F2FS File-System Linux On SDHC Card
Benchmarks of the new F2FS file-system (Flash Friendly File-System) on Ubuntu Linux with the Linux 3.8 kernel comparing Btrfs, EXT4, and F2FS from a SDHC card. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.


EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

F2FS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
EXT4 .. 9276.78 |==============================================================
F2FS .. 6190.32 |=========================================
Btrfs . 6881.73 |==============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 0.90 |=============================================
F2FS .. 1.30 |=================================================================
Btrfs . 0.57 |=============================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 0.72 |==============================
F2FS .. 1.57 |=================================================================
Btrfs . 0.37 |===============


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 21.99 |==============================================================
F2FS .. 22.53 |================================================================
Btrfs . 9.39  |===========================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 6.93 |=================================================================
F2FS .. 5.63 |=====================================================
Btrfs . 5.29 |==================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 22.44 |============================================================
F2FS .. 23.83 |================================================================
Btrfs . 9.39  |=========================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 6.93 |=================================================================
F2FS .. 4.83 |=============================================
Btrfs . 6.29 |===========================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
EXT4 .. 14 |============
F2FS .. 76 |===================================================================
Btrfs . 57 |==================================================