Linux 3.13 Kernel SSD Testing

Linux 3.13 file-system benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Testing EXT4, Btrfs, F2FS, and XFS file-systems for this performance article.

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EXT4: Linux 3.12
December 05 2013
 
EXT4: Linux 3.13 Git
December 06 2013
 
Btrfs: Linux 3.12
December 06 2013
 
Btrfs: Linux 3.13 Git
December 06 2013
 
F2FS: Linux 3.12
December 06 2013
 
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December 06 2013
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionEXT4BtrfsF2FSXFS Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 GitIntel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores)ASRock Z68 Pro3Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB64GB OCZ AGILITYIntel HD 2500 (1100MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3intel 2.99.9043.1 Mesa 9.2.1GCC 4.8ext41920x10803.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)btrfs3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)F2FS3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)xfs3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- EXT4: Linux 3.12: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- EXT4: Linux 3.13 Git: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Btrfs: Linux 3.12: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Btrfs: Linux 3.13 Git: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- F2FS: Linux 3.12: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- F2FS: Linux 3.13 Git: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- XFS: Linux 3.12: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- XFS: Linux 3.13 Git: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rwSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.

aio-stress: Rand Writefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Write - 32MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4compilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4BtrfsF2FSXFS Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git272.7162.87100.4060.4350.18126.201.510.98156.33139.434934126.8751.4089.6057.2747.90126.460.891.05156.24127.974099180.5862.4082.1360.4749.56127.211.071.07187.1087.194943189.3459.9080.1357.9748.10128.101.251.20187.2689.124335298.1885.4792.0068.6389.20112.981.141.29116.1296.406357264.5666.8579.9071.6786.82111.251.211.15116.6987.925103190.1664.5369.4338.1550.9577.931.111.11110.3458.905103101.9333.2830.5326.9548.7172.140.991.3191.8857.904191OpenBenchmarking.org

AIO-Stress

AIO-Stress is an a-synchronous I/O benchmark created by SuSE. Current this profile uses a 2048MB test file and a 64KB record size. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git60120180240300SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 8.39, N = 6SE +/- 6.05, N = 6SE +/- 2.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.54, N = 3SE +/- 4.02, N = 6SE +/- 11.56, N = 6SE +/- 2.37, N = 6272.71126.87180.58189.34298.18264.56190.16101.931. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git50100150200250Min: 272.66 / Avg: 272.71 / Max: 272.74Min: 111.14 / Avg: 126.87 / Max: 167.41Min: 161.68 / Avg: 180.58 / Max: 204.31Min: 185.98 / Avg: 189.34 / Max: 193.27Min: 295.04 / Avg: 298.18 / Max: 303.2Min: 248.39 / Avg: 264.56 / Max: 277.13Min: 174.31 / Avg: 190.16 / Max: 246.85Min: 93.95 / Avg: 101.93 / Max: 107.481. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

FS-Mark

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 6SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 6SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 662.8751.4062.4059.9085.4766.8564.5333.281. (CC) gcc options: -static
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git1632486480Min: 61.5 / Avg: 62.87 / Max: 64.6Min: 48 / Avg: 51.4 / Max: 53.5Min: 61.8 / Avg: 62.4 / Max: 62.9Min: 59 / Avg: 59.9 / Max: 60.6Min: 85.1 / Avg: 85.47 / Max: 86Min: 62.5 / Avg: 66.85 / Max: 69.8Min: 62.8 / Avg: 64.53 / Max: 65.8Min: 31.5 / Avg: 33.28 / Max: 37.71. (CC) gcc options: -static

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 2.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.30, N = 6SE +/- 5.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.73, N = 6100.4089.6082.1380.1392.0079.9069.4330.531. (CC) gcc options: -static
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100Min: 98.8 / Avg: 100.4 / Max: 101.6Min: 86.8 / Avg: 89.6 / Max: 92Min: 81.2 / Avg: 82.13 / Max: 84Min: 78.8 / Avg: 80.13 / Max: 81.2Min: 86.1 / Avg: 92 / Max: 102.4Min: 74.4 / Avg: 79.9 / Max: 83.4Min: 53.2 / Avg: 69.43 / Max: 91.2Min: 28.2 / Avg: 30.53 / Max: 331. (CC) gcc options: -static

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git1632486480SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 2.10, N = 6SE +/- 1.67, N = 660.4357.2760.4757.9768.6371.6738.1526.951. (CC) gcc options: -static
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git1428425670Min: 60.4 / Avg: 60.43 / Max: 60.5Min: 55.6 / Avg: 57.27 / Max: 58.8Min: 60 / Avg: 60.47 / Max: 60.8Min: 57.1 / Avg: 57.97 / Max: 59.3Min: 67.5 / Avg: 68.63 / Max: 69.8Min: 70.4 / Avg: 71.67 / Max: 72.8Min: 31.3 / Avg: 38.15 / Max: 45.6Min: 22.3 / Avg: 26.95 / Max: 34.11. (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.

