Linux 3.13 HDD File-System Benchmarks

Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com testing EXT4, Btrfs, and XFS file-systems from the Linux 3.13 Git kernel and compared to the Linux 3.12 stable release. Using a Western Digital VelociRaptor 1000RPM WD1500HLHX HDD for testing.

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December 10 2013
 
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December 10 2013
 
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December 10 2013
 
Linux 3.13 Git: XFS
December 11 2013
 
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December 11 2013
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git XFS EXT4 Btrfs XFS EXT4 BtrfsIntel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz)Intel Haswell HDMIRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3intel 2.99.9063.3 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-5b331f6 saucy-oibaf-ppa)GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.4xfs1920x1080ext4btrfs3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)xfsext4btrfsOpenBenchmarking.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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Linux 3.12: XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- Linux 3.12: EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Linux 3.12: Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- Linux 3.13 Git: XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- Linux 3.13 Git: EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Linux 3.13 Git: Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cacheSystem 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 Sizeiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Write - 32MB - 4tiobench: Write - 64MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 4compilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Read Compiled Treepostmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.12Linux 3.13 Git XFS EXT4 Btrfs XFS EXT4 Btrfs1971.5236.8753.5036.18122.900.430.420.520.50244.96224.382814.9868812062.9830.1265.6033.17112.580.440.390.470.45318.44250.093034.076303281.4631.9047.0330.97134.220.690.670.620.57568.62165.123027.1162561889.9037.0353.4735.83124.100.400.420.510.51364.67199.942469.9055972024.4831.0357.3330.87130.830.490.460.490.48335.78225.022456.865436267.4531.5746.3730.83135.180.640.600.550.59607.83137.582431.765211OpenBenchmarking.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.

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteXFSEXT4Btrfs400800120016002000SE +/- 129.99, N = 6SE +/- 21.82, N = 3SE +/- 23.77, N = 6SE +/- 110.35, N = 6SE +/- 12.82, N = 3SE +/- 12.22, N = 61971.522062.98281.461889.902024.48267.451. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteXFSEXT4Btrfs400800120016002000Min: 1324.78 / Avg: 1971.52 / Max: 2126.78Min: 2025.57 / Avg: 2062.98 / Max: 2101.13Min: 208.07 / Avg: 281.46 / Max: 372.32Min: 1531.64 / Avg: 1889.9 / Max: 2079.07Min: 2001.4 / Avg: 2024.48 / Max: 2045.7Min: 220.56 / Avg: 267.45 / Max: 300.681. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

FS-Mark

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeXFSEXT4Btrfs918273645SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 6SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 336.8730.1231.9037.0331.0331.571. (CC) gcc options: -static
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeXFSEXT4Btrfs816243240Min: 36.6 / Avg: 36.87 / Max: 37Min: 26.7 / Avg: 30.12 / Max: 32.1Min: 30.9 / Avg: 31.9 / Max: 33Min: 36.9 / Avg: 37.03 / Max: 37.2Min: 30.9 / Avg: 31.03 / Max: 31.1Min: 30.9 / Avg: 31.57 / Max: 32.51. (CC) gcc options: -static

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsXFSEXT4Btrfs1530456075SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 353.5065.6047.0353.4757.3346.371. (CC) gcc options: -static
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsXFSEXT4Btrfs1326395265Min: 53.3 / Avg: 53.5 / Max: 53.6Min: 64.8 / Avg: 65.6 / Max: 67.2Min: 46.9 / Avg: 47.03 / Max: 47.3Min: 53.2 / Avg: 53.47 / Max: 53.6Min: 54 / Avg: 57.33 / Max: 62.8Min: 46.2 / Avg: 46.37 / Max: 46.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeXFSEXT4Btrfs816243240SE +/- 1.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.56, N = 6SE +/- 0.39, N = 336.1833.1730.9735.8330.8730.831. (CC) gcc options: -static
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeXFSEXT4Btrfs816243240Min: 34.3 / Avg: 36.18 / Max: 41.2Min: 31.5 / Avg: 33.17 / Max: 35.5Min: 30.4 / Avg: 30.97 / Max: 31.8Min: 33.8 / Avg: 35.83 / Max: 41.3Min: 28.2 / Avg: 30.87 / Max: 31.8Min: 30.3 / Avg: 30.83 / Max: 31.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

IOzone

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

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceXFSEXT4Btrfs306090120150SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3122.90112.58134.22124.10130.83135.181. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceXFSEXT4Btrfs306090120150Min: 120.48 / Avg: 122.9 / Max: 124.71Min: 111.22 / Avg: 112.58 / Max: 113.67Min: 133.9 / Avg: 134.22 / Max: 134.79Min: 123.69 / Avg: 124.1 / Max: 124.49Min: 130.07 / Avg: 130.83 / Max: 131.32Min: 134.26 / Avg: 135.18 / Max: 135.881. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs0.15530.31060.46590.62120.7765SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 30.430.440.690.400.490.64
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs246810Min: 0.42 / Avg: 0.43 / Max: 0.45Min: 0.44 / Avg: 0.44 / Max: 0.44Min: 0.69 / Avg: 0.69 / Max: 0.69Min: 0.4 / Avg: 0.4 / Max: 0.41Min: 0.49 / Avg: 0.49 / Max: 0.5Min: 0.63 / Avg: 0.64 / Max: 0.64

