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.
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FreeBSD/PC-BSD vs. OpenBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Linux Benchmarks Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores) Gigabyte H81M-S1 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 LLVMpipe Realtek ALC887-VD Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 15.10 4.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity X Server 1.17.2 modesetting 1.17.2 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 1024x768 Fedora 23 4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.18.3 modesetting 1.18.0 2.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.3.1 20151207 DELL P2415Q CentOS Linux 7 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.14.4 X Server 1.17.2 modesetting 1.17.2 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8.5 20150623 xfs 1600x1200 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 Intel 8 /C220 Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-43-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.6 X Server 1.17.1 modesetting 1.17.1 GCC 4.8.4 ext4 1024x768 LLVMpipe Realtek ALC887-VD openSUSE 20160108 4.3.3-5-default (x86_64) KDE Frameworks 5 X Server 1.18.0 modesetting 1.18.0 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4 xfs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 Intel 8 /C220 Clear Linux 5700 4.3.3-157 (x86_64) GCC 5.3.0 ext4 Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores) LLVMpipe Debian 8.2 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.14.4 X Server 1.16.4 modesetting 0.9.0 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.9.2 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 Realtek ALC887-VD Debian testing 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64) GCC 5.3.1 20160101 16384MB Antergos Linux 2015.12-ISO-Rolling 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.18.3 modesetting 1.18.0 GCC 5.3.0 1920x1440 AMD Radeon HD 4550 SUSE LINUX 42.1 4.1.13-5-default (x86_64) KDE Frameworks 5 modesetting 1.17.2 GCC 4.8.5 xfs 1024x768 Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores) SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0 DragonFly 4.4-RELEASE (x86_64) GCC 5.2.1 hammer ALASKA A M I Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB EMT01B6Q + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 512MB ATI RV730 HDA DELL P2415Q FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE-p10 (x86_64) KDE 4.14.3 X Server 1.14.7 vesa 2.3.3 Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032) zfs 1920x1080 Gigabyte H81M-S1 65GB OpenBSD 5.8 (x86_64) GCC 4.2.1 20070719 ffs OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - 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 -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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Disk Details - Ubuntu 15.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Fedora 23: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel - CentOS 7 1511: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel - Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - 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 - Antergos 2015.12: DEADLINE / data=ordered,discard,noatime,rw - OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw Processor Details - Ubuntu 15.10: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - Fedora 23: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CentOS 7 1511: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: 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 - Antergos 2015.12: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave System Details - Ubuntu 15.10: Python 2.7.10. - Fedora 23: Python 2.7.10. SELinux: Enabled. - CentOS 7 1511: Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled. - Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: Python 2.7.6. - OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: Python 2.7.10. - Clear Linux 5700: Python 2.7.10. - Debian Linux 8.2: Python 2.7.9. - Debian Testing: Python 2.7.11. - Antergos 2015.12: Python 3.5.1. - OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: Python 2.7.9. - PC-BSD 10.2: Python 2.7.10. - OpenBSD 5.8: Python 2.7.10.
FreeBSD/PC-BSD vs. OpenBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Linux Benchmarks compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-flac: WAV To FLAC himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Compile sqlite: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 73.28 11.73 6.06 1957.41 6881 408.83 810.78 24.41 86.11 11.80 6.14 1807.15 6410 268.79 696.87 25.50 12.98 7.32 1755.58 6151 199.34 717.95 32.46 73.57 12.79 7.26 1726.65 6522 369.24 394.86 24.51 73.94 11.81 5.96 1971.30 6199 271.84 856.51 77.32 12.69 1862.60 7356 400.64 1680.01 93.42 12.53 6.66 1777.69 6000 375.68 708.12 34.27 83.18 11.90 5.91 1981.26 7426 466.25 872.23 25.52 74.70 11.58 6.02 1956.74 7142 28.88 71.73 12.63 7.42 1699.79 6000 281.99 873.62 86.73 6.26 1894.99 1059 75.70 11.91 8.00 1804.15 7659 208.07 1297.70 17.31 86.21 14.02 1280 51.32 108.99 OpenBenchmarking.org
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 73.28 86.11 73.57 73.94 77.32 93.42 83.18 74.70 71.73 86.73 75.70 86.21
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.10, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 11.73 11.80 12.98 12.79 11.81 12.69 12.53 11.90 11.58 12.63 11.91 14.02 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -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 -lncurses -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pipe -lm
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 9 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 6.06 6.14 7.32 7.26 5.96 6.66 5.91 6.02 7.42 6.26 8.00 -logg 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 4.58, N = 3 SE +/- 49.86, N = 6 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 34.02, N = 3 SE +/- 3.66, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 15.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 SE +/- 3.87, N = 3 SE +/- 25.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 1957.41 1807.15 1755.58 1726.65 1971.30 1862.60 1777.69 1981.26 1956.74 1699.79 1894.99 1804.15 -g2 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 62.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 99.33, N = 3 SE +/- 56.00, N = 3 SE +/- 51.00, N = 3 SE +/- 125.02, N = 3 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 74.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 76.08, N = 5 SE +/- 153.33, N = 3 SE +/- 21.07, N = 3 6881 6410 6151 6522 6199 7356 6000 7426 7142 6000 1059 7659 1280 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 2.14, N = 3 SE +/- 13.39, N = 3 SE +/- 8.09, N = 3 SE +/- 17.42, N = 3 SE +/- 15.62, N = 3 SE +/- 15.72, N = 3 SE +/- 14.17, N = 3 SE +/- 19.60, N = 3 SE +/- 17.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 1.54, N = 3 408.83 268.79 199.34 369.24 271.84 400.64 375.68 466.25 281.99 208.07 51.32
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenBSD 5.8 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 18.40, N = 6 SE +/- 12.63, N = 6 SE +/- 13.55, N = 3 SE +/- 18.87, N = 6 SE +/- 13.37, N = 3 SE +/- 40.96, N = 6 SE +/- 10.10, N = 5 SE +/- 6.61, N = 3 SE +/- 30.55, N = 6 SE +/- 21.75, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 6 810.78 696.87 717.95 394.86 856.51 1680.01 708.12 872.23 873.62 1297.70 108.99
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 PC-BSD 10.2 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 24.63 25.50 32.46 24.51 34.27 25.52 28.88 17.31 -lreadline -lcurses 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread
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