AMD AES-NI Performance
AMD AES-NI benchmarking under Linux by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


eCryptfs: Stock: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (540/702MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

eCryptfs: AES-NI: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (540/702MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 20963.03 |==================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 20730.95 |=================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 1572.31 |===================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 1444.87 |===============================================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 19.03 |====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 19.44 |=====================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 635 |=======================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 520 |=============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 47.27 |=====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 39.03 |============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 108.20 |====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 82.92  |========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 63.43 |=====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 56.57 |===============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 45.10 |=====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 40.83 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock .. 153.77 |====================================================
eCryptfs: AES-NI . 151.47 |===================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock . 256.73 |=====================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock . 22.82 |======================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock . 65.25 |======================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
eCryptfs: Stock . 149.50 |=====================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 29.2  MAX: 36.7 


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 14.3  MAX: 35.9 


SQLite 3.7.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 3.5  MAX: 8.1 


PostMark 1.51
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.3  AVG: 13.0  MAX: 25.1 


FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 5.5  MAX: 8.8 


FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 10.5  MAX: 34.0 


FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 4.5  AVG: 11.7  MAX: 31.0 


FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 6.4   MAX: 14.7 


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
eCryptfs: AES-NI . MIN: 0.0  AVG: 13.8  MAX: 33.8