Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux vs. FreeBSDs On Broadwell-EP
Tests for a future article of Linux and BSD operating systems.


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

DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Corsair Voyager 3.0 000A + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_I218_LM2 7.4.2

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

GhostBSD 10.3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, 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, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0fb0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.3-RELEASE (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.17.4, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

FreeBSD 11.0-RC2: 

	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: 11.0-RC2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 262564), File-System: zfs


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  |=====================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 1155.06 |=================================================


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  |=================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 108.63 |===================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 312.46 |======================================
Clear Linux 10040 .. 320.09 |=======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 411.78 |==================================================


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 |==================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 70.41 |====================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 99.48 |===================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 93.95 |================================================


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  |==========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 8666.90  |========================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 10193.00 |===============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 10341.00 |================================================


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 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 7077.54 |==============================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 7424.42 |=================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 7485.38 |=================================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 18.53 |===================================================
TrueOS 20160831 .... 13.16 |====================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 13.05 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 12.92 |====================================


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 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 7044.73 |============================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 7787.43 |=================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 7336.77 |==============================================


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 |===============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 723.16  |================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 1091.66 |=================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 1057.95 |===============================================


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 |=======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 246.12 |==================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 190.80 |=======================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 191.47 |=======================================


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 |=================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 1347.79 |============================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 1450.32 |===============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 1512.01 |=================================================


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 |=========================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 134.89 |=========================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 134.02 |=========================================


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 |================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 70 |==================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 45 |================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 46 |=================================


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 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 85 |===============================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 80 |=============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 84 |===============================================


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  |=================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 98  |=================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 94  |===============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 98  |=================================================


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  |===============================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 1024.36 |==============================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 1000.74 |=============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 679.08  |===============================


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 |=================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 44.97 |==================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 38.07 |==========================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 18.23 |====================


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 |===================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 25.53 |================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 30.21 |======================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 39.96 |===================================================


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 |=================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 96.71 |===================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 91.97 |=================================================


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 |=============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 551.42 |================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 513.85 |============================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 514.33 |=============================================


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 |===================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 13.07 |===========================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 15.48 |===================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 15.58 |===================================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 56.89  |=======
Clear Linux 10040 .. 55.60  |======
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 428.38 |==================================================


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 |==================================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 567.50 |==================================================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 571.70 |==================================================


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 |===================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.0 . 173364825.92 |===========================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 112506772.82 |============================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 141945116.57 |===================================


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 |=======================================
GhostBSD 10.3 ...... 19710.88 |===============================
FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 ... 20949.21 |=================================