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 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create encode-flac: WAV To FLAC himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression postmark: Disk Transaction Performance 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 5.8 810.78 408.83 6.06 1957.41 11.73 73.28 6881 24.41 696.87 268.79 6.14 1807.15 11.80 86.11 6410 25.50 717.95 199.34 7.32 1755.58 12.98 6151 32.46 394.86 369.24 7.26 1726.65 12.79 73.57 6522 24.51 856.51 271.84 5.96 1971.30 11.81 73.94 6199 1680.01 400.64 1862.60 12.69 77.32 7356 708.12 375.68 6.66 1777.69 12.53 93.42 6000 34.27 872.23 466.25 5.91 1981.26 11.90 83.18 7426 25.52 6.02 1956.74 11.58 74.70 7142 28.88 873.62 281.99 7.42 1699.79 12.63 71.73 6000 6.26 1894.99 86.73 1059 1297.70 208.07 8.00 1804.15 11.91 75.70 7659 17.31 108.99 51.32 14.02 86.21 1280 OpenBenchmarking.org
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 2.96, N = 6 SE +/- 21.75, N = 3 SE +/- 30.55, N = 6 SE +/- 6.61, N = 3 SE +/- 10.10, N = 5 SE +/- 40.96, N = 6 SE +/- 13.37, N = 3 SE +/- 18.87, N = 6 SE +/- 13.55, N = 3 SE +/- 12.63, N = 6 SE +/- 18.40, N = 6 108.99 1297.70 873.62 872.23 708.12 1680.01 856.51 394.86 717.95 696.87 810.78
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 17.27, N = 3 SE +/- 19.60, N = 3 SE +/- 14.17, N = 3 SE +/- 15.72, N = 3 SE +/- 15.62, N = 3 SE +/- 17.42, N = 3 SE +/- 8.09, N = 3 SE +/- 13.39, N = 3 SE +/- 2.14, N = 3 51.32 208.07 281.99 466.25 375.68 400.64 271.84 369.24 199.34 268.79 408.83
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC PC-BSD 10.2 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 9 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 8.00 6.26 7.42 6.02 5.91 6.66 5.96 7.26 7.32 6.14 6.06 -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 PC-BSD 10.2 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 SE +/- 3.23, N = 3 SE +/- 25.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.87, N = 3 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 SE +/- 15.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 3.66, N = 3 SE +/- 34.02, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 49.86, N = 6 SE +/- 4.58, N = 3 1804.15 1894.99 1699.79 1956.74 1981.26 1777.69 1862.60 1971.30 1726.65 1755.58 1807.15 1957.41 -g2 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.10, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 14.02 11.91 12.63 11.58 11.90 12.53 12.69 11.81 12.79 12.98 11.80 11.73 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ffast-math -funroll-loops -lncurses -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -g2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi -lncurses -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ffast-math -funroll-loops -ffast-math -funroll-loops 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pipe -lm
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 86.21 75.70 86.73 71.73 74.70 83.18 93.42 77.32 73.94 73.57 86.11 73.28
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Clear Linux 5700 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 21.07, N = 3 SE +/- 153.33, N = 3 SE +/- 76.08, N = 5 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 74.33, N = 3 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 125.02, N = 3 SE +/- 51.00, N = 3 SE +/- 56.00, N = 3 SE +/- 99.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 62.67, N = 3 1280 7659 1059 6000 7142 7426 6000 7356 6199 6522 6151 6410 6881 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory PC-BSD 10.2 Antergos 2015.12 Debian Testing Debian Linux 8.2 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 15.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 17.31 28.88 25.52 34.27 24.51 32.46 25.50 24.41 -lreadline -lcurses 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread
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