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs0.15080.30160.45240.60320.754SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 30.420.390.670.420.460.60
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs246810Min: 0.42 / Avg: 0.42 / Max: 0.43Min: 0.28 / Avg: 0.39 / Max: 0.45Min: 0.67 / Avg: 0.67 / Max: 0.68Min: 0.41 / Avg: 0.42 / Max: 0.43Min: 0.39 / Avg: 0.46 / Max: 0.52Min: 0.59 / Avg: 0.6 / Max: 0.61

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs0.13950.2790.41850.5580.6975SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 30.520.470.620.510.490.55
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs246810Min: 0.51 / Avg: 0.52 / Max: 0.54Min: 0.47 / Avg: 0.47 / Max: 0.47Min: 0.59 / Avg: 0.62 / Max: 0.67Min: 0.48 / Avg: 0.51 / Max: 0.54Min: 0.49 / Avg: 0.49 / Max: 0.49Min: 0.55 / Avg: 0.55 / Max: 0.56

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs0.13280.26560.39840.53120.664SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 50.500.450.570.510.480.59
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4XFSEXT4Btrfs246810Min: 0.5 / Avg: 0.5 / Max: 0.51Min: 0.44 / Avg: 0.45 / Max: 0.45Min: 0.56 / Avg: 0.57 / Max: 0.59Min: 0.5 / Avg: 0.51 / Max: 0.52Min: 0.47 / Avg: 0.48 / Max: 0.48Min: 0.56 / Avg: 0.59 / Max: 0.6

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.

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileXFSEXT4Btrfs130260390520650SE +/- 39.07, N = 6SE +/- 9.50, N = 6SE +/- 52.81, N = 6SE +/- 2.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 31.58, N = 6244.96318.44568.62364.67335.78607.83
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileXFSEXT4Btrfs110220330440550Min: 168.38 / Avg: 244.96 / Max: 370.6Min: 272.94 / Avg: 318.44 / Max: 338.1Min: 448.44 / Avg: 568.62 / Max: 698.72Min: 361.03 / Avg: 364.67 / Max: 368.78Min: 333.96 / Avg: 335.78 / Max: 337.45Min: 462.37 / Avg: 607.83 / Max: 665.2

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateXFSEXT4Btrfs50100150200250SE +/- 6.42, N = 3SE +/- 3.35, N = 3SE +/- 11.15, N = 3SE +/- 10.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.56, N = 3SE +/- 5.25, N = 3224.38250.09165.12199.94225.02137.58
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateXFSEXT4Btrfs50100150200250Min: 212.87 / Avg: 224.38 / Max: 235.06Min: 246.29 / Avg: 250.09 / Max: 256.77Min: 153.88 / Avg: 165.12 / Max: 187.42Min: 179.95 / Avg: 199.94 / Max: 213.25Min: 221.37 / Avg: 225.02 / Max: 229.96Min: 127.14 / Avg: 137.58 / Max: 143.68

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeXFSEXT4Btrfs7001400210028003500SE +/- 266.01, N = 3SE +/- 40.00, N = 3SE +/- 18.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 9.65, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 32814.983034.073027.112469.902456.862431.76
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeXFSEXT4Btrfs5001000150020002500Min: 2286.47 / Avg: 2814.98 / Max: 3132.02Min: 2956.28 / Avg: 3034.07 / Max: 3089.14Min: 2996.09 / Avg: 3027.11 / Max: 3058.8Min: 2469.53 / Avg: 2469.9 / Max: 2470.63Min: 2445.33 / Avg: 2456.86 / Max: 2476.04Min: 2428.91 / Avg: 2431.76 / Max: 2436.44

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.

Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceXFSEXT4Btrfs15003000450060007500SE +/- 62.67, N = 3SE +/- 53.33, N = 3SE +/- 97.17, N = 5SE +/- 42.00, N = 3SE +/- 68.13, N = 3SE +/- 251.19, N = 66881630362565597543652111. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Linux 3.12Linux 3.13 GitOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceXFSEXT4Btrfs12002400360048006000Min: 6756 / Avg: 6881.33 / Max: 6944Min: 6250 / Avg: 6303.33 / Max: 6410Min: 5952 / Avg: 6255.8 / Max: 6410Min: 5555 / Avg: 5597 / Max: 5681Min: 5319 / Avg: 5436 / Max: 5555Min: 3968 / Avg: 5210.83 / Max: 55551. (CC) gcc options: -O3