PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE-p8 vs. Ubuntu 14.10
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: INTEL SSDSCKGW080A4 DC01 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (575/3004MHz), Audio: NVIDIA (0x0e1a) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.4.2

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.1-RELEASE-p8 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.24, Compiler: Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB (324/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB (324/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: Clang 3.5.0-4ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 403.22 |===================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 884.08 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 852.09 |========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 176.89 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 324.24 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 314.17 |=========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 287.17  |=====
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 2378.98 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 2205.17 |======================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 1359 |===========
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 5137 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 5210 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 1768.00 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 1421.75 |==============================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 1920.14 |=========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 509.03 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 556.22 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 556.49 |==========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 326.21 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 370.80 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 362.90 |=========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 2629.79 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 2571.22 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 2967.54 |=========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 3995.56 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 2551.70 |=========================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 4203.91 |=========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 1379.38 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 1058.79 |=============================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 1509.85 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 65  |=====================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 138 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 75  |========================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 44  |===============
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 136 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 50  |=================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 92  |=======================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 177 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 109 |============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 116 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 184 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 139 |==================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 73 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 87 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 86 |=============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 1614.66 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 1879.77 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 1584.42 |===================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 10.87 |==========================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 17.64 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 12.33 |==============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 12.33 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 10.73 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 12.56 |===========================================


Primesieve 5.4
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 406.03 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 37.02  |====
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 356.44 |=====================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 115.85 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 109.08 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 108.29 |=======================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 9.26 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 7.00 |=================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 8.61 |=========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 13.69 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 12.75 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 12.80 |========================================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 12924.10 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 13294.43 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 13512.33 |========================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE ........ 231.14 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.10 - GCC 4.9.1 ... 18.07  |===
Ubuntu 14.10 - Clang 3.5.0 . 220.26 |========================================