DragonFlyBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. Ubuntu vs. Other Linux Distros
Benchmarking eight different BSD and Linux operating systems for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel.


PC-BSD 9.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX 1.30, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4650, 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, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2, Compiler: Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863) + GCC 4.2.1 20070831, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30

	OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 3.4-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: hammer

CentOS 6.4: 

	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 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 18: 

	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: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.9.3-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 13.04: 

	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: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux Mint 15 RC: 

	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: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mageia 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 (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Mageia 3, Kernel: 3.8.13-desktop-1.mga3 (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

openSUSE 12.3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: openSUSE 12.3, Kernel: 3.7.10-1.1-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 102  |=
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 308  |===
CentOS 6.4 ......... 4658 |==============================================
Fedora 18 .......... 4491 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 5210 |====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 5208 |====================================================
Mageia 3 ........... 4512 |=============================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 4786 |================================================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 12816.87 |=============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 12813.90 |=============================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 13593.03 |================================================
Fedora 18 .......... 13292.90 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 12923.80 |==============================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 12954.40 |==============================================
Mageia 3 ........... 10683.47 |======================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 13355.73 |===============================================


BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 25814963.37 |=========================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 24581222.43 |=======================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 28038608.30 |=============================================
Fedora 18 .......... 26198506.60 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 27826143.53 |=============================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 27825986.50 |=============================================
Mageia 3 ........... 23274016.97 |=====================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 26494322.80 |===========================================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 22682292 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 19713542 |==========================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 2287     |


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 827.76  |========================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 1666.91 |=================================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 1668.55 |=================================================
Fedora 18 .......... 1582.07 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 1644.11 |================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 1635.92 |================================================
Mageia 3 ........... 1397.44 |=========================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 1601.79 |===============================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 22180 |=============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 4326  |=========
CentOS 6.4 ......... 25051 |===================================================
Fedora 18 .......... 24403 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 25150 |===================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 25234 |===================================================
Mageia 3 ........... 23393 |===============================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 24731 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 30.75 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 23.34 |=====================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 32.59 |===================================================
Fedora 18 .......... 23.49 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 22.85 |====================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 23.05 |====================================
Mageia 3 ........... 27.58 |===========================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 23.59 |=====================================


Primesieve 4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 61.13 |===============================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 56.58 |============================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 55.61 |===========================================
Fedora 18 .......... 55.84 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 54.37 |==========================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 54.54 |==========================================
Mageia 3 ........... 66.10 |===================================================
openSUSE 12.3 ...... 56.11 |===========================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ......... 25.29 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1 . 24.82 |===============================================
CentOS 6.4 ......... 24.63 |===============================================
Fedora 18 .......... 26.98 |===================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 25.83 |=================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC ... 25.90 |=================================================


Rodinia 2.2
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 88.90 |=================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 83.80 |==============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 87.67 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 85.56 |===============================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 85.92 |===============================================
Mageia 3 ......... 96.59 |=====================================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 86.94 |================================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: Tiger
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 321.34 |===========================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 330.02 |============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 374.36 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 377.94 |===================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 387.53 |====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 315.68 |==========================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 346.54 |==============================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: KASUMI
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 63.86 |===================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 54.02 |===========================================
Fedora 18 ........ 65.95 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 66.18 |=====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 66.16 |=====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 55.70 |=============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 65.80 |=====================================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: AES-256
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 164.92 |================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 140.03 |=========================================
Fedora 18 ........ 175.60 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 177.05 |====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 177.16 |====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 148.53 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 175.63 |====================================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: Twofish
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 170.24 |==================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 152.09 |=============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 175.73 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 176.33 |====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 176.31 |====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 148.52 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 175.43 |====================================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: CAST-256
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 81.21 |=====================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 79.18 |====================================================
Fedora 18 ........ 80.38 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 80.66 |=====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 80.63 |=====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 67.79 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 80.14 |====================================================


Botan 1.10.3
Test: X9.19-MAC
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 79.06 |=====================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 68.45 |==============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 78.65 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 78.86 |=====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 78.88 |=====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 65.23 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 78.24 |====================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 21.03 |===========================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 21.45 |============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 23.10 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 22.65 |==============================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 22.73 |==============================================
Mageia 3 ......... 25.99 |=====================================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 23.35 |================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 14.14 |==============================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 13.62 |============================================
Fedora 18 ........ 13.80 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 13.48 |============================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 13.50 |============================================
Mageia 3 ......... 16.36 |=====================================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 14.00 |=============================================


Tachyon 0.98.9
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 8.75  |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 9.13  |===========================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 9.03  |===========================================
Mageia 3 ......... 11.13 |=====================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 120.77 |====================================================
CentOS 6.4 ....... 121.33 |====================================================
Fedora 18 ........ 121.00 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 121.43 |====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 121.40 |====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 102.20 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 121.40 |====================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.3
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 9.1 ....... 21984.80 |==================================================
Fedora 18 ........ 8833.79  |====================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 14365.59 |=================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 14471.02 |=================================
Mageia 3 ......... 12107.53 |============================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 ....... 30.61 |=====================================================
Fedora 18 ........ 21.39 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 24.93 |===========================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 22.53 |=======================================
Mageia 3 ......... 24.02 |==========================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 28.23 |=================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 .... 59.30 |=====================================================
Fedora 18 ..... 59.93 |======================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 .. 59.77 |======================================================
Mageia 3 ...... 59.63 |======================================================
openSUSE 12.3 . 62.13 |========================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 .... 14.17 |===================================================
Fedora 18 ..... 14.67 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 .. 14.60 |=====================================================
Mageia 3 ...... 15.47 |========================================================
openSUSE 12.3 . 14.60 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 ....... 59.84  |==========================
Fedora 18 ........ 121.06 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 59.93  |==========================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 55.98  |========================
Mageia 3 ......... 59.88  |==========================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 72.91  |===============================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 ....... 34.22 |=====================================
Fedora 18 ........ 48.37 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 39.52 |===========================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 34.44 |======================================
Mageia 3 ......... 40.11 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 34.57 |======================================


x264 2013-05-14
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 18 ........ 215.60 |===================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 213.81 |===================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 212.89 |===================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 186.19 |============================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 217.92 |====================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS 6.4 ....... 66 |==========================================
Fedora 18 ........ 75 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 64 |=========================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 64 |=========================================
Mageia 3 ......... 88 |========================================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 72 |==============================================


FFmpeg 1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 18 ........ 17.32 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 18.42 |=====================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 18.29 |=====================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 12.92 |=====================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 12.57 |====================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
CentOS 6.4 ....... 232.28 |================================
Fedora 18 ........ 357.82 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ..... 368.91 |===================================================
Linux Mint 15 RC . 367.89 |===================================================
Mageia 3 ......... 356.19 |=================================================
openSUSE 12.3 .... 375.73 |====================================================