FreeBSD/PC-BSD vs. OpenBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Linux Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions and against latest DragonFlyBSD, OpenBSD, and PC-BSD as of January 2016. All distributions were cleanly installed and updated. Stock compiler flags used as were the other OS defaults too Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1601159-GA-BSDBSDBSD70.

FreeBSD/PC-BSD vs. OpenBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Linux BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDisplay ServerOpenGLAntergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.2Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte H81M-S1Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550Realtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Antergos Linux 2015.12-ISO-Rolling4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.18.3modesetting 1.18.0GCC 5.3.0ext41920x1440LLVMpipeDELL P2415QCentOS Linux 73.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.4X Server 1.17.2modesetting 1.17.22.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.5 20150623xfs1600x1200Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550Intel 8 /C220Clear Linux 57004.3.3-157 (x86_64)GCC 5.3.0ext41024x768Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores)LLVMpipeDebian 8.23.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.4X Server 1.16.4modesetting 0.9.03.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.22 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHzSapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550Realtek ALC887-VDDebian testing4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64)GCC 5.3.1 2016010116384MBLLVMpipeFedora 234.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.18.3modesetting 1.18.02.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.1 20151207AMD Radeon HD 4550SUSE LINUX 42.14.1.13-5-default (x86_64)KDE Frameworks 5modesetting 1.17.2GCC 4.8.5xfsLLVMpipeopenSUSE 201601084.3.3-5-default (x86_64)X Server 1.18.0modesetting 1.18.03.3 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550Intel 8 /C220Ubuntu 14.043.19.0-43-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.6X Server 1.17.1modesetting 1.17.1GCC 4.8.4ext4LLVMpipeRealtek ALC887-VDUbuntu 15.104.2.0-23-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2modesetting 1.17.23.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores)SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0DragonFly4.4-RELEASE (x86_64)GCC 5.2.1hammer65GBOpenBSD5.8 (x86_64)GCC 4.2.1 20070719ffsALASKA A M ISamsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB EMT01B6Q + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001512MBATI RV730 HDADELL P2415QFreeBSD10.2-RELEASE-p10 (x86_64)KDE 4.14.3X Server 1.14.7vesa 2.3.3Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032)zfs1920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Antergos 2015.12: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-install-libiberty --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu- CentOS 7 1511: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=x86-64 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic- Clear Linux 5700: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell- Debian Linux 8.2: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Debian Testing: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Fedora 23: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libmpx --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic- OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libvtv --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada,go --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-multilib --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind- Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Ubuntu 15.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vDisk Details- Antergos 2015.12: DEADLINE / data=ordered,discard,noatime,rw- CentOS 7 1511: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel- Clear Linux 5700: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Debian Linux 8.2: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Debian Testing: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Fedora 23: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel- OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Ubuntu 15.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Antergos 2015.12: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- CentOS 7 1511: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux 5700: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Debian Linux 8.2: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Debian Testing: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Fedora 23: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Ubuntu 15.10: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Antergos 2015.12: Python 3.5.1.- CentOS 7 1511: Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.- Clear Linux 5700: Python 2.7.10.- Debian Linux 8.2: Python 2.7.9.- Debian Testing: Python 2.7.11.- Fedora 23: Python 2.7.10. SELinux: Enabled.- OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: Python 2.7.9.- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: Python 2.7.10.- Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: Python 2.7.6.- Ubuntu 15.10: Python 2.7.10.- OpenBSD 5.8: Python 2.7.10.- PC-BSD 10.2: Python 2.7.10.

FreeBSD/PC-BSD vs. OpenBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Linux Benchmarkssqlite: Default Test Directorycompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-lzma: 256MB File CompressionAntergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.228.8871421956.746.0211.5874.7032.46717.95199.3461511755.587.3212.981680.01400.6473561862.6012.6977.3234.27708.12375.6860001777.696.6612.5393.4225.52872.23466.2574261981.265.9111.9083.1825.50696.87268.7964101807.156.1411.8086.11873.62281.9960001699.797.4212.6371.73856.51271.8461991971.305.9611.8173.9424.51394.86369.2465221726.657.2612.7973.5724.63810.78408.8368811957.416.0611.7373.2810591894.996.2686.73108.9951.32128014.0286.2117.311297.70208.0776591804.158.0011.9175.70OpenBenchmarking.org

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.8.10.2Test Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu 15.10Antergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTSPC-BSD 10.2816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 324.4128.8832.4634.2725.5225.5024.5117.31-lreadline -lcurses1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileCentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.2400800120016002000SE +/- 13.55, N = 3SE +/- 40.96, N = 6SE +/- 10.10, N = 5SE +/- 6.61, N = 3SE +/- 12.63, N = 6SE +/- 30.55, N = 6SE +/- 13.37, N = 3SE +/- 18.87, N = 6SE +/- 18.40, N = 6SE +/- 2.96, N = 6SE +/- 21.75, N = 3717.951680.01708.12872.23696.87873.62856.51394.86810.78108.991297.70

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateCentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.2100200300400500SE +/- 8.09, N = 3SE +/- 15.72, N = 3SE +/- 14.17, N = 3SE +/- 19.60, N = 3SE +/- 13.39, N = 3SE +/- 17.27, N = 3SE +/- 15.62, N = 3SE +/- 17.42, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 3199.34400.64375.68466.25268.79281.99271.84369.24408.8351.32208.07

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceAntergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.216003200480064008000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 99.33, N = 3SE +/- 125.02, N = 3SE +/- 48.33, N = 3SE +/- 74.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 48.33, N = 3SE +/- 51.00, N = 3SE +/- 56.00, N = 3SE +/- 62.67, N = 3SE +/- 76.08, N = 5SE +/- 21.07, N = 3SE +/- 153.33, N = 371426151735660007426641060006199652268811059128076591. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverAntergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1PC-BSD 10.2400800120016002000SE +/- 3.87, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 2.53, N = 3SE +/- 15.71, N = 3SE +/- 2.01, N = 3SE +/- 49.86, N = 6SE +/- 25.71, N = 3SE +/- 3.66, N = 3SE +/- 34.02, N = 3SE +/- 4.58, N = 3SE +/- 3.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.95, N = 31956.741755.581862.601777.691981.261807.151699.791971.301726.651957.411894.991804.15-g2 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi1. (CC) gcc options: -O3

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACAntergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1PC-BSD 10.2246810SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 5SE +/- 0.08, N = 10SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.09, N = 9SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 56.027.326.665.916.147.425.967.266.066.268.00-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Antergos 2015.12CentOS 7 1511Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.248121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.08, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.10, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.08, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 511.5812.9812.6912.5311.9011.8012.6311.8112.7911.7314.0211.91-ffast-math -funroll-loops -lncurses-fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math-g2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi -lncurses-fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math-ffast-math -funroll-loops-ffast-math -funroll-loops-fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math-fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math-ffast-math -funroll-loops1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pipe -lm

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionAntergos 2015.12Clear Linux 5700Debian Linux 8.2Debian TestingFedora 23OpenSUSE Linux 42.1OpenSUSE TumbleweedUbuntu 14.04.3 LTSUbuntu 15.10DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1OpenBSD 5.8PC-BSD 10.220406080100SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 1.63, N = 6SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 374.7077.3293.4283.1886.1171.7373.9473.5773.2886.7386.2175.70

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