FreeBSD 9.0 vs. Oracle Linux Server 6.1 FreeBSD 9.0 versus Oracle Linux Server 6.1 benchmarking with Intel Core i7 870 CPU that's quad-core with Hyper Threading and Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz. Open-source performance of Oracle Linux Server 6.1, which is based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1. Using 64-bit builds of each operating system with stock settings aside from FreeBSD ZFS file-system. Oracle Linux Server 6.1: Processor: Intel Core 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS P55H-A v1.0, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: OracleServer 6.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2: Processor: Intel Core 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: 090309 RSDT1600, Memory: 8145MB, Disk: ATAPI iHAS124 Y BL0W + Western Digital WD5000AADS-00S9B0 01.00A01, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: NVIDIA (Unknown) HD Audio OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.0-RC2 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.3, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0 (SVN 142614), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 844.03 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 884.79 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 213.65 |========================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 236.17 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 974.84 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 970.76 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 246.27 |========================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 443.00 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1228.22 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 1213.64 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1557.18 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 1560.39 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 72.69 |======================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 86.08 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 299.82 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 97.14 |=============== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 422.06 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 123.09 |============= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 12771.48 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 12314.36 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 12352.27 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 11906.22 |========================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 141.24 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 124.69 |======================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 13413.79 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 12682.45 |========================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 4.65 |================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 6.48 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 9100.38 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 919.76 |==== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 13676.76 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 13038.26 |========================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 18.26 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 18.71 |============================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 17.86 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 18.05 |============================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 11.40 |========================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 12.79 |============================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 25.30 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 27.00 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 14.84 |====================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 18.07 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1269.30 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 911.72 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 106.59 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 98.63 |========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3526 |=============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 486 |====== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 . 285.51 |===================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 53.76 |========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 59.53 |============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 24.94 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 6.39 |============ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 17360 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 15089 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 131 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 137 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 97 |================================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 93 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 65 |================================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 66 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 63.08 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 54.63 |======================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1105 |======================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 1294 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 52.03 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 51.03 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 . 55794 |====================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 23371448.03 |======================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 21423998.83 |===================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3087974.17 |========================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 3047752.37 |======================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3082618.33 |========================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 3047897.53 |========================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 2439117.20 |========================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 2396750.10 |======================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 11024.43 |========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 11303.70 |=========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 16.77 |=========================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 28.10 |============================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 19.87 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 20.20 |============================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3509 |=============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 3512 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 90.23 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 74.99 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 66 |================================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 66 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 10255.75 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 119.49 |= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 115 |=============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 117 |================================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 11.88 |======================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 13.53 |============================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1190103 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 367310 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