DragonFly 4.6/4.8 vs. Linux
BSD and Linux March 2017 tests. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0 + Corsair Voyager 3.0 000A + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + 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

DragonFlyBSD 4.8: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0 + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + 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: 4.8-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.1, File-System: hammer

Clear Linux 14200: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 16128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux 14200, Kernel: 4.10.5-316.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.0-devel, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.4, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

TrueOS 20160322: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB EMT01B6Q + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + 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

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.9.4 + Clang 3.9.1, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 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: 4.8.0-44-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Scientific Linux 7.3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Scientific Linux 7.3, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.6.1.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: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Antergos 17.3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Antergos Linux 17.3-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.10.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

FreeBSD 11.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB EMT01B6Q + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ12.3 + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0fb0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.0-RELEASE-p1 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 262564), File-System: zfs


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 10.40 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 10.24 |=============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 8.40  |=====================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 11.15 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 8.63  |======================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 8.75  |======================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 8.41  |=====================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 10.88 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 1231 |========
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 1231 |========
Clear Linux 14200 .... 7142 |===============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 3334 |======================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 6578 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 4286 |============================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 6819 |=============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 7575 |==================================================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048
Mflops > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 14340 |=================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 14103 |================================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 13189 |=============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 12571 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 13334 |==============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 13313 |=============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 13387 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 12681 |===========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 3.30 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 3.77 |==================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 3.65 |================================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 3.63 |================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 6039 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 5521 |=========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 6690 |==================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 10417726 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 11365550 |==============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 11423590 |==============================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 2076957 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 2246470 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 2249412 |===============================================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 12907.87 |============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 13117.47 |=============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 13402.57 |==============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 12642.77 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 13002.43 |============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 12287.07 |==========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 13535.63 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 12910.13 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 1447.57 |=================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 1463.69 |=================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 1242.58 |============================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 2061.60 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 1495.37 |==================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 1460.36 |=================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 1583.85 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 2027.17 |==============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 10164 |=================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 10126 |=================================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 9441  |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 10028 |================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 10196 |=================================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 10226 |=================================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 249.71 |=========================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 277.20 |==============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 255.81 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 289.43 |================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 266.55 |============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 286.04 |===============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 167 |==========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 166 |=========================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 205 |===================================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 172 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 177 |============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 166 |=========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 186 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 103 |==========================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 203 |===============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 201 |==============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 222 |===================================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 193 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 196 |=============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 193 |============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 200 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 134 |===============================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 2066.34 |=============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 2109.74 |==============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 2177.25 |===============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 1249.31 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 2009.28 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 1939.74 |==========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 2129.71 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 1212.43 |==========================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 25.56 |============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 9.44  |================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 28.21 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 24.84 |===========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 8.66  |===============
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 18.72 |=================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 22.62 |================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 21.08 |=============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 23.00 |=================================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 16.69 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 17.88 |======================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 18.77 |========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 20.34 |===========================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 10.80 |=======================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 15.48 |=====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 15.61 |=====================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 15.95 |======================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 20.58 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 15.57 |=====================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 15.63 |=====================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 15.57 |=====================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 20.46 |=================================================


Primesieve 5.4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 55.64  |=======
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 55.75  |=======
Clear Linux 14200 .... 54.07  |=======
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 57.64  |========
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 53.99  |=======
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 53.68  |=======
Antergos 17.3 ........ 53.76  |=======
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 364.73 |================================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 278.76 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 277.88 |==============================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 269.36 |============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 283.43 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 264.58 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 274.20 |=============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 259.26 |===========================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 292.00 |================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 6.22 |====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 6.24 |====================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 6.12 |===================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 6.63 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 6.55 |======================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 7.75 |=============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 6.21 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 8.65 |==================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 10.64 |======================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 13.40 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 11.64 |=========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 13.09 |==============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 10.33 |=====================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 13.82 |=================================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 65.53 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 65.31 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 64.52 |================================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 64.15 |================================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 89.12 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 86.53 |================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 83.87 |==============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 86.24 |===============================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 139.03 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 142.87 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 144.44 |================================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 136.74 |=============================================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ... 25.59 |=================================================
Clear Linux 14200 .. 26.42 |===================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS . 25.63 |=================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 990.57 |================================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 928.83 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 983.80 |================================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 987.53 |================================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 985.37 |================================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .. 151.85 |=================================================
TrueOS 20160322 .... 131.43 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS . 136.98 |============================================
Antergos 17.3 ...... 155.17 |==================================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ....... 132.36 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 2889.07 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 3303.42 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 3128.49 |=============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 2867.91 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 8015.41 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 8034.63 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 7877.61 |==============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 7623.93 |=============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 3332.05 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 4274.40 |===============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 3651.00 |========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 3400.84 |=====================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 14200 .... 8755.63 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 8656.69 |==============================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 8550.40 |==============================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 8390.42 |=============================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 2095 |==================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 2080 |==================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 1435 |=============
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 5696 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 1596 |==============
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 1817 |================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 371281535.16 |=========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 371313428.63 |=========================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 374549203.06 |==========================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 285579833.61 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 376519692.28 |==========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 376500455.08 |==========================================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 370345441.71 |=========================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 284086762.91 |================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 ... 383251 |=====================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 ..... 386623 |=====================================
Clear Linux 14200 .... 467140 |=============================================
TrueOS 20160322 ...... 267453 |==========================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ... 436834 |==========================================
Scientific Linux 7.3 . 175060 |=================
Antergos 17.3 ........ 497954 |================================================
FreeBSD 11.0 ......... 305517 |=============================