Linux 3.13 HDD File-System Benchmarks

Comparison of the Hitachi TravelStar 5200 RPM drive on Btrfs with aon on Phoronix

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1412217-KH-1312110SO03.

Linux 3.13 HDD File-System BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPMIntel 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)xfsext4btrfsIntel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)HP 1854Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM4096MB750GB HGST HTS541075A9Intel HD 4000 (1100MHz)Realtek ALC269VCRealtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 WirelessopenSUSE 13.13.11.10-21-desktop (x86_64)KDEX Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1)3.1 Mesa 9.2.3GCC 4.8.11366x768OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Linux 3.12: XFS: --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 - Linux 3.12: EXT4: --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 - Linux 3.12: Btrfs: --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 - Linux 3.13 Git: XFS: --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 - Linux 3.13 Git: EXT4: --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 - Linux 3.13 Git: Btrfs: --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 - Hitachi 5200RPM: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind 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_cache- Hitachi 5200RPM: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cacheSystem Details- Linux 3.12: XFS: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Linux 3.12: EXT4: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Linux 3.12: Btrfs: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Linux 3.13 Git: XFS: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Linux 3.13 Git: EXT4: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Linux 3.13 Git: Btrfs: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Hitachi 5200RPM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.6.Processor Details- Hitachi 5200RPM: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Linux 3.13 HDD File-System Benchmarksaio-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 Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write PerformanceLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM1971.5236.8753.5036.18122.900.430.420.520.50244.96224.382814.9868812062.9830.1265.6033.17112.580.440.390.470.45318.44250.093034.076303281.4631.9047.0330.97134.220.690.670.620.57568.62165.123027.1162561889.9037.0353.4735.83124.100.400.420.510.51364.67199.942469.9055972024.4831.0357.3330.87130.830.490.460.490.48335.78225.022456.865436267.4531.5746.3730.83135.180.640.600.550.59607.83137.582431.76521179.0616.2222.2015.3386.150.320.320.230.2381.6625.1139.19147684.6286.5486.5187.32OpenBenchmarking.org

AIO-Stress

Test: Random Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM400800120016002000SE +/- 129.99, N = 6SE +/- 21.82, N = 3SE +/- 23.77, N = 6SE +/- 110.35, N = 6SE +/- 12.82, N = 3SE +/- 12.22, N = 6SE +/- 6.20, N = 61971.522062.98281.461889.902024.48267.4579.061. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM918273645SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 6SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 636.8730.1231.9037.0331.0331.5716.221. (CC) gcc options: -static

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM1530456075SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 353.5065.6047.0353.4757.3346.3722.201. (CC) gcc options: -static

FS-Mark

Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM816243240SE +/- 1.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.56, N = 6SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 436.1833.1730.9735.8330.8730.8315.331. (CC) gcc options: -static

IOzone

Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM306090120150SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3122.90112.58134.22124.10130.83135.1886.151. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM0.15530.31060.46590.62120.7765SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 30.430.440.690.400.490.640.32

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM0.15080.30160.45240.60320.754SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 60.420.390.670.420.460.600.32

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM0.13950.2790.41850.5580.6975SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 60.520.470.620.510.490.550.23

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4Linux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM0.13280.26560.39840.53120.664SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 60.500.450.570.510.480.590.23

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM130260390520650SE +/- 39.07, N = 6SE +/- 9.50, N = 6SE +/- 52.81, N = 6SE +/- 2.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 31.58, N = 6SE +/- 1.41, N = 6244.96318.44568.62364.67335.78607.8385.32

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM50100150200250SE +/- 6.42, N = 3SE +/- 3.35, N = 3SE +/- 11.15, N = 3SE +/- 10.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.56, N = 3SE +/- 5.25, N = 3SE +/- 4.00, N = 3224.38250.09165.12199.94225.02137.5831.40

Compile Bench

Test: Read Compiled Tree

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM7001400210028003500SE +/- 266.01, N = 3SE +/- 40.00, N = 3SE +/- 18.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 9.65, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 3SE +/- 2.75, N = 32814.983034.073027.112469.902456.862431.7639.19

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.12: XFSLinux 3.12: EXT4Linux 3.12: BtrfsLinux 3.13 Git: XFSLinux 3.13 Git: EXT4Linux 3.13 Git: BtrfsHitachi 5200RPM15003000450060007500SE +/- 62.67, N = 3SE +/- 53.33, N = 3SE +/- 97.17, N = 5SE +/- 42.00, N = 3SE +/- 68.13, N = 3SE +/- 251.19, N = 6SE +/- 60.19, N = 668816303625655975436521114761. (CC) gcc options: -O3

IOzone

Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceHitachi 5200RPM20406080100SE +/- 0.99, N = 384.621. (CC) gcc options: -O3

IOzone

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceHitachi 5200RPM20406080100SE +/- 0.55, N = 386.541. (CC) gcc options: -O3

IOzone

Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceHitachi 5200RPM20406080100SE +/- 0.89, N = 386.511. (CC) gcc options: -O3

IOzone

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceHitachi 5200RPM20406080100SE +/- 0.56, N = 387.321. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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