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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 and sort so that newest=first.
| Benchmark Name | URL of Script or Test | Benchmarker | OS Version | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExampleBenchmark | !http://www.example.lala | GeorgeNevilleNeil | 7.0 | Example |
| Base-gcc vs ports-gcc vs clang | list posting | MartinMatuska | 8.2-RELEASE | Performance of compiled perl binary |
| Network routing and firewalls | http://www.tancsa.com/blast.html | Mike Tancsa | Multiple (including Linux) | RELENG_4 is still king of speed |
| DNS test (bind) | list posting | Dave | 4.11, 6.1, -stable, -current | Equal or faster than Ubuntu 6.06 |
| MySQL+RT benchmark | list posting | Mike Tancsa | 6.2-PRERELEASE | Speed almost equivalent to Linux 2.6.18.1 |
| Gigabit network+firewall | list posting | Kirill Ponazdyr | 6.1-RELEASE | Gigabit speeds with various options |
| 4.x vs 7.x: forwarding and nat | WrapTest | PaoloPisati | 4.11 & 12/2006 HEAD | Forwarding and nat tests |