Linux 2.6.38 HDD File-system benchmarks from the Linux 2.6.38 kernel of a Seagate SATA hard drive. Seagate HDD: EXT3: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: EXT4: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: Btrfs: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: XFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: JFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: jfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: ReiserFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate HDD: NILFS2: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: nilfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: EXT3: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: EXT4: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: Btrfs: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: XFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: JFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: jfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: ReiserFS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ SSD: NILFS2: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: nilfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 11.67 |==== Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 20.32 |======= Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 79.81 |========================== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 5.33 |== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 8.58 |=== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 18.70 |====== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 60.72 |==================== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 70.11 |======================= OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 72.09 |======================= OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 145.98 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 22.21 |======= OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 24.54 |======== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 53.36 |================= OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 112.10 |==================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 32.73 |======= Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 32.22 |======= Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 29.15 |====== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 21.64 |===== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 40.41 |========= Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 85.93 |=================== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 107.87 |======================== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 68.94 |=============== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 116.95 |========================== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 75.37 |================ OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 100.83 |====================== OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 214.82 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 198.44 |=========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 1.37 |= Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 1.46 |= Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 1.28 |= Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 1.44 |= Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 0.87 | Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 1.48 |= Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 1.47 |= OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 93.83 |======================================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 103.19 |============================================ OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 82.45 |=================================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 106.57 |============================================== OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 109.25 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 98.90 |=========================================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 102.19 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 25.89 |==== Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 103.39 |================= Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 64.40 |=========== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 20.75 |=== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 17.36 |=== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 36.89 |====== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 61.53 |========== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 113.82 |=================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 181.41 |============================== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 284.46 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 126.68 |===================== OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 129.45 |===================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 217.25 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.21 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 76.79 |================================================ Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 58.10 |==================================== Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 57.34 |==================================== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 64.77 |======================================== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 54.18 |================================== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 49.16 |=============================== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 64.57 |======================================== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 36.72 |======================= OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 34.83 |====================== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 47.29 |============================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 33.48 |===================== OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 49.18 |=============================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 38.22 |======================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 34.84 |====================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 40.00 |================= Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 16.30 |======= Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 15.20 |====== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 19.07 |======== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 47.47 |==================== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 43.07 |================== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 52.90 |======================= OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 73.60 |=============================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 49.33 |===================== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 46.40 |==================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 59.02 |========================= OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 110.37 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 79.57 |================================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 100.53 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 48.30 |============ Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 127.80 |=============================== Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 127.20 |=============================== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 56.70 |============== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 71.75 |================== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 89.70 |====================== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 62.60 |=============== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 142.07 |=================================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 182.07 |============================================= OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 191.40 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 128.73 |================================ OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 159.57 |======================================= OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 149.97 |===================================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 123.40 |============================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 60.33 |===================== Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 90.04 |=============================== Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 93.77 |================================ Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 80.45 |=========================== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 65.27 |====================== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 72.27 |========================= Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 58.86 |==================== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 122.20 |========================================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 137.53 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 128.03 |============================================ OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 132.32 |============================================= OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 86.64 |============================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 107.92 |===================================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 119.66 |========================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 74.03 |=============== Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 82.91 |================ Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 92.04 |================== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 76.79 |=============== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 61.15 |============ Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 85.69 |================= Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 76.65 |=============== OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 200.74 |======================================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 222.97 |============================================ OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 236.27 |=============================================== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 223.01 |============================================ OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 214.53 |=========================================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 196.22 |======================================= OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 197.88 |======================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 516 |============== Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 1785 |================================================ Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 1536 |========================================= Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 361 |========== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 480 |============= Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 425 |=========== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 349 |========= OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 796 |===================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 1785 |================================================ OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 1525 |========================================= OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 563 |=============== OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 1816 |================================================= OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 807 |====================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 466 |============= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 28.50 |= Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 842.52 |============================== Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 1297.94 |============================================== Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 1261.37 |============================================= Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 406.66 |============== Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 279.24 |========== Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 24.96 |= OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 67.21 |== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 295.47 |========== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 420.92 |=============== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 378.90 |============= OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 7.75 | OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 131.78 |===== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 19.43 |= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate HDD: EXT3 ..... 312.84 |========= Seagate HDD: EXT4 ..... 150.58 |==== Seagate HDD: Btrfs .... 27.42 |= Seagate HDD: XFS ...... 120.50 |=== Seagate HDD: JFS ...... 974.29 |============================ Seagate HDD: ReiserFS . 1148.03 |================================= Seagate HDD: NILFS2 ... 1129.53 |================================= OCZ SSD: EXT3 ......... 926.22 |=========================== OCZ SSD: EXT4 ......... 367.52 |=========== OCZ SSD: Btrfs ........ 96.13 |=== OCZ SSD: XFS .......... 323.23 |========= OCZ SSD: JFS .......... 1585.37 |============================================== OCZ SSD: ReiserFS ..... 1465.66 |=========================================== OCZ SSD: NILFS2 ....... 1299.74 |======================================