FreeBSD 9.1 vs. Linux vs. BSD Benchmarks
FreeBSD 9.1 / PC-BSD 9.1 amd64 benchmarks against Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, Solaris, and other BSD operating systems. Tests for a future article about OS performance on phoronix.com.


PC-BSD 9.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX 1.30, Audio: ATI RV730 HDA, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.3.2

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3 20121208 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

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

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

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

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

Ubuntu 13.04 20121217: 

	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 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 40990 |======================
CentOS 6.3 ......... 95527 |===================================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 215.94 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 221.12 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 223.04 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 214.57 |=============================================


GnuPG 1.4.10
1GB File Encryption
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 8.11 |============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 8.96 |================================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 8.58 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 9.10 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 9.00 |================================================


dcraw
RAW To PPM Image Conversion
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 61.12 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 64.09 |================================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 59.48 |=============================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 57.82 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 57.83 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 58.67 |============================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 23.71 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 13.87 |============================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 15.58 |================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 11.99 |========================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 11.63 |========================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 11.66 |========================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 23.51 |==========================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 32.26 |====================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 43.41 |================================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 32.48 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 31.54 |===================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 23.02 |=========================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 22.87  |========
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 25.50  |=========
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 139.73 |===============================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 21.10  |=======
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 19.02  |======
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 22.48  |========


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 9.81  |================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 . 31.65 |===================================================
CentOS 6.3 ......... 29.80 |================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 1084.76 |==============================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 709.15  |===================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 583.87  |================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 1684.00 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 1539.14 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 1636.51 |=============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 124 |=============================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 113 |=========================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 134 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 136 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 139 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 183 |===============================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 151 |=======================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 183 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 192 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 195 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 162 |===============================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 143 |=========================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 163 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 172 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 173 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 102 |=============================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 113 |==================================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 102 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 105 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 106 |===============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 132 |===============================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 123 |============================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 137 |=================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 139 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 140 |==================================================


BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 24687188.23 |=====================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 24742097.93 |=====================================
Solaris Express 11.1 .. 18699061.50 |============================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 28115196.33 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 27483308.57 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 26475829.03 |========================================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ............ 12822.73 |==========================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3 .... 12999.73 |===========================================
CentOS 6.3 ............ 13618.30 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 13076.27 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 20121217 . 12899.07 |===========================================