HDD EXT4 XFS Btrfs Disk Testing Linux 4.8

XFS, EXT4, Btrfs, and NILFS2 benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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HDD EXT4 XFS Btrfs Disk Testing Linux 4.8ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionBtrfsEXT4XFSNILFS2Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MBRealtek ALC1150Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.3nouveau 1.0.124.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4GCC 5.4.0 20160609btrfs3840x2160ext4xfsnilfsOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Btrfs: CFQ / relatime,rw,space_cache,subvol=/,subvolid=5- EXT4: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw- XFS: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- NILFS2: CFQ / relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Python 2.7.12.

HDD EXT4 XFS Btrfs Disk Testing Linux 4.8sqlite: Default Test Directoryfio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadscompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancepgbench: On-Disk - Normal Load - Read WriteBtrfsEXT4XFSNILFS2849.781.791.8462.5126.3744.67350.01728692.82558.751.7772.5871.9717.1737.73452.587352118.67269.801.81104.8577.3637.0346.40388.90604998.38193.601.902.2627.9142.0059.6074.9559379.21OpenBenchmarking.org

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.8.10.2Test Target: Default Test DirectoryNILFS2XFSEXT4Btrfs2004006008001000SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 5.25, N = 3SE +/- 4.27, N = 3SE +/- 10.16, N = 3193.60269.80558.75849.781. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sNILFS2XFSBtrfsEXT40.42750.8551.28251.712.1375SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31.901.811.791.771. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sXFSEXT4NILFS2Btrfs20406080100SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3104.8572.582.261.841. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sXFSEXT4BtrfsNILFS220406080100SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 4.54, N = 6SE +/- 1.27, N = 677.3671.9762.5127.911. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeNILFS2XFSBtrfsEXT41020304050SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 342.0037.0326.3717.171. (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 ThreadsNILFS2XFSBtrfsEXT41326395265SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 359.6046.4044.6737.731. (CC) gcc options: -static

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateEXT4XFSBtrfsNILFS2100200300400500SE +/- 7.76, N = 4SE +/- 2.26, N = 3SE +/- 4.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.41, N = 3452.58388.90350.0174.95

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4BtrfsXFSNILFS216003200480064008000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 144.33, N = 3SE +/- 48.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 37352728660495931. (CC) gcc options: -O3

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteEXT4XFSBtrfsNILFS2306090120150SE +/- 2.35, N = 3118.6798.3892.8279.211. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

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