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 OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.68GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X58, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST32000542AS + 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS + 90GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB (625/1701MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.29, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.29, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |========= OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 5314.15 |==================================== 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 |= OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 127.36 |==== 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 |==== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 4416 |======================================= 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 |================== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 248.55 |===================================== 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 |= OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 9282.83 |==================================== 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 |================================== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 105.59 |================== 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 |=============== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 531.78 |===================================== 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 |============== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 97.89 |====================================== 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 | OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 11373.84 |=================================== 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 |========================== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 142.43 |===================================== 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 |== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 1934.20 |==================================== 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 |=== OCZ Vertex 2: EXT4 noop noatime . 1235.61 |====================================