DragonFlyBSD 5.6 vs. FreeBSD 12 vs. Linux - Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X BSD and Linux benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article.


DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MS-7C34 1.0, Chipset: AMD [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: NVME-PCIe

	OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 5.6-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 8.3, File-System: hammer2

Ubuntu 19.04: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE (MS-7C34) v1.0 (1.40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB + 15GB Ultra USB 3.0, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X 4GB (1244/1750MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek Device 2600 + Realtek Device 3000 + Intel Device 2723

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.8 (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

openSUSE Tumbleweed: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE (MS-7C34) v1.0 (1.40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590 4GB (1244/1750MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek Device 2600 + Realtek Device 3000 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190909, Kernel: 5.2.11-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.16.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.5 (LLVM 8.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190820 [gcc-9-branch revision 274748], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

FreeBSD 12.0: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core @ 3.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7C34 1.0, Chipset: AMD [AMD], Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core @ 3.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7C34 1.0, Chipset: AMD [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 9.1.0 + Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


MBW 2018-09-08
Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 4096 MiB
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 8398.10  |====================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 19325.20 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 18921.41 |==============================================


MBW 2018-09-08
Test: Memory Copy, Fixed Block Size - Array Size: 4096 MiB
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 8564.54  |========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 9955.27  |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 10053.36 |===============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 58.04 |==================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 29.29 |=========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 28.97 |=========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 22.89 |==================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 21.69 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.88 |==================================================


FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 17860 |==========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 20463 |================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 21277 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 15484 |====================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 6434  |=======================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 5141  |==================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 4832  |=================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 14261 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 14097 |=================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 7017577 |================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 5946099 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 5470330 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 5725453 |=======================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 5972657 |=========================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 20079916872 |============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 13530548237 |==============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 18228069577 |========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 16589376005 |====================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 17191907770 |======================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 1392653 |======================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 1205924 |===================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 1168032 |===================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 2831819 |=============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 2993947 |================================================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: H2
msec < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 3441 |===================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 3102 |==============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 3070 |==============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 3154 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 3115 |==============================================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Jython
msec < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 4571 |===================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 4171 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 4113 |==============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 3989 |=============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 4046 |=============================================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Eclipse
msec < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 18688 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 15364 |=========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 16407 |============================================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Savina Reactors.IO
ms < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 13600.74 |============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 14444.45 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 14186.77 |==============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 12163.53 |========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 13227.94 |===========================================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree
ms < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 40129.46 |===============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 10480.82 |============
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 10102.01 |============
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 10957.88 |=============
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 11871.04 |==============


John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 13943 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 19269 |================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 13968 |===================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 20172 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 13959 |===================================


John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 878132 |==============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 900558 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 938974 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 709362 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 936780 |=================================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 400.89 |=====================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 520.88 |================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 530.34 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 58.71  |=====
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 57.67  |=====


x265 3.1.2
H.265 1080p Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 49.48 |============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 51.41 |==============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 52.51 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 55.89 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 53.04 |===============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Swirl
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 196 |========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 254 |====================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 253 |====================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 94  |===================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 251 |===========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 276 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 275 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 307 |====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 152 |=================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 160 |====================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 159 |====================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 37  |============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 181 |=================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 193 |====================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 193 |====================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 53  |==============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 246 |=============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 283 |====================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 281 |====================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 182 |=================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Noise-Gaussian
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 128 |====================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 183 |===================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 185 |====================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 48  |=============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 276 |===============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 303 |====================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 297 |===================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 211 |====================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 1347.18 |============
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 1333.38 |============
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 1330.10 |============
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 4817.84 |==========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 5449.72 |================================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 5722  |=====
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 56569 |==================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 54789 |================================================


Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 26672425 |==============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 25659116 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 26733363 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 26979400 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 26783147 |===============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 62.92 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 62.09 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 62.71 |===================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 88.80 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 65.23 |=====================================


Rust Mandelbrot
Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 41.24 |==================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 40.36 |=================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 40.65 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 40.98 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 41.27 |==================================================


Rust Prime Benchmark
Prime Number Test To 200,000,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 40.00 |==================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 39.68 |==================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 39.67 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 39.89 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 39.83 |==================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 7.80 |===========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 7.74 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 7.62 |==========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 9.36 |===================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 7.50 |=========================================


FFmpeg 4.0.2
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 6.60 |===============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 7.20 |===================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 6.98 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 4.94 |===================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 4.85 |==================================


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 0.6382 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 0.5564 |===========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 0.5664 |===========================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 211.24 |===============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 221.57 |=================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 219.69 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 213.53 |===============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 217.34 |================================================


GROMACS 2018.3
Water Benchmark
Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 0.21 |==============
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 0.74 |===================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 0.21 |==============
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 0.21 |==============


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 185746.21 |==========================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 203767.00 |==============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 202583.28 |==============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 127195.30 |=============================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 130814.57 |==============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 7886.99  |==========================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 14171.76 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 4578.80  |===============
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 5777.86  |===================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 5776.71  |===================


GNU Octave Benchmark 5.1.0

Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 17.82 |==================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 7.83  |======================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 7.77  |======================


Optcarrot
Optimized Benchmark
FPS > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 90.38  |==================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 102.36 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 129.18 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 109.72 |==========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 111.17 |==========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 1632 |=================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 928  |============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 1235 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 1688 |===================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 1688 |===================================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 571213 |============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 641843 |=================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 543699 |==========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 501476 |======================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 501701 |======================================


Git
Time To Complete Common Git Commands
Seconds < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 6.53 |===================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 4.69 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 4.79 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 5.72 |=============================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 5.49 |===========================================


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 83.52 |==================================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 10.92 |=======
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.43 |=============
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 29.26 |==================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 29.26 |==================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 3.23  |=============
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 12.08 |=================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 10.49 |===========================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 12.26 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 12.24 |==================================================


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 39.57 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 32.38 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 33.91 |==============================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 56.31 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 55.77 |==================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 26.07 |=============================================
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 20.31 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.50 |=======================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 29.15 |==================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 28.65 |=================================================


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 .. 17.19 |=============
Ubuntu 19.04 ........ 67.70 |==================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed . 66.84 |=================================================
FreeBSD 12.0 ........ 29.58 |======================
FreeBSD 12.0 - GCC9 . 30.14 |======================


GNU Octave Benchmark 4.4.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 19.04 . 12.95 |=========================================================