Linux 3.3 Kernel Performance of Btrfs vs. EXT4 Btrfs and EXT4 file-system testing from a Linux 3.3 kernel and 7 February 2012 snapshot of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Linux file-system benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Running two different Intel notebooks, one with HDD and one with SSD.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202074-BY-LINUXBTRF68&grs&sro .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM EXT4 Btrfs EXT4 Btrfs Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores) ASRock HM55-HT Intel Core DRAM 4096MB 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS Intel Core IGP VIA VT2020 Acer P243W Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless Ubuntu 12.04 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.2.0 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1200 btrfs Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz) Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4 ext4 1600x900 btrfs OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Core i3 330M: Btrfs, Core i7 720QM: EXT4, Core i7 720QM: Btrfs: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.
fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performance compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance nginx: Static Web Page Serving compilebench: Read Compiled Tree fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size postmark: Disk Transaction Performance Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM EXT4 Btrfs EXT4 Btrfs 18.63 69.94 47.83 53.62 94.03 70.79 15246.46 63.58 31.53 13.42 1547 13.87 61.14 57.69 47.87 86.33 63.14 14070.10 47.20 20.40 14.00 1051 77.77 254.32 105.98 94.24 151.10 103.94 15844.39 129.84 97 79.27 2629 64.47 221.29 106.74 59.14 154.60 106.74 15134.65 325.32 93.83 65.00 1828 OpenBenchmarking.org
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 13.87 18.63 64.47 77.77
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Btrfs EXT4 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 61.14 69.94 221.29 254.32
Compile Bench Test: Compile Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 57.69 47.83 106.74 105.98
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 1.42, N = 6 47.87 53.62 59.14 94.24
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Btrfs EXT4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 86.33 94.03 154.60 151.10
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 63.14 70.79 106.74 103.94
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Btrfs EXT4 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 27.54, N = 3 SE +/- 49.86, N = 3 SE +/- 102.89, N = 3 SE +/- 81.33, N = 3 14070.10 15246.46 15134.65 15844.39
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree Btrfs EXT4 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 7.38, N = 3 SE +/- 7.07, N = 6 SE +/- 16.89, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 47.20 63.58 325.32 129.84
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 6 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 20.40 31.53 93.83 97.00
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Btrfs EXT4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 6 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 14.00 13.42 65.00 79.27
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Core i3 330M Core i7 720QM OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Btrfs EXT4 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 12.25, N = 10 SE +/- 44.35, N = 10 SE +/- 28.20, N = 10 SE +/- 81.35, N = 10 1051 1547 1828 2629
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