Linux 4.4 File-Systems Sandisk Ultra II 1tb tested on EXT4 in external usb3.0 UASP case against Btrfs, XFS, EXT4, F2FS, ReiserFS, NTFS, and ZFS Linux benchmarks. Btrfs: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 XFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 EXT4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 F2FS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 ReiserFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 NTFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: fuseblk, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 ZFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160112, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 F2FS_ext: Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Disk: 801GB OS: Linux, Kernel: 4.6.3-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, File-System: ext2/ext3 2016-07-20 18:52: Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Disk: 895GB OS: Linux, Kernel: 4.6.3-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, File-System: f2fs F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII: Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Disk: 895GB OS: Linux, Kernel: 4.6.3-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, File-System: f2fs EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII: Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Disk: 881GB OS: Linux, Kernel: 4.6.3-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, File-System: ext2/ext3 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 2920.87 |=============================== XFS ...................... 2384.78 |========================== EXT4 ..................... 2423.76 |========================== F2FS ..................... 2372.16 |========================= ReiserFS ................. 1606.49 |================= NTFS ..................... 11.03 | ZFS ...................... 145.55 |== 2016-07-20 18:52 ......... 3965.91 |========================================== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 4014.30 |=========================================== EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 2980.43 |================================ SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Btrfs .................... 754.67 |============================================ XFS ...................... 379.03 |====================== EXT4 ..................... 384.28 |====================== F2FS ..................... 471.49 |=========================== ReiserFS ................. 384.32 |====================== NTFS ..................... 293.73 |================= ZFS ...................... 500.61 |============================= F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 40.62 |== EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 144.75 |======== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 104.38 |===================== XFS ...................... 109.02 |====================== EXT4 ..................... 109.57 |====================== F2FS ..................... 103.76 |===================== ReiserFS ................. 112.32 |======================= NTFS ..................... 214.52 |============================================ F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 23.48 |===== EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 23.30 |===== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 83.56 |====================================== XFS ...................... 80.68 |===================================== EXT4 ..................... 78.77 |==================================== F2FS ..................... 94.78 |=========================================== ReiserFS ................. 75.23 |================================== NTFS ..................... 98.19 |============================================= F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 49.63 |======================= EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 48.62 |====================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 112.57 |==================== XFS ...................... 185.33 |================================ EXT4 ..................... 185.04 |================================ F2FS ..................... 184.34 |================================ ReiserFS ................. 184.89 |================================ NTFS ..................... 219.11 |====================================== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 252.18 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 245.94 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 80.99 |============ XFS ...................... 93.14 |============== EXT4 ..................... 87.13 |============= F2FS ..................... 84.26 |============ ReiserFS ................. 95.65 |============== NTFS ..................... 101.21 |=============== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 303.10 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 298.77 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 35.53 |========== XFS ...................... 35.77 |========== EXT4 ..................... 35.40 |========== F2FS ..................... 59.57 |================= ReiserFS ................. 31.43 |========= NTFS ..................... 34.62 |========== ZFS ...................... 36.97 |=========== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 154.67 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 51.57 |=============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 68.13 |==================== XFS ...................... 71.07 |===================== EXT4 ..................... 112.00 |================================= F2FS ..................... 76.30 |====================== ReiserFS ................. 79.20 |======================= NTFS ..................... 41.47 |============ ZFS ...................... 59.37 |================= F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 150.77 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 143.87 |========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 35.10 |=========== XFS ...................... 34.53 |=========== EXT4 ..................... 35.77 |============ F2FS ..................... 59.70 |=================== ReiserFS ................. 30.53 |========== NTFS ..................... 34.10 |=========== ZFS ...................... 36.00 |============ F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 135.90 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 54.20 |================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 53.11 |========= XFS ...................... 62.34 |========== EXT4 ..................... 61.32 |========== F2FS ..................... 54.18 |========= ReiserFS ................. 47.16 |======== NTFS ..................... 28.81 |===== ZFS ...................... 59.51 |========== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 265.82 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 33.19 |===== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .................... 105.32 |================== XFS ...................... 118.03 |==================== EXT4 ..................... 107.38 |================== F2FS ..................... 95.65 |================ ReiserFS ................. 74.08 |============ NTFS ..................... 29.53 |===== ZFS ...................... 117.34 |==================== F2FS_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 262.15 |============================================ EXT4_ext_sandisk_ultraII . 52.33 |========= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Btrfs .... 160.16 |============================ XFS ...... 206.42 |==================================== EXT4 ..... 314.34 |======================================================== F2FS ..... 339.44 |============================================================ ReiserFS . 115.24 |==================== NTFS ..... 43.89 |======== ZFS ...... 145.11 |==========================