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 with_bcache_writeback: 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 |============================================ with_bcache_writeback . 31.64 |============================ SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ............. 2155.38 |============================================== with_bcache ........... 1638.18 |=================================== with_bcache_writeback . 851.06 |================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 15.53 |======================================== with_bcache ........... 18.77 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 9.80 |========================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 31.62 |========================================= with_bcache ........... 34.55 |============================================ with_bcache_writeback . 37.43 |================================================ Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 60.15 |============================================== with_bcache ........... 62.91 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 57.51 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 47.65 |=============================================== with_bcache ........... 48.88 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 46.25 |============================================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 8.64 |=========================== with_bcache ........... 10.15 |================================ with_bcache_writeback . 15.35 |================================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 73.87 |====================================== with_bcache ........... 91.90 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 92.71 |================================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 67.42 |================================= with_bcache ........... 98.09 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 88.66 |=========================================== 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 |============================================== with_bcache_writeback . 4754.03 |============================================== 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 |================================== with_bcache_writeback . 0.57 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 57.58 |============================================ with_bcache ........... 63.06 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 57.19 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 66.97 |================================================ with_bcache ........... 66.79 |================================================ with_bcache_writeback . 50.02 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 453.83 |=============================================== with_bcache ........... 453.05 |=============================================== with_bcache_writeback . 444.27 |============================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ............. 16.20 |================================ with_bcache ........... 15.77 |=============================== with_bcache_writeback . 24.68 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 2596 |================================================= with_bcache ........... 2308 |============================================ with_bcache_writeback . 1841 |=================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better no_bcache ............. 18.41 |================================================ with_bcache ........... 18.16 |=============================================== with_bcache_writeback . 17.93 |=============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better no_bcache ............. 14266.66 |============================================ with_bcache ........... 14664.80 |============================================= with_bcache_writeback . 14478.87 |============================================