disk-tests
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 testing on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Single HDD ext4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

Single HDD ext4 2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

MDADM RAID 1 EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Single HDD ext4 ... 71.30  |=======
Single HDD ext4 2 . 395.39 |==========================================
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 485.02 |===================================================


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
Single HDD ext4 ... 390.02 |===================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 3.17   |
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 5.35   |=


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
Single HDD ext4 ... 78.34 |====================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 2.85  |==
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 2.73  |==


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
Single HDD ext4 ... 234.71 |===================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 218.75 |================================================
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 125.51 |===========================


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
Single HDD ext4 ... 97.21  |=============================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 163.38 |================================================
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 172.12 |===================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Single HDD ext4 ... 272.48 |===================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 46.13  |=========
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 43.87  |========


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Single HDD ext4 ... 149.33 |===================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 24.93  |=========
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 21.77  |=======


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Single HDD ext4 ... 5116 |=====================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 2391 |=========================
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 2689 |============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Single HDD ext4 ... 936.21 |===================================================
Single HDD ext4 2 . 113.84 |======
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 146.23 |========


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Single HDD ext4 2 . 431.99 |================================================
MDADM RAID 1 EXT4 . 462.53 |===================================================