DragonFlyBSD 5.2, TrueOS 18.03, FreeBSD 11.1, Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 & Clear Linux Tests
The Linux distributions were leading in a number of the other benchmarks too.
In total, 88 different benchmarks were run on these BSD and Linux operating systems. In the end, when counting outright wins/losses, Intel's Clear Linux distribution on this Xeon Skylake system was the fastest 55% of the time, Ubuntu 18.04 was in second with wins 12% of the time, and then FreeBSD 11.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS tied in third at 9% each. When it came to losses, DragonFlyBSD 5.2 was the slowest 42% of the time.
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