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 test1: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Shuttl Shuttle, Memory: 4065MB, Disk: Seagate ST3160812AS P 3.BQK + HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 NL02 + Western Digital WD3200JD-60KLB0 08.05J08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 210, Audio: NVIDIA (Unknown) HD Audio, Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Gigabit OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.0-RC2 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0 (SVN 142614), File-System: ufs 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 |==================== test1 ................... 30.78 |============================================== 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 |==== test1 ................... 981.72 |===== 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 |= test1 ................... 1406.98 |====== 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 |=============================================== test1 ................... 1.82 |============= 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 |====================================== test1 ................... 32.39 |================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 13676.76 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 13038.26 |========================================= test1 ................... 7308.48 |======================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 13413.79 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 12682.45 |========================================= test1 ................... 7249.42 |======================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 12352.27 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 11906.22 |========================================= test1 ................... 6683.49 |======================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 12771.48 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 12314.36 |========================================= test1 ................... 6761.10 |======================= 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 |============================================ test1 ................... 678.60 |=================== 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 |=========================================== test1 ................... 543.03 |=================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 246.27 |========================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 443.00 |============================================= test1 ................... 356.06 |==================================== 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 |============================================= test1 ................... 619.46 |============================= 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 |============================================= test1 ................... 62.02 |============ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 844.03 |=========================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 884.79 |============================================= test1 ................... 451.84 |======================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3509 |===================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 3512 |===================================== test1 ................... 4403 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 3526 |=============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 486 |====== test1 ................... 58 |= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 . 55794 |====================================================== test1 ........... 41871 |========================================= 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 |============================================= test1 ................... 52.18 |============================================== 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 |========================================== test1 ................... 69.25 |============================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 . 285.51 |=================================================== test1 ........... 294.66 |===================================================== 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 |================ test1 ................... 51.22 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1269.30 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 911.72 |================================ test1 ................... 234.75 |======== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 65 |================================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 66 |================================================= test1 ................... 43 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 115 |=============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 117 |================================================ test1 ................... 81 |================================= 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 |================================================= test1 ................... 40 |============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 97 |================================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 93 |=============================================== test1 ................... 52 |========================== 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 |================================================ test1 ................... 102 |==================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 19.87 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 20.20 |============================================== test1 ................... 16.07 |===================================== 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 |=========================================== test1 ................... 7106.73 |=========================== 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 |================================== test1 ................... 17.39 |============================================== 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 |=============================== test1 ................... 27.44 |============================================== 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 |============================================== test1 ................... 11.39 |============================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 25.30 |============================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 27.00 |============================== test1 ................... 41.43 |============================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 141.24 |======================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 124.69 |====================== test1 ................... 260.25 |============================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 16.77 |=========================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 28.10 |============================================== test1 ................... 21.84 |==================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 17360 |============================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 15089 |======================================== test1 ................... 7880 |===================== 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 |============= test1 ................... 203.52 |====================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 299.82 |============================================= FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 97.14 |=============== test1 ................... 25.66 |==== 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 |============================================== test1 ................... 12.50 |======= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 63.08 |============================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 54.63 |========================== test1 ................... 96.73 |============================================== 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 |======================================== test1 ................... 1734691.57 |============================= 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 |========================================= test1 ................... 667055.63 |========= 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 |======================================== test1 ................... 666610.87 |========= 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 |===================================== test1 ................... 14674569.20 |========================= 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 |======================= test1 ................... 117.57 |============================================= 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 |========== test1 ................... 30.58 |============================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1105 |======================================== FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 1294 |=============================================== test1 ................... 193 |======= BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux Server 6.1 . 1190103 |============================================ FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 ......... 367310 |============== test1 ................... 137543 |=====