Raid_Tests
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5 and AMD TONGA 4096MB on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite.


HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 3 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0008-2F2 + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1004FBYZ-0 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 380X / R9 M295X, Audio: AMD Tonga HDMI Audio, Monitor: BenQ BL2201, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 3 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0008-2F2 + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1004FBYZ-0 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7, Graphics: amdgpudrmfb, Monitor: BenQ BL2201

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.12.4-gentoo-trial (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045, Graphics: EFI VGA

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.34-gentoo-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

HD Single Disk Gentoo Server: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045, Graphics: EFI VGA

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.34-gentoo-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

HD Single Disk Gentoo: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0008-2F2 + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1004FBYZ-0 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7, Graphics: AMD TONGA 4096MB, Monitor: BenQ BL2201

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.12.4-gentoo-trial (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5040x1050


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 16.61   |
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 18.63   |
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 30.51   |
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 53.17   |=
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 2021.09 |================================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 649.11 |=================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 631.64 |================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 441.31 |======================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 346.11 |==================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 578.17 |=============================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 188 |===================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 192 |====================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 166 |===============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 194 |====================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 169 |===============================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 102 |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 129 |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 108 |=====
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 710 |====================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 303 |===============


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4.60 |================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4.58 |================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 9.80 |===================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 3.19 |===========
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 2.04 |=======


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 1147 |================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 1140 |================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 2447 |===================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 793  |===========
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 506  |=======


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 1.08 |=============
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 1.09 |=============
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 2.62 |================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 2.83 |===================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 1.24 |===============


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 266 |==============
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 270 |==============
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 652 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 703 |====================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 305 |================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 28.49  |========
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 23.59  |======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 66.91  |==================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 121.12 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 82.78  |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 7121  |========
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 5897  |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 16726 |===================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 30280 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 20694 |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 190 |===================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 189 |===================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 167 |===============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 195 |====================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 170 |===============================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 18.70  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 17.17  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 23.78  |=======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 115.71 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 76.35  |======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4674  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4291  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 5944  |=======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 28926 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 19087 |======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 99  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 131 |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 108 |=====
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 715 |====================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 315 |================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 302.64 |================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 309.91 |=================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 291.66 |===============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 223.04 |========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 168.54 |==================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 75656 |=================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 77473 |==================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 72910 |================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 55755 |========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 42131 |==================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 23.08  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 25.01  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 52.95  |===========
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 164.13 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 162.32 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 5767  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 6249  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 13234 |===========
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 41028 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 40576 |==================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 23.69  |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 24.30  |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 67.86  |===================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 118.83 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 84.97  |========================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 5918  |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 6073  |=======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 16962 |===================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 29703 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 21239 |========================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 18.75  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 17.51  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 24.08  |=======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 115.45 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 79.26  |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4683  |======
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4373  |=====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 6017  |=======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 28858 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 19810 |=======================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 15.33 |===================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 14.97 |===================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 21.87 |============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 26.83 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 22.23 |============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 45.60 |=============================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 42.00 |==========================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 48.40 |==============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 52.80 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 54.00 |==================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 14.87 |=================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 14.97 |=================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 21.57 |=========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 29.10 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 25.10 |=============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 165.23  |====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 168.65  |====
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 309.78  |=======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 211.43  |====
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 1508.30 |================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 9.26  |===================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 9.14  |===================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 13.87 |=============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 16.40 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 12.21 |=========================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 32.50 |==================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 32.63 |==================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 53.88 |==============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 60.17 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 42.04 |========================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 306.33  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 320.80  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 382.80  |==
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 192.49  |=
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 5924.56 |================================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 300.60  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 297.60  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 360.52  |==
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 190.96  |=
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 5177.03 |================================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 169.66 |=====================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 165.10 |====================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 268.44 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 179.29 |======================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 141.47 |=================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 167.96 |=====================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 166.48 |=====================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 264.07 |=================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 183.70 |=======================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 138.01 |=================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 53.74  |=============
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 98.71  |========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 133.12 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 71.74  |=================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 130.11 |==============================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 141.02 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 50.98 |========================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 73.38 |==================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 72.91 |==================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 11.21 |================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 11.81 |==================================
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 9.33  |===========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 9.27  |===========================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 11.40 |=================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 274  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 289  |==
HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 805  |======
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server ........ 830  |======
HD Single Disk Gentoo ............... 4934 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server . 2.84 |==========================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ........ 1.26 |===================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HD Single Disk Gentoo Server . 2.88 |==========================================
HD Single Disk Gentoo ........ 1.27 |===================