Reiser4 File-System Linux Benchmarks

Benchmarks of the Reiser4 file-system on the Linux 3.5.3 kernel with Reiser4 patch while running on Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 Linux. Reiser4 file-system performance compared to EXT4, Btrfs, XFS, and ReiserFS file-systems. Benchmarked Reiser4 for future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel

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Reiser4 File-System Linux BenchmarksOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz M471B5673FH0-CF8160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Ubuntu 12.103.5.3-reiser4 (x86_64)Unity 6.8.0X Server 1.13.0nouveau 1.0.23.0 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7ext4btrfsxfsreiserfsReiser41600x900ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemsScreen ResolutionReiser4 File-System Linux Benchmarks PerformanceSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,noquota,relatime,rw- ReiserFS: DEADLINE / relatime,rw- Reiser4: DEADLINE / atom_max_age=0x249f0,atom_max_flushers=0x1,atom_max_size=0x3ab85,atom_min_size=0x100,cbk_cache_slots=0x10,relatime,rw - Scaling Governor: ondemand- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3. Compiz was running on this system.

EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser4Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteFlexible IO TesterThreaded I/O TesterDbenchCompile BenchFS-MarkUnpacking The Linux KernelIOzone

Reiser4 File-System Linux Benchmarksfio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Patternfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 8tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8compilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createunpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2postmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser4102.8481.1397.0779.60244.75233.65235.45101.38101.41234.95101.8299.1098.7492.8694.79104.6995.5315.33590.2371.0095.0770.63159.13205.37212.46101.72101.70212.00101.9882.2090.0775.7083.44103.8964.9916.221584216.8984.8394.5382.93184.04221.52218.39103.86103.92212.61103.8189.3898.3494.0588.62101.0985.0114.97144.8063.7779.3364.77111.24210.20209.29100.97100.94208.79101.0696.2692.4794.6494.17104.6469.4315.56137482.7277.3384.6774.60110.41235.86239.57100.2299.32235.98100.3438.7833.6034.3432.14101.87106.5015.511544OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser4130260390520650SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 6.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3102.84590.23216.89144.8082.72
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser4100200300400500Min: 102.65 / Avg: 102.84 / Max: 102.98Min: 576.97 / Avg: 590.23 / Max: 599.58Min: 215.68 / Avg: 216.89 / Max: 218.1Min: 144.28 / Avg: 144.8 / Max: 145.75Min: 82.04 / Avg: 82.72 / Max: 83.12

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 381.1371.0084.8363.7777.331. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser41632486480Min: 80.1 / Avg: 81.13 / Max: 83Min: 69.1 / Avg: 71 / Max: 72.6Min: 83.1 / Avg: 84.83 / Max: 85.7Min: 62.3 / Avg: 63.77 / Max: 65.2Min: 75.3 / Avg: 77.33 / Max: 79.91. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 397.0795.0794.5379.3384.671. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 94.4 / Avg: 97.07 / Max: 98.4Min: 94.9 / Avg: 95.07 / Max: 95.4Min: 94 / Avg: 94.53 / Max: 95.6Min: 79.2 / Avg: 79.33 / Max: 79.6Min: 84.1 / Avg: 84.67 / Max: 85.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 379.6070.6382.9364.7774.601. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser41632486480Min: 79.3 / Avg: 79.6 / Max: 79.9Min: 70.3 / Avg: 70.63 / Max: 70.9Min: 81.7 / Avg: 82.93 / Max: 84.2Min: 63.7 / Avg: 64.77 / Max: 65.8Min: 74.4 / Avg: 74.6 / Max: 74.91. (CC) gcc options: -static

