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 Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Display Server OpenGL Antergos 2015.12 CentOS 7 1511 Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Fedora 23 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 15.10 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores) Gigabyte H81M-S1 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 Realtek ALC887-VD Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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 ext4 1920x1440 LLVMpipe 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 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 1024x768 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 LLVMpipe 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 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 LLVMpipe openSUSE 20160108 4.3.3-5-default (x86_64) X Server 1.18.0 modesetting 1.18.0 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4 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 LLVMpipe Realtek ALC887-VD 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 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 65GB OpenBSD 5.8 (x86_64) GCC 4.2.1 20070719 ffs 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 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler 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 -v Disk 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,rw Processor 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 powersave System 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 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 Antergos 2015.12 CentOS 7 1511 Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Debian Testing Fedora 23 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 15.10 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 OpenBSD 5.8 PC-BSD 10.2 6.02 1956.74 11.58 74.70 7142 28.88 717.95 199.34 7.32 1755.58 12.98 6151 32.46 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 25.52 696.87 268.79 6.14 1807.15 11.80 86.11 6410 25.50 873.62 281.99 7.42 1699.79 12.63 71.73 6000 856.51 271.84 5.96 1971.30 11.81 73.94 6199 394.86 369.24 7.26 1726.65 12.79 73.57 6522 24.51 810.78 408.83 6.06 1957.41 11.73 73.28 6881 24.63 6.26 1894.99 86.73 1059 108.99 51.32 14.02 86.21 1280 1297.70 208.07 8.00 1804.15 11.91 75.70 7659 17.31 OpenBenchmarking.org
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Clear Linux 5700 PC-BSD 10.2 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Debian Testing OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 15.10 CentOS 7 1511 Debian Linux 8.2 Fedora 23 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenBSD 5.8 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 40.96, N = 6 SE +/- 21.75, N = 3 SE +/- 30.55, N = 6 SE +/- 6.61, N = 3 SE +/- 13.37, N = 3 SE +/- 18.40, N = 6 SE +/- 13.55, N = 3 SE +/- 10.10, N = 5 SE +/- 12.63, N = 6 SE +/- 18.87, N = 6 SE +/- 2.96, N = 6 1680.01 1297.70 873.62 872.23 856.51 810.78 717.95 708.12 696.87 394.86 108.99
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Debian Testing Ubuntu 15.10 Clear Linux 5700 Debian Linux 8.2 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Fedora 23 PC-BSD 10.2 CentOS 7 1511 OpenBSD 5.8 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 19.60, N = 3 SE +/- 2.14, N = 3 SE +/- 15.72, N = 3 SE +/- 14.17, N = 3 SE +/- 17.42, N = 3 SE +/- 17.27, N = 3 SE +/- 15.62, N = 3 SE +/- 13.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 8.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.54, N = 3 466.25 408.83 400.64 375.68 369.24 281.99 271.84 268.79 208.07 199.34 51.32
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Debian Testing OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Antergos 2015.12 Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 Debian Linux 8.2 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 PC-BSD 10.2 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 10 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 9 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 5.91 5.96 6.02 6.06 6.14 6.26 6.66 7.26 7.32 7.42 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 Debian Testing OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Ubuntu 15.10 Antergos 2015.12 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 Clear Linux 5700 Fedora 23 PC-BSD 10.2 Debian Linux 8.2 CentOS 7 1511 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 SE +/- 3.66, N = 3 SE +/- 4.58, N = 3 SE +/- 3.87, N = 3 SE +/- 3.23, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 49.86, N = 6 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 SE +/- 15.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 34.02, N = 3 SE +/- 25.71, N = 3 1981.26 1971.30 1957.41 1956.74 1894.99 1862.60 1807.15 1804.15 1777.69 1755.58 1726.65 1699.79 -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 Antergos 2015.12 Ubuntu 15.10 Fedora 23 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Debian Testing PC-BSD 10.2 Debian Linux 8.2 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Clear Linux 5700 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS CentOS 7 1511 OpenBSD 5.8 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.10, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 11.58 11.73 11.80 11.81 11.90 11.91 12.53 12.63 12.69 12.79 12.98 14.02 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -lncurses -ffast-math -funroll-loops -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 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pipe -lm
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Antergos 2015.12 PC-BSD 10.2 Clear Linux 5700 Debian Testing Fedora 23 OpenBSD 5.8 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 Debian Linux 8.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 71.73 73.28 73.57 73.94 74.70 75.70 77.32 83.18 86.11 86.21 86.73 93.42
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance PC-BSD 10.2 Debian Testing Clear Linux 5700 Antergos 2015.12 Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Fedora 23 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed CentOS 7 1511 OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 Debian Linux 8.2 OpenBSD 5.8 DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 153.33, N = 3 SE +/- 74.33, N = 3 SE +/- 125.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 62.67, N = 3 SE +/- 56.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 51.00, N = 3 SE +/- 99.33, N = 3 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 48.33, N = 3 SE +/- 21.07, N = 3 SE +/- 76.08, N = 5 7659 7426 7356 7142 6881 6522 6410 6199 6151 6000 6000 1280 1059 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 Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Fedora 23 Debian Testing Antergos 2015.12 CentOS 7 1511 Debian Linux 8.2 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 17.31 24.41 24.51 25.50 25.52 28.88 32.46 34.27 -lreadline -lcurses 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread
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