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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by trasz on Friday February 18, 2022 @02:13PM (#30389876)
Let me guess, the benchmarks you have in mind are Phoronix, right? :->
Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by na85 on Friday February 18, 2022 @02:29PM (#30390045)
No I think I saw them on openbenchmarking, why?
Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by trasz on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:40PM (#30390768)
Looking at openbenchmarking.org, it seems they are related to Phoronix?

As to why - essentially, Phoronix benchmarks are crap, for a number of reasons:

1. They don't provide things like standard deviation

2. They compile software in improper way

3. They don't even know what are they measuring in the first place

It's been pointed to them numerous times, and honestly, I think it's a waste of time.

Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by na85 on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:53PM (#30390948)
I dunno, sounds like sour grapes to me.

Those benchmarks are in agreement with my subjective experience of running (open)bsd on an allegedly well-suoported thinkpad: compared to debian, bsd was sluggish and lasted hours less on battery.

Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by trasz on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:18AM (#30395931)
No idea about OpenBSD (BSDs are completely separate operating systems), but I remember recent case where certain bad FreeBSD result was tracked down to PTS failing to correctly measure test time.

I hate to say this, but I suspect PTS is not actually a benchmark - it’s a publicity generation tool pretending to be a benchmark.

Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by 1500100900 on Friday February 18, 2022 @05:42PM (#30392144)
Performance is not the top priority for OpenBSD developers.