Linux 3.2 Kernel - EXT4 vs. Btrfs SSD/HDD

Future article on phoronix by Michael Larabel testing EXT4 and Btrfs on Linux 3.2 kernel with a SATA solid-state drive (SSD) and hard drive (HDD) from Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme system with Intel X79 SATA 3.0 motherboard.

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SATA 3.0 SSD: EXT4
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSATA 3.0 SSDHDD EXT4 Btrfs EXT4 BtrfsIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce GT520 1024MB (810/500MHz)Realtek ALC892Intel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.2.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 2D 4.24.0X Server 1.10.4nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11GCC 4.6ext41920x1080btrfs240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620ASext4btrfsOpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- SATA 3.0 SSD: Btrfs, HDD: EXT4, HDD: Btrfs: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+.

postmark: Disk Transaction Performancesqlite: Default Test Directorypgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondcompilebench: Initial Createfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncfs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizefio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Patterndbench: 1SATA 3.0 SSDHDD EXT4 Btrfs EXT4 Btrfs416644.804738.26241.01284.371535.47414.13282.3748.68324.32450042.471199.08136.56232.332260.57374.03231.30218.98255.6047501045.23246.18127.7617.001531.9731.0014.933989.8015.0441691265.4043.4385.6115.402246.3718.2315.078859.0411.69OpenBenchmarking.org

PostMark

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4Btrfs10002000300040005000SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 136.19, N = 10SE +/- 127.40, N = 10SE +/- 278.79, N = 104166450047504169
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4Btrfs8001600240032004000Min: 4166 / Avg: 4166 / Max: 4166Min: 4166 / Avg: 4499.6 / Max: 5000Min: 4166 / Avg: 4749.8 / Max: 5000Min: 2500 / Avg: 4169.4 / Max: 5000

SQLite

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryEXT4Btrfs30060090012001500SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 6SE +/- 18.22, N = 344.8042.471045.231265.40
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryEXT4Btrfs2004006008001000Min: 44.79 / Avg: 44.8 / Max: 44.82Min: 42.11 / Avg: 42.47 / Max: 42.83Min: 1010.51 / Avg: 1045.23 / Max: 1202.28Min: 1245.61 / Avg: 1265.4 / Max: 1301.79

PostgreSQL pgbench

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondEXT4Btrfs10002000300040005000SE +/- 17.29, N = 3SE +/- 4.64, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 34738.261199.08246.1843.43
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondEXT4Btrfs8001600240032004000Min: 4705.92 / Avg: 4738.26 / Max: 4765.02Min: 1190.33 / Avg: 1199.08 / Max: 1206.14Min: 244.61 / Avg: 246.18 / Max: 248.61Min: 41.9 / Avg: 43.43 / Max: 44.54

Compile Bench

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateEXT4Btrfs50100150200250SE +/- 2.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.80, N = 5SE +/- 3.24, N = 6241.01136.56127.7685.61
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateEXT4Btrfs4080120160200Min: 236.9 / Avg: 241.01 / Max: 245.28Min: 134.22 / Avg: 136.56 / Max: 137.79Min: 120.72 / Avg: 127.76 / Max: 130.82Min: 81.02 / Avg: 85.61 / Max: 101.66

FS-Mark

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeEXT4Btrfs60120180240300SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3284.37232.3317.0015.40
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeEXT4Btrfs50100150200250Min: 283.5 / Avg: 284.37 / Max: 285.2Min: 229.7 / Avg: 232.33 / Max: 234.5Min: 16.8 / Avg: 17 / Max: 17.2Min: 15.4 / Avg: 15.4 / Max: 15.4

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncEXT4Btrfs5001000150020002500SE +/- 4.93, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 10.57, N = 31535.472260.571531.972246.37
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncEXT4Btrfs400800120016002000Min: 1530 / Avg: 1535.47 / Max: 1545.3Min: 2251.5 / Avg: 2260.57 / Max: 2271.9Min: 1526.7 / Avg: 1531.97 / Max: 1537.7Min: 2226.1 / Avg: 2246.37 / Max: 2261.7

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsEXT4Btrfs90180270360450SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3414.13374.0331.0018.23
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsEXT4Btrfs70140210280350Min: 413.6 / Avg: 414.13 / Max: 414.4Min: 372.2 / Avg: 374.03 / Max: 375Min: 27.6 / Avg: 31 / Max: 33.6Min: 18 / Avg: 18.23 / Max: 18.4

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeEXT4Btrfs60120180240300SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3282.37231.3014.9315.07
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeEXT4Btrfs50100150200250Min: 280.7 / Avg: 282.37 / Max: 284.2Min: 229.3 / Avg: 231.3 / Max: 233.2Min: 14.9 / Avg: 14.93 / Max: 15Min: 15 / Avg: 15.07 / Max: 15.2

Flexible IO Tester

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternEXT4Btrfs2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 2017.15, N = 4SE +/- 97.75, N = 348.68218.983989.808859.04
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternEXT4Btrfs15003000450060007500Min: 48.44 / Avg: 48.68 / Max: 48.9Min: 217.96 / Avg: 218.98 / Max: 220.42Min: 4.59 / Avg: 3989.8 / Max: 7469.53Min: 8667.41 / Avg: 8859.04 / Max: 8988.36

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1EXT4Btrfs70140210280350SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3324.32255.6015.0411.69
SATA 3.0 SSDHDDOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1EXT4Btrfs60120180240300Min: 324.1 / Avg: 324.32 / Max: 324.51Min: 255.23 / Avg: 255.6 / Max: 255.84Min: 11.59 / Avg: 11.69 / Max: 11.74