Home Server Comparison Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 testing with a HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 and Matrox s MGA G200EH on Debian 8.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Gen8 Debian SATA ext4: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz UNKNOWN, Disk: 4 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 31GB Internal SD-CARD, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4 Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz UNKNOWN, Disk: 4 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 31GB Internal SD-CARD, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4 linux raidz1x4 zfs gen8: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz UNKNOWN, Disk: 4 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 31GB Internal SD-CARD, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: zfs zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz UNKNOWN, Disk: 4 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 31GB Internal SD-CARD, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: zfs AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 3065.63 |================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 2918.07 |=============================== linux raidz1x4 zfs gen8 ............ 211.89 |== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 217.01 |== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 517.99 |========================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 491.98 |========================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 670.79 |================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 676.02 |================================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 280.09 |============== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 20.20 |======================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 13.90 |================= zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 29.23 |=================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 61.22 |======================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 47.13 |=================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 88.92 |=================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 78.07 |=========== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 65.73 |========= zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 239.09 |================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 117.80 |=================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 65.81 |=========== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 213.05 |================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 10.31 |============== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 7.97 |=========== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 25.04 |=================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 7865.09 |================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 7389.25 |=============================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 1070.13 |==== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 127.77 |=============== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 100.41 |=========== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 296.97 |================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 7389.68 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 6867.17 |====================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 120.59 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 93.84 |================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 11265.26 |================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 10802.81 |=============================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 4439.88 |============= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 0.72 |============= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 0.59 |=========== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 1.96 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 580.72 |================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 523.43 |=============================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 291.17 |================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 277.84 |================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 273.30 |================================= zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 128.01 |================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 668.58 |================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 707.83 |================================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 493.82 |======================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 8.76 |================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 8.70 |================================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 9.30 |==================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 5282 |================================= Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 5319 |================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 5282 |================================= zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 5813 |==================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13663.03 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13665.24 |======================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 12134.47 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 12040.40 |======================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 12095.31 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 12024.69 |======================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Floating-Point Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13654.47 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13673.40 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 12080.46 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 12089.18 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 11973.27 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 11974.17 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13611.35 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13615.08 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13559.06 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13576.12 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 12079.63 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 12084.82 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 11973.27 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 11974.17 |======================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13559.06 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13576.12 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 8198.07 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 8183.56 |========================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 14.03 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13.93 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 14.12 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13.96 |=========================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 15.34 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 15.63 |=========================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 3380.50 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 3383.80 |========================================= Java SciMark 2.0 FFT Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1132.72 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1131.61 |========================================= Java SciMark 2.0 SOR Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1470.40 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1470.40 |========================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Composite Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1779.54 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1782.31 |========================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Monte Carlo Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 817.95 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 820.12 |========================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 11355.40 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 11347.07 |======================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 25227824.20 |===================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 24979140.00 |===================================== CacheBench Read Cache MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 2957.40 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 2957.43 |========================================= CacheBench Write Cache MB/s > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 10531.78 |======================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 10534.07 |======================================== SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1177.20 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1177.84 |========================================= Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 2317 |============================================ Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 2313 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 2307 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 2317 |============================================ TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 980906 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 982830 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 3545 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 3545 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 8792000 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 8794333 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 3541 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 3547 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 59477 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 59517 |=========================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 110.93 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 110.57 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 179 |============================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 179 |============================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1503.06 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1505.25 |========================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13702 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13683 |=========================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 52.05 |======================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 57.59 |=========================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 88.49 |========================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 91.77 |=========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 182.81 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 181.28 |========================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 58.86 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 59.05 |=========================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 44.93 |======================================= Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 49.35 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 34.45 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 34.45 |=========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 9.90 |============================================ Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 9.95 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 9.96 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 9.97 |============================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 5.68 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 5.70 |============================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 1.54 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 1.54 |============================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 12.63 |=================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 12.56 |=================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 12.68 |=================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 12.70 |=================================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 12.72 |=================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 148.99 |========================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 149.17 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 149.52 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 149.00 |========================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 79.66 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 79.64 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 79.59 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 79.57 |=========================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 59.18 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 59.15 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 19.96 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 19.97 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 13.42 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13.43 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 13.40 |=========================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 7.85 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 7.89 |============================================ eSpeak Speech Engine 1.40.02 Text-To-Speech Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 29.90 |==================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 35.80 |=========================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 11.91 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 11.78 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 11.93 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 11.73 |========================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 8.31 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 8.35 |============================================ Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 23.13 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 23.07 |=========================================== Minion 0.15 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 87.51 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 86.96 |=========================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 17.64 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 17.87 |=========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 439.63 |========================================== Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 439.57 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 439.47 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 439.33 |========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 33174.91 |================================ Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 .............. 32296.70 |=============================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 31934.88 |=============================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 ......... 31934.96 |=============================== zfs - Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E . 30876.92 |============================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 114139 |========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 113955 |========================================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian SATA ext4 ...... 3.90 |=========================================== Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 4.02 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 7.62 |============================================ Gen8 Debian MDRAID5x4 ext4 . 7.36 |==========================================