FreeBSD vs. DragonFlyBSD vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu vs. Other Linux
Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


CentOS Linux 7: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Clear Linux 9710: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux 9710, Kernel: 4.7.0-252.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA PNY CS1211 120GB CS12 + SATA INTEL SSDSCKGW08 DC01, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_I218_V2 7.4.2

	OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 4.6-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1, File-System: hammer

Fedora 24: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.6.5-300.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160621 + Clang 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7885 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB SSD 754D117-483 CS121101 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + INTEL SSDSCKGW080A4 DC01 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0e0a) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.0-BETA4 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 262564), File-System: zfs

Manjaro 16.06.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.4.13-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160707, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE 20160805, Kernel: 4.7.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Ubuntu 16.04.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Ubuntu 16.10 20160805: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ........ 17508.20 |===================
Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28452.21 |===============================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 41012.30 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 35057.44 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 35810.18 |=======================================


BLAKE2 20130131
Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1
Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 4.72 |=============================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 5.68 |===================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 6.56 |========================================
Fedora 24 .................... 5.53 |==================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 6.86 |==========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 5.35 |=================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 5.61 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 4.26 |==========================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 5.82 |====================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 10.66 |================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 10.61 |===============================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 10.64 |================================
Fedora 24 .................... 10.59 |===============================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 13.81 |=========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 10.59 |===============================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 10.62 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 10.60 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 10.54 |===============================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 151.15 |=============
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 479.83 |========================================
Fedora 24 .................... 242.94 |====================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 177.15 |===============
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 217.36 |==================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 393.13 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 408.32 |==================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 24.29 |=========================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 22.94 |======================================
Fedora 24 .................... 23.47 |=======================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 23.29 |=======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 24.05 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 24.56 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 23.38 |=======================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 5438.83 |=======================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 5433.90 |=======================================
Fedora 24 .................... 5321.93 |======================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 5240.26 |======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 5207.28 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 5285.39 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 5315.11 |======================================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12319 |=========================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 10898 |====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 10317 |==================================
Fedora 24 .................... 11288 |======================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 11579 |=======================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 12295 |=========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 12099 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 12285 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 12316 |=========================================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12934.13 |======================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 12262.10 |====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 11864.07 |===================================
Fedora 24 .................... 12174.53 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 12012.30 |===================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 12900.93 |======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 12476.97 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 12908.43 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 12491.90 |=====================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 7.91 |======================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 6.33 |==============================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 7.06 |==================================
Fedora 24 .................... 6.60 |===============================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 8.83 |==========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 6.54 |===============================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 6.75 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 6.73 |================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 6.39 |==============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ........ 169 |==========================================
Clear Linux 9710 ...... 199 |==================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 148 |=====================================
Fedora 24 ............. 174 |============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 157 |=======================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 ....... 181 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 180 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 198 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ........ 185 |============================================
Clear Linux 9710 ...... 210 |==================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 .... 172 |=========================================
Fedora 24 ............. 184 |============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 .... 181 |===========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 ....... 191 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 190 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 209 |==================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 327792111.44 |==================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 319171256.56 |=================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 295050953.61 |===============================
Fedora 24 .................... 312672760.38 |================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 242065652.63 |=========================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 310800443.97 |================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 302678518.73 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 327434403.43 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 313139112.35 |================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1797.37 |======================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 1771.71 |=====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 1725.46 |====================================
Fedora 24 .................... 1845.26 |=======================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 1025.85 |=====================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 1868.39 |=======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 1861.93 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 1788.37 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 1846.71 |=======================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 269.93 |==================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 307.98 |=======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 317.30 |========================================
Fedora 24 .................... 297.27 |=====================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 300.55 |======================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 276.58 |===================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 286.90 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 277.72 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 290.22 |=====================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 5247 |=================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 6756 |==========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 1263 |========
Fedora 24 .................... 5952 |=====================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 6410 |========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 6357 |========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 4838 |==============================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 6303 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 6303 |=======================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 303.83 |========================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 92.06  |============
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 105.84 |==============
Fedora 24 .................... 92.76  |============
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 186.30 |=========================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 187.31 |=========================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 92.77  |============
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 92.43  |============


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 35.89 |==================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 28.49 |===========================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 37.70 |====================================
Fedora 24 .................... 27.43 |==========================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 42.77 |=========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 26.88 |==========================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 27.80 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 34.34 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 27.09 |==========================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 81.98  |========
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 51.11  |=====
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 25.41  |==
Fedora 24 .................... 56.49  |======
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 41.98  |====
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 95.55  |=========
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 408.57 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 54.41  |=====
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 54.02  |=====


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3559 |========================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 3544 |=======================================
Fedora 24 .................... 3703 |=========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 3581 |========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 3780 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 3661 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 3725 |=========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.32 |=======================================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 3.19 |======================================
Fedora 24 .................... 3.38 |========================================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 3.23 |======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 3.54 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 3.42 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 3.07 |====================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS Linux 7 ............... 16.57 |==============================
Clear Linux 9710 ............. 22.34 |=========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 ........... 19.90 |=====================================
Fedora 24 .................... 18.52 |==================================
FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 ........... 12.47 |=======================
Manjaro 16.06.1 .............. 18.34 |==================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20160805 . 18.22 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04.1 ............... 15.00 |============================
Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 ........ 17.61 |================================