DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 vs. Solaris vs. Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris 11.1, OpenIndiana, Ubuntu, CentOS 6.3 Enterprise Linux, DragonFlyBSD benchmarking... Tests for a future article about OS performance on phoronix.com. DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: Unknown DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: hammer Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 6.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Solaris Express 11.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 1.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 2 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: ATI RV730 PRO 256MB, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Oracle Solaris 11.1 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: ati 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenIndiana 151.1.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 2 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: ATI RV730 PRO 256MB, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_151.1.7 X86 (powered by illumos), Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: ati 6.13.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.4.4, Compiler: GCC 4.3.3, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 10.61 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 12.80 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 10.76 |======================================= CentOS 6.3 ........... 9.38 |================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 13.63 |================================================= OpenIndiana 151.1.7 .. 11.93 |=========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 480 |=================================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 467 |================================================== OpenIndiana 151.1.7 .. 128 |============== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 13045.47 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 12999.73 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 13076.27 |============================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 13618.30 |================================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 26187872.87 |======================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 24742097.93 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 27483308.57 |========================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 28115196.33 |=========================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 18699061.50 |============================= OpenIndiana 151.1.7 .. 18156524.73 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 40 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 139 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 137 |================================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 123 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 16 |======= Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 105 |=============================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 102 |============================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 113 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 53 |================ Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 172 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 163 |================================================ Solaris Express 11.1 . 143 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 79 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 192 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 183 |================================================= Solaris Express 11.1 . 151 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 39 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 136 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 134 |================================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 113 |========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 717.19 |==================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 709.15 |==================== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 1539.14 |=========================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 1684.00 |=============================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 583.87 |================ OpenIndiana 151.1.7 .. 505.18 |============== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 7.25 |============ DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 31.65 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 29.80 |================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 22.91 |======== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 25.50 |========= Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 19.02 |======= CentOS 6.3 ........... 21.10 |======= Solaris Express 11.1 . 139.73 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 32.23 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 32.26 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 31.54 |==================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 32.48 |===================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 43.41 |================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 13.67 |=========================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 13.87 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 11.63 |===================================== CentOS 6.3 ........... 11.99 |====================================== Solaris Express 11.1 . 15.58 |================================================= OpenIndiana 151.1.7 .. 12.05 |====================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 .. 130.24 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .. 130.15 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ........ 129.00 |============================================== CentOS 6.3 .......... 112.11 |======================================== OpenIndiana 151.1.7 . 138.51 |================================================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 ... 62.30 |================================================ DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 ... 64.09 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ......... 57.83 |============================================ CentOS 6.3 ........... 57.82 |============================================ Solaris Express 11.1 . 59.48 |============================================= GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 .. 9.12 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .. 8.96 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ........ 9.10 |=================================================== CentOS 6.3 .......... 8.58 |================================================ OpenIndiana 151.1.7 . 8.32 |=============================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 223.46 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 221.12 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 223.04 |================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 . 45646 |======================== DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 40990 |====================== CentOS 6.3 ......... 95527 |===================================================