DragonFlyBSD vs. FreeBSD vs. Ubuntu vs. Other Linux Distros Benchmarking many 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 Manjaro 0.8.5: 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: ManjaroLinux 0.8.5, Kernel: 3.8.11-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20130502, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Linux 7.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.4.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian kFreeBSD 7.0: 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 7.0, Kernel: 9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |================================================= Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 24648 |================================================= Debian Linux 7.0 .... 24820 |================================================= Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 23482 |=============================================== 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 |========================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 11566.47 |========================= Debian Linux 7.0 .... 15987.95 |================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 19560.12 |========================================== 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 |==================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 19.40 |============================== Debian Linux 7.0 .... 23.13 |=================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 23.90 |===================================== 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 |==================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 17.67 |================================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 18.75 |===================================================== 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 |============================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 12559.23 |=========================================== Debian Linux 7.0 .... 12773.97 |============================================ Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 13319.23 |============================================== 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 |============================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 1616.50 |=============================================== Debian Linux 7.0 .... 1614.37 |============================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 1613.60 |============================================== 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 |============================================= Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 14.02 |============================================= Debian Linux 7.0 . 14.10 |============================================== 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 |=============================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 26.08 |================================================ Debian Linux 7.0 .... 25.68 |=============================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 27.38 |================================================== 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 |================================================= Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 25.03 |=========================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 1.00 |== 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 |======================================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 . 59.87 |====================================================== 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 |===================================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 . 14.67 |===================================================== 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 |==================================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 121.47 |==================================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 121.80 |==================================================== 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 |==================================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 344.67 |================================================ 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 |================================================ Manjaro 0.8.5 ...... 4934 |================================================= Debian Linux 7.0 ... 5065 |=================================================== 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 |========================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 54.73 |========================================= Debian Linux 7.0 .... 55.02 |========================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 59.32 |============================================= 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 |================================================ Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 86.93 |================================================ Debian Linux 7.0 . 90.33 |================================================== 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 |============================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 72 |============================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 67 |=========================================== 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 |===================================================== Debian Linux 7.0 . 9.14 |============================================ 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 |============================================= Manjaro 0.8.5 ....... 24.49 |=============================================== Debian Linux 7.0 .... 21.83 |========================================== Debian kFreeBSD 7.0 . 25.80 |================================================== 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 |==================================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 217.11 |==================================================== 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 |=============================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 59.93 |========================== 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 |====================================== Manjaro 0.8.5 .... 39.97 |============================================