................... 4957.50 |=======================================
Fedora 26 .................... 4946.43 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 5016.13 |=======================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 4967.47 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 4836.93 |======================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 ...... 3751.90 |=============================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Antergos 17.8 ........... 501544 |===========================================
CentOS Linux 7 .......... 208536 |==================
Clear Linux 17210 ....... 485629 |=========================================
Debian 9.1 .............. 484253 |=========================================
Fedora 26 ............... 528307 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 418801 |====================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ...... 159536 |==============
TrueOS Stable ........... 163854 |==============
TrueOS Stable - GCC 5.4 . 163465 |==============