PC-BSD 10.1-RELEASE-p8 vs. Ubuntu vs. Fedora
Desktop Performance


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

Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2: 

	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, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.7-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 21 - 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, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.7-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

FREEBSD101SRAD: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: HP HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Rev 1, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: Western Digital WD3200LPVT-75G33T0 01.01A01 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: 512MB, Audio: ATI RV730 HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.3, Compiler: Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032), File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


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 |========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 790.89 |======================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 805.67 |======================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 32.35  |==


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 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 216.13 |============================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 205.67 |===========================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 16.57  |==


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 |======================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 1934.48 |=================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 1880.05 |================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 148.56  |===


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 |============================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 5000 |==========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 5001 |==========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 161  |=


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 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 1441.88 |===============================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 1918.02 |=========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 470.65  |==========


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 |==========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 552.40 |==========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 554.76 |==========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 252.19 |===================


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 |=================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 465.25 |==========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 468.71 |==========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 82.60  |=======


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 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 2551.86 |===================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 2936.48 |=========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 606.48  |========


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 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 2585.28 |=========================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 4125.21 |========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 509.84  |=====


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 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 1054.60 |=============================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 1504.95 |=========================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 902.14  |========================


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  |========================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 127 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 71  |=======================


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  |=================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 133 |============================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 48  |================


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 |============================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 169 |===========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 98  |=========================


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 |==================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 161 |=======================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 131 |================================


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 |=============================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 84 |============================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 81 |===========================================


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 |===================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 1866.26 |=========================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 1583.49 |===================================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 442.14  |==========


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  |====
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 20.14  |=======
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 14.55  |=====
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 123.84 |==========================================


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  |==
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 12.48  |==
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 13.99  |==
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 279.36 |==========================================


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 |=================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 38.43  |==
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 364.17 |=================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 895.64 |==========================================


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 |=================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 131.41 |=====================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 130.53 |=====================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 265.02 |==========================================


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  |=============
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 6.98  |==========
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 8.89  |=============
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 28.76 |===========================================


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 |=====================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 12.61 |=====================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 12.95 |=====================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 26.09 |===========================================


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 |========================================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 12739.53 |======================================
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 12820.80 |======================================


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 |=======================
Fedora 21 - GCC 4.9.2 ...... 18.78  |==
Fedora 21 - Clang 3.5.0 .... 219.15 |=======================
FREEBSD101SRAD ............. 405.41 |==========================================