Re: Benchmarks: FreeBSD 13 vs. NetBSD 9.2 vs. OpenBSD 7 vs. DragonFlyBSD 6 vs. Linux

On 11/12/2021 11:17, dmilith . wrote:
> 1. Where are compiler options for BSDs?
> 2. Why they compare -O2 to -O3 code in some benchmarks? Why they enable
> fast math in some, and disable it for others?
> 3. Why they don't mention powerd setup for FreeBSD? By default it may use
> slowest CPU mode. Did they even load cpufreq kernel module?
> 4. Did they even care about default FreeBSD mitigations (via sysctl)
> enabled, or it's only valid for Linuxes? ;)
> 5. What happened to security and environment details of BSDs?
> 
> It's kinda known that guys from Phroenix lack basic knowledge of how to do
> proper performance testing and lack basic knowledge about BSD systems.
> Nothing new. Would take these results with a grain of salt.

It is very simple - they are comparing OSes with setting they are 
shipped. Average users don't know about tuning so the benchmark is 
reflecting what many average users get.
And to be honest - I don't think FreeBSD will win even with everything 
best tuned.

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman