lt-mwegrzynek Intel Core i5-2400 testing with a ASRock Z68 Pro3-M and Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 without bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 bcache reattached: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 2012-05-13 17:51: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 2012-05-13 18:00: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 full without bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 13.55 |================================================== full without bcache . 13.61 |================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 29327.14 |=============================================== full without bcache . 29404.97 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 4743.14 |================================================ without bcache ...... 2349.30 |======================== bcache reattached ... 4711.18 |================================================ full without bcache . 2295.13 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 79.43 |============================================ without bcache ...... 64.66 |==================================== bcache reattached ... 90.72 |================================================== full without bcache . 67.11 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 65.79 |=============================================== without bcache ...... 51.12 |===================================== bcache reattached ... 70.00 |================================================== full without bcache . 50.29 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 526.24 |====================================== without bcache ...... 669.28 |================================================= bcache reattached ... 671.43 |================================================= full without bcache . 657.15 |================================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 54.65 |================================================== full without bcache . 54.53 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 94.55 |================================================== full without bcache . 69.12 |===================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 490.11 |================================================= full without bcache . 279.45 |============================ Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 534.30 |================================================= full without bcache . 221.18 |==================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 471.09 |================================================= full without bcache . 116.34 |============ Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 498.53 |================================================= full without bcache . 81.58 |======== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 100.05 |================================================= full without bcache . 49.67 |======================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 104.16 |================================================= full without bcache . 66.29 |=============================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 10461.36 |============================================= full without bcache . 10837.34 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 40.78 |================================================== full without bcache . 1.77 |== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 11.34 |================================================ 2012-05-13 17:51 .... 11.83 |================================================== 2012-05-13 18:00 .... 10.49 |============================================ full without bcache . 11.44 |================================================