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 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better bcache . 13.55 |=============================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better bcache . 29327.14 |============================================================ 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 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache ............ 79.43 |============================================== without bcache .... 64.66 |===================================== bcache reattached . 90.72 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache ............ 65.79 |================================================= without bcache .... 51.12 |====================================== bcache reattached . 70.00 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache ............ 526.24 |======================================== without bcache .... 669.28 |=================================================== bcache reattached . 671.43 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 54.65 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 94.55 |=============================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 490.11 |============================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 534.30 |============================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 471.09 |============================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 498.53 |============================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 100.05 |============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better bcache . 104.16 |============================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 10461.36 |============================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache . 40.78 |=============================================================== 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 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