ZFS System76 Tests
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Native ZFS Linux kernel module compared to EXT4 and Btrfs on Linux 3.11 kernel with Intel Core i7 Haswell CPU and high-end Intel SSD drive.


Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ZFS On Linux 0.6.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.6, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
Btrfs .............. 169.58 |==================================================
EXT4 ............... 62.57  |==================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 37.02  |===========


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 216.37 |==========================================
EXT4 ............... 257.50 |==================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 203.03 |=======================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 392.83 |================================================
EXT4 ............... 408.93 |==================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 208.53 |=========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 218.50 |============================================
EXT4 ............... 248.48 |==================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 187.93 |======================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 327.85 |==================================================
EXT4 ............... 322.31 |=================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 282.88 |===========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 454.35 |===============================
EXT4 ............... 726.13 |==================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 531.58 |=====================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 236.21 |================================
EXT4 ............... 374.66 |==================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 139.46 |===================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .............. 5319 |====================================================
EXT4 ............... 5208 |===================================================
ZFS On Linux 0.6.2 . 1663 |================