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


Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.51GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 3000GB VD10-0, Graphics: AMD TONGA 4096MB, Monitor: BenQ BL2201

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.4 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5040x1050

Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.51GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 3000GB VD10-0, Graphics: AMD TONGA 4096MB, Monitor: BenQ BL2201

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.4 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5040x1050

Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5: 

	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

Intel 730: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.51GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 3000GB VD10-0, Graphics: AMD TONGA 4096MB, Monitor: BenQ BL2201

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.6-gentoo-r1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.4 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5040x1050

Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1: 

	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


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: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 479   |
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 840   |
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 2590  |=
Intel 730 .................................... 72491 |==================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 98816 |=========================


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
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 1.98   |
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 3.39   |
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 10.40  |=
Intel 730 .................................... 291.45 |==================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 395.85 |========================


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: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 39    |
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 299   |
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 676   |
Intel 730 .................................... 63975 |=========================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 21156 |========


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
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 0.45   |
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 1.23   |
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 2.73   |
Intel 730 .................................... 254.63 |========================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 89.56  |========


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: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 40766  |========
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 31809  |=======
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 115447 |========================
Intel 730 .................................... 90214  |===================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 72238  |===============


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
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 163.24 |=========
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 122.28 |======
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 460.82 |========================
Intel 730 .................................... 359.83 |===================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 290.23 |===============


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: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 11059 |====
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 52906 |====================
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 14531 |======
Intel 730 .................................... 65655 |=========================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 28711 |===========


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
Seagate 7200.14 / smart failing .............. 56.50  |=====
Highpoint 3510 / raid 5 / 7200.14 / degraded . 211.18 |==================
Marvell 94xx / mdadm raid 5 .................. 54.25  |=====
Intel 730 .................................... 284.99 |========================
Supermicro SSD / mdadm raid 1 ................ 107.27 |=========