athlonxp-iozone A File-System comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. ext4/ordered: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 ext4/writeback: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 reiserfs: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 reiserfs/nobarrier: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ext4/ordered ....... 28.90 |============================================== ext4/writeback ..... 32.20 |=================================================== reiserfs ........... 25.92 |========================================= reiserfs/nobarrier . 24.64 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ext4/ordered ....... 28.51 |=================================================== ext4/writeback ..... 27.70 |================================================== reiserfs ........... 21.70 |======================================= reiserfs/nobarrier . 21.95 |=======================================