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Benchmark Matrix
This page represents the set of benchmarks people have run or are running on FreeBSD in order to try and track the performance of the system. Please follow the table here exactly.
While you're working on benchmarks please be sure to follow the guidelines given, originally, in Poul-Henning Kamp's email which is kept under BenchmarkAdvice.
Please keep the ExampleBenchmark at the top of the table.
| Benchmark Name | URL of Script or Test | Benchmarker | OS Version | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExampleBenchmark | !http://www.example.lala | GeorgeNevilleNeil | 7.0 | Example |
| DNS test (bind) | [http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-performance/2006-October/002267.html list posting] | Dave | 4.11, 6.1, -stable, -current | Equal or faster than Ubuntu 6.06 |
| MySQL+RT benchmark | [http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-performance/2006-October/002251.html list posting] | Mike Tancsa | 6.2-PRERELEASE | Speed almost equivalent to Linux 2.6.18.1 |
| Gigabit network+firewall | [http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2006-October/012195.html list posting] | Kirill Ponazdyr | 6.1-RELEASE | Gigabit speeds with various options |