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 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 |================================ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |======================= 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 |================================ 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 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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 |======================= 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 |================================== 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 |=================== 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 |=================================== 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 |============================= 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 |=================================