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 350.1847.9049.5648.1089.2086.8250.9548.711. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100Min: 49.61 / Avg: 50.18 / Max: 50.77Min: 47.72 / Avg: 47.9 / Max: 48.21Min: 49.47 / Avg: 49.56 / Max: 49.69Min: 47.86 / Avg: 48.1 / Max: 48.4Min: 88.47 / Avg: 89.2 / Max: 90.08Min: 85.51 / Avg: 86.82 / Max: 88.26Min: 50.21 / Avg: 50.95 / Max: 51.64Min: 47.09 / Avg: 48.71 / Max: 49.781. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

IOzone

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

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 3.22, N = 6SE +/- 2.11, N = 6SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.16, N = 4126.20126.46127.21128.10112.98111.2577.9372.141. (CC) gcc options: -O3
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git20406080100Min: 126.13 / Avg: 126.2 / Max: 126.26Min: 126.17 / Avg: 126.46 / Max: 126.64Min: 125.09 / Avg: 127.21 / Max: 129.43Min: 127.43 / Avg: 128.1 / Max: 129.19Min: 101.13 / Avg: 112.98 / Max: 121.7Min: 103.03 / Avg: 111.25 / Max: 117.57Min: 75.19 / Avg: 77.93 / Max: 80.57Min: 68.98 / Avg: 72.14 / Max: 74.181. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git0.33980.67961.01941.35921.699SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 41.510.891.071.251.141.211.110.99
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git246810Min: 1.03 / Avg: 1.51 / Max: 1.68Min: 0.89 / Avg: 0.89 / Max: 0.9Min: 1.03 / Avg: 1.07 / Max: 1.1Min: 1.23 / Avg: 1.25 / Max: 1.26Min: 1.1 / Avg: 1.14 / Max: 1.17Min: 1.2 / Avg: 1.21 / Max: 1.23Min: 1.09 / Avg: 1.11 / Max: 1.13Min: 0.96 / Avg: 0.99 / Max: 1.03

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git0.29480.58960.88441.17921.474SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 60.981.051.071.201.291.151.111.31
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git246810Min: 0.97 / Avg: 0.98 / Max: 1Min: 0.91 / Avg: 1.05 / Max: 1.58Min: 0.86 / Avg: 1.07 / Max: 1.28Min: 1.19 / Avg: 1.2 / Max: 1.22Min: 1.26 / Avg: 1.29 / Max: 1.33Min: 0.94 / Avg: 1.15 / Max: 1.3Min: 1.08 / Avg: 1.11 / Max: 1.13Min: 1.15 / Avg: 1.31 / Max: 1.48

Compile Bench

Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and reading kernel trees. It indirectly measures how well filesystems can maintain directory locality as the disk fills up and directories age. This current test is setup to use the makej mode with 10 initial directories Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git4080120160200SE +/- 4.67, N = 6SE +/- 6.23, N = 6SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 1.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.94, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 2.66, N = 6SE +/- 2.25, N = 6156.33156.24187.10187.26116.12116.69110.3491.88
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git306090120150Min: 139.67 / Avg: 156.33 / Max: 171.65Min: 135.31 / Avg: 156.24 / Max: 176.48Min: 186.36 / Avg: 187.1 / Max: 188.3Min: 184.81 / Avg: 187.26 / Max: 190.17Min: 112.49 / Avg: 116.12 / Max: 119.14Min: 113.3 / Avg: 116.69 / Max: 119.77Min: 100.95 / Avg: 110.34 / Max: 116.05Min: 86.56 / Avg: 91.88 / Max: 101.72

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git306090120150SE +/- 2.43, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 5.05, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3139.43127.9787.1989.1296.4087.9258.9057.90
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git306090120150Min: 135.55 / Avg: 139.43 / Max: 143.91Min: 123.4 / Avg: 127.97 / Max: 132.38Min: 79.46 / Avg: 87.19 / Max: 96.68Min: 80.38 / Avg: 89.12 / Max: 96.36Min: 86.05 / Avg: 96.4 / Max: 106.94Min: 83.93 / Avg: 87.92 / Max: 90.14Min: 53.28 / Avg: 58.9 / Max: 63.98Min: 56.25 / Avg: 57.9 / Max: 58.94

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git14002800420056007000SE +/- 33.00, N = 3SE +/- 38.68, N = 3SE +/- 187.12, N = 6SE +/- 25.00, N = 3SE +/- 53.33, N = 3SE +/- 60.05, N = 3SE +/- 60.05, N = 3SE +/- 62.50, N = 3493440994943433563575103510341911. (CC) gcc options: -O3
EXT4BtrfsF2FSXFSOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git11002200330044005500Min: 4901 / Avg: 4934 / Max: 5000Min: 4032 / Avg: 4098.67 / Max: 4166Min: 4032 / Avg: 4942.83 / Max: 5319Min: 4310 / Avg: 4335 / Max: 4385Min: 6250 / Avg: 6356.67 / Max: 6410Min: 5000 / Avg: 5103.33 / Max: 5208Min: 5000 / Avg: 5103.33 / Max: 5208Min: 4098 / Avg: 4191.33 / Max: 43101. (CC) gcc options: -O3