Ubuntu 12.10 File-Systems EXT4 Btrfs
Ubuntu 12.10 file-system benchmarking of EXT4, Btrfs, and XFS. A future article will explore into more detail and on latest Linux 3.6 kernel from Phoronix.com.


EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Gen7 Mobile (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Gen7 Mobile (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Gen7 Mobile (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 13.57 |==========================================================
Btrfs . 14.98 |================================================================
XFS ... 14.63 |===============================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 29.00 |================================================================
Btrfs . 21.23 |===============================================
XFS ... 25.80 |=========================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 17.20 |================================================================
Btrfs . 14.73 |=======================================================
XFS ... 14.07 |====================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 197.67 |===============================================================
Btrfs . 146.52 |===============================================
XFS ... 195.14 |==============================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 84.04 |==========================================================
Btrfs . 81.55 |=========================================================
XFS ... 92.36 |================================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 55.92 |===================================================
Btrfs . 70.02 |================================================================
XFS ... 64.46 |===========================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 75.56 |======================================================
Btrfs . 84.35 |=============================================================
XFS ... 88.78 |================================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 49.80 |==============================================
Btrfs . 69.88 |================================================================
XFS ... 64.54 |===========================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 2.62  |=====
Btrfs . 34.35 |================================================================
XFS ... 1.56  |===


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 87.90 |================================================================
Btrfs . 81.59 |===========================================================
XFS ... 48.40 |===================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 18487.77 |=============================================================
Btrfs . 18409.98 |=============================================================
XFS ... 18289.15 |============================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 7.92 |======================================================
Btrfs . 8.87 |============================================================
XFS ... 9.57 |=================================================================