Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux vs. BSDing On Broadwell-EP Tests for a future article. Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Clear Linux 10040: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 10040, Kernel: 4.7.1-257.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 12.0.0, Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 TrueOS 20160831: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + Corsair Voyager 3.0 000A, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0fb0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 262564), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 34.69 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 33.53 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 113.50 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 107.47 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 60.88 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 62.43 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 51.73 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 52.40 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 404.21 |======================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 850.50 |================================================= TrueOS 20160831 .... 866.61 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 216.79 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 282.81 |================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 96.55 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2103.52 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 2112.53 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 98.32 |======================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 212.78 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 4695.21 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 4706.96 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 11991.45 |============================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 12541.37 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1708.62 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 1697.29 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 47.99 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6.54740 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6.57820 |================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 17.70 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 15.85 |============================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 19.70 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 18.97 |================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 96.18 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 88.05 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 312.46 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 320.09 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 70.64 |===================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 53.98 |============================ TrueOS 20160831 .... 98.28 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 32.90 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 33.18 |=================================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 5.84 |==================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 1.06 |========= TrueOS 20160831 .... 0.62 |====== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 48.19 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 43.45 |============================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2659.00 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 2711.83 |================================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 1D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 10179.28 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 10184.00 |================================================ TrueOS 20160831 .... 9035.20 |=========================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 7104.06 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 7309.88 |================================================= TrueOS 20160831 .... 7315.44 |================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 18.53 |=================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 13.16 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6.06 |==================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 5.97 |=================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 25.27 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 15.75 |================================ Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6821.30 |============================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 6944.93 |============================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 7324.50 |================================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 206.87 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 203.87 |================================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 37.43 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 37.94 |=================================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2558.93 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 2556.09 |================================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 97.72 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 99.62 |=================================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 50.23 |============================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 56.99 |=================================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 38.70 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 40.90 |=================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 677.81 |=============================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 762.99 |=================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 1057.87 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 228.96 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 229.15 |================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 191.81 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1044.23 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 1373.00 |============================================ TrueOS 20160831 .... 1514.19 |================================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 581234 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 594279 |================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 164.90 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 149.24 |============================================= TrueOS 20160831 .... 133.71 |========================================= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 145.10 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 144.83 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 74 |===================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 76 |====================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 45 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 94 |==================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 97 |====================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 82 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 102 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 105 |===================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 97 |================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 997.67 |============================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 1082.88 |================================================= TrueOS 20160831 .... 679.05 |=============================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2 Records/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 155575 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 152047 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 126.33 |============================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 143.03 |================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 33.79 |===================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 46.31 |=================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 30.40 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 25.32 |================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 25.41 |================================ TrueOS 20160831 .... 40.10 |=================================================== Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 93.01 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 92.09 |================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 92.38 |=================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 113 |===================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 31 |=============== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 7242 |==================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 7055 |=================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 553.57 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 577.86 |================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 514.54 |============================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 147.91 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 146.42 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 13.12 |=========================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 12.87 |========================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 15.59 |=================================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 56.89 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 55.60 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 572.17 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 573.10 |================================================== TrueOS 20160831 .... 568.93 |================================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 826190 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 123215 |======= Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1601480 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 614057 |=================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1981.97 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 1616.27 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 421.05 |=========================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 489.77 |================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1233116.75 |========================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 1345363.09 |============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 903203.65 |============================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 935278.14 |=============================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 177722134.80 |============================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 165809250.09 |========================================= TrueOS 20160831 .... 141912396.10 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 30252.27 |================================================ Clear Linux 10040 .. 24330.69 |=======================================