Benchmarking Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/kFreeBSD with the Squeeze 6.0 and Wheezy testing releases to look for performance differences. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Debian kFreeBSD vs. Debian Linux - Squeeze/Wheezy
Benchmarking Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/kFreeBSD with the Squeeze 6.0 and Wheezy testing releases to look for performance differences. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian 6.0.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: OCZ-VERTEX/1.30, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Intel (Unknown) HD Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.0.5
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.6, Kernel: 8.1-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.4.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX 1.30, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 27.15 |====================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 24.04 |================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 29.31 |=======================================
Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 13078.73 |===================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 11922.83 |===============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 12786.77 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 13263.07 |===================================
BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 26938633.80 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 22621315.77 |===========================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 25874598.70 |===============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 26097477.40 |===============================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 2.82 |=====================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 4.17 |================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 2.83 |=====================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 5.15 |=======================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 180.02 |=====================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 23.76 |=====
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 51.17 |===========
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 20.77 |====
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 169.77 |=====================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 9.57 |==
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 70.29 |===============
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 8.30 |==
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 6190.45 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 6695.54 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 6486.81 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 6857.50 |====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 5805.42 |===============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 6664.60 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 6060.19 |================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 6850.21 |====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 6429.87 |===============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 7291.36 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 6923.27 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 7395.15 |====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 6120.19 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 6850.14 |====================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 6546.25 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 6881.18 |====================================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 5886.54 |====================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 4987.15 |==============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 5755.34 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 5606.65 |==================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 1538.44 |==================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 1282.81 |============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 1630.60 |====================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 1612.15 |====================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 25930 |======================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 20956 |===============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 25311 |=====================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 22939 |==================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 30342333 |==================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 23297667 |==========================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 31653000 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 17923667 |====================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 1053 |=======================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 99 |====
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 103 |====
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 39.23 |==================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 45.43 |=======================================
PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 2454 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 2991 |=======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 1893 |=========================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 2408 |===============================
Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 9.53 |==========
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 33.39 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 8.56 |=========
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 37.05 |======================================
Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 27.69 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 32.89 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 24.10 |============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 23.87 |============================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 6.09 |==========
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 22.82 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 5.91 |==========
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 18.31 |==============================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 27.64 |============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 37.65 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 3.08 |===
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 17.86 |==========================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 23.15 |==================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 21.86 |================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 26.05 |======================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 32.44 |==========================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 48.04 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 23.16 |==================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 24.54 |===================
Primesieve 4.0
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 55.93 |=================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 66.63 |=======================================
Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 11.66 |================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 14.01 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 11.41 |===============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 11.94 |================================
LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 129.46 |=====================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 122.36 |===================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 128.83 |=====================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 111.56 |================================
dcraw
RAW To PPM Image Conversion
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 57.89 |==============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 74.15 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 57.19 |=============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 61.70 |================================
Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 5.77 |================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 13.44 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 5.64 |================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 9.63 |===========================
GnuPG 1.4.10
1GB File Encryption
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 8.69 |===============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 10.80 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 8.49 |==============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 8.69 |===============================
N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux ..... 223.20 |===============================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD .. 264.77 |=====================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux .... 211.47 |==============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD . 214.46 |==============================
FFmpeg 1.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 19.26 |=======================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 14.55 |=============================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 18.75 |======================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Bibd
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 127.02 |==================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 141.79 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 129.51 |===================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 71.85 |===================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 80.56 |=======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 73.45 |====================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 121.80 |==================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 135.97 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 118.78 |=================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux .... 154.58 |=================================
Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD . 180.05 |======================================
Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux ... 154.04 |=================================