linuxmint17 Disk benchmark of Mint 17 without bcaching no_bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-3317U @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS S500CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD U100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: VIA VT1802, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 with_bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-3317U @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS S500CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD U100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: VIA VT1802, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 53.50 |========================================================== with_bcache . 49.52 |====================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ... 2155.38 |======================================================== with_bcache . 1638.18 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 15.53 |================================================ with_bcache . 18.77 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 31.62 |===================================================== with_bcache . 34.55 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 60.15 |======================================================= with_bcache . 62.91 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 47.65 |========================================================= with_bcache . 48.88 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 8.64 |================================================= with_bcache . 10.15 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 73.87 |=============================================== with_bcache . 91.90 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 67.42 |======================================== with_bcache . 98.09 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 4746.30 |======================================================== with_bcache . 4779.42 |======================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 0.35 |==================================================== with_bcache . 0.40 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 57.58 |===================================================== with_bcache . 63.06 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 66.97 |========================================================== with_bcache . 66.79 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 453.83 |========================================================= with_bcache . 453.05 |========================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ... 16.20 |========================================================== with_bcache . 15.77 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 2596 |=========================================================== with_bcache . 2308 |==================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ... 18.41 |========================================================== with_bcache . 18.16 |========================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better no_bcache ... 14266.66 |====================================================== with_bcache . 14664.80 |=======================================================