Through put test results

[markvr]

If anyone is interested in getting a general idea of pfSense performance, these are the results of my tests using iperf between two gigabit equipped desktops and the following pfsense system.

Hardware:
pfSense 1.2RC2
Intel 915GHA motherboard.
P4 630 (I think)
Intel Pro1000PT dual port PCIe NICs
512Mb RAM

Direct (crossover cable, no pfsense)
TCP Window Size:
8K 40K 100K 500K 1M 2M 10M
Throughput (in MBytes/sec)
38.5 98.3 104 104 108 107 106

With unmanaged netgear Gigabit switch:
100K 1M
102M 101M

pfSense Bridge (but filtering disabled)
8K 40K 100K 500K
22.5 62 85.7 86

Filtering Bridge (with one "allow all rule")
8K 40K 100K 500K 1M
22.7 66.2 83.4 80.5 80.5

Filtering Bridge (with 100 rules block rules, and a pass rule at the bottom)
8K 40K 100K 500K 1M
20.7 55.9 70.2 62.2 65.0