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser450100150200250SE +/- 3.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3244.75159.13184.04111.24110.411. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser44080120160200Min: 238.03 / Avg: 244.75 / Max: 248.36Min: 158.49 / Avg: 159.13 / Max: 160.19Min: 181.69 / Avg: 184.04 / Max: 185.33Min: 111.04 / Avg: 111.24 / Max: 111.42Min: 109.87 / Avg: 110.41 / Max: 111.181. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser450100150200250SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 1.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 3.68, N = 4233.65205.37221.52210.20235.861. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser44080120160200Min: 232.71 / Avg: 233.65 / Max: 234.98Min: 204.09 / Avg: 205.37 / Max: 207.23Min: 219.64 / Avg: 221.52 / Max: 225.28Min: 209.15 / Avg: 210.2 / Max: 211Min: 224.84 / Avg: 235.86 / Max: 239.921. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser450100150200250SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3235.45212.46218.39209.29239.571. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser44080120160200Min: 234.25 / Avg: 235.45 / Max: 236.09Min: 210.78 / Avg: 212.46 / Max: 215.33Min: 217.42 / Avg: 218.39 / Max: 219.18Min: 208.18 / Avg: 209.29 / Max: 211.49Min: 239.17 / Avg: 239.57 / Max: 239.941. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3101.38101.72103.86100.97100.221. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 101.19 / Avg: 101.38 / Max: 101.62Min: 101.59 / Avg: 101.72 / Max: 101.93Min: 103.71 / Avg: 103.86 / Max: 104Min: 100.93 / Avg: 100.97 / Max: 101.02Min: 99.84 / Avg: 100.22 / Max: 100.521. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3101.41101.70103.92100.9499.321. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 100.97 / Avg: 101.41 / Max: 101.75Min: 100.81 / Avg: 101.7 / Max: 102.16Min: 103.48 / Avg: 103.92 / Max: 104.62Min: 100.71 / Avg: 100.94 / Max: 101.24Min: 99.11 / Avg: 99.32 / Max: 99.51. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser450100150200250SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 5.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3234.95212.00212.61208.79235.981. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser44080120160200Min: 233.83 / Avg: 234.95 / Max: 236.39Min: 211.31 / Avg: 212 / Max: 212.46Min: 183.84 / Avg: 212.61 / Max: 222.81Min: 208.33 / Avg: 208.79 / Max: 209.68Min: 233.48 / Avg: 235.98 / Max: 237.31. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3101.82101.98103.81101.06100.341. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 101.75 / Avg: 101.82 / Max: 101.93Min: 101.9 / Avg: 101.98 / Max: 102.05Min: 103.32 / Avg: 103.81 / Max: 104.37Min: 100.96 / Avg: 101.06 / Max: 101.16Min: 100.13 / Avg: 100.34 / Max: 100.741. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.99, N = 4SE +/- 1.12, N = 4SE +/- 8.87, N = 8SE +/- 1.27, N = 7SE +/- 0.56, N = 599.1082.2089.3896.2638.78
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 96.74 / Avg: 99.1 / Max: 100.87Min: 80.37 / Avg: 82.2 / Max: 85.14Min: 27.33 / Avg: 89.38 / Max: 99.66Min: 88.85 / Avg: 96.26 / Max: 98.34Min: 37.37 / Avg: 38.78 / Max: 40.43

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 1.26, N = 4SE +/- 0.56, N = 4SE +/- 2.89, N = 8SE +/- 0.73, N = 898.7490.0798.3492.4733.60
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 98.36 / Avg: 98.74 / Max: 99.16Min: 86.53 / Avg: 90.07 / Max: 92.2Min: 97.23 / Avg: 98.34 / Max: 99.87Min: 78.84 / Avg: 92.47 / Max: 98.94Min: 29.72 / Avg: 33.6 / Max: 36.34

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 2.02, N = 8SE +/- 1.56, N = 8SE +/- 1.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.52, N = 4SE +/- 1.68, N = 892.8675.7094.0594.6434.34
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 80.23 / Avg: 92.86 / Max: 96.51Min: 68.14 / Avg: 75.7 / Max: 83.22Min: 91.92 / Avg: 94.05 / Max: 96.32Min: 93.55 / Avg: 94.64 / Max: 96.06Min: 26.4 / Avg: 34.34 / Max: 39.1

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.21, N = 4SE +/- 2.17, N = 8SE +/- 5.56, N = 8SE +/- 0.56, N = 4SE +/- 0.49, N = 594.7983.4488.6294.1732.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 94.21 / Avg: 94.79 / Max: 95.14Min: 72.32 / Avg: 83.44 / Max: 92.7Min: 49.9 / Avg: 88.62 / Max: 95.82Min: 92.53 / Avg: 94.17 / Max: 95Min: 30.31 / Avg: 32.14 / Max: 33.22

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3104.69103.89101.09104.64101.87
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 103.67 / Avg: 104.69 / Max: 105.39Min: 102.34 / Avg: 103.89 / Max: 104.89Min: 99.21 / Avg: 101.09 / Max: 102.83Min: 103.45 / Avg: 104.64 / Max: 106.05Min: 101.69 / Avg: 101.87 / Max: 102.21

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100SE +/- 2.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 3SE +/- 2.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 395.5364.9985.0169.43106.50
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateEXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser420406080100Min: 91.39 / Avg: 95.53 / Max: 99.11Min: 60.9 / Avg: 64.99 / Max: 68.99Min: 82.71 / Avg: 85.01 / Max: 89.08Min: 68.69 / Avg: 69.43 / Max: 70.43Min: 104.17 / Avg: 106.5 / Max: 109.41

Unpacking The Linux Kernel

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterUnpacking The Linux Kernellinux-2.6.32.tar.bz2EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser448121620SE +/- 0.27, N = 8SE +/- 0.15, N = 4SE +/- 0.21, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 0.29, N = 815.3316.2214.9715.5615.51
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterUnpacking The Linux Kernellinux-2.6.32.tar.bz2EXT4BtrfsXFSReiserFSReiser448121620Min: 14.79 / Avg: 15.33 / Max: 17.16Min: 15.9 / Avg: 16.22 / Max: 16.61Min: 14.61 / Avg: 14.97 / Max: 15.97Min: 15.24 / Avg: 15.56 / Max: 16.02Min: 14.44 / Avg: 15.51 / Max: 16.29

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceBtrfsReiserFSReiser430060090012001500SE +/- 20.02, N = 10SE +/- 15.21, N = 10SE +/- 18.40, N = 5158413741544
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceBtrfsReiserFSReiser430060090012001500Min: 1470 / Avg: 1584 / Max: 1666Min: 1315 / Avg: 1374.3 / Max: 1470Min: 1470 / Avg: 1543.6 / Max: 1562