lt-mwegrzynek Intel Core i5-2400 testing with a ASRock Z68 Pro3-M and Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 without bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 bcache reattached: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 2012-05-13 17:51: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 2012-05-13 18:00: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 full without bcache: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 bcache working: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500630NS + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SMB2230N, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-bcache (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 29327.14 |=============================================== full without bcache . 29404.97 |=============================================== bcache working ...... 29366.67 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 79.43 |========================================= without bcache ...... 64.66 |================================= bcache reattached ... 90.72 |=============================================== full without bcache . 67.11 |=================================== bcache working ...... 97.18 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 65.79 |========================================== without bcache ...... 51.12 |================================= bcache reattached ... 70.00 |============================================= full without bcache . 50.29 |================================ bcache working ...... 78.46 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 526.24 |====================================== without bcache ...... 669.28 |================================================= bcache reattached ... 671.43 |================================================= full without bcache . 657.15 |================================================ bcache working ...... 659.81 |================================================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 490.11 |================================================= full without bcache . 279.45 |============================ bcache working ...... 491.56 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 534.30 |=============================================== full without bcache . 221.18 |=================== bcache working ...... 558.86 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 471.09 |================================================ full without bcache . 116.34 |============ bcache working ...... 484.88 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 498.53 |================================================= full without bcache . 81.58 |======== bcache working ...... 501.50 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 104.16 |================================================= full without bcache . 66.29 |=============================== bcache working ...... 76.23 |==================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 100.05 |============================================== full without bcache . 49.67 |======================= bcache working ...... 107.05 |================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 13.55 |================================================= full without bcache . 13.61 |================================================== bcache working ...... 13.71 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 54.65 |================================================== full without bcache . 54.53 |================================================== bcache working ...... 54.51 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 94.55 |================================================== full without bcache . 69.12 |===================================== bcache working ...... 72.13 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 4743.14 |=============================================== without bcache ...... 2349.30 |======================== bcache reattached ... 4711.18 |=============================================== full without bcache . 2295.13 |======================= bcache working ...... 4793.30 |================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 10461.36 |============================================= full without bcache . 10837.34 |=============================================== bcache working ...... 10431.58 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better bcache .............. 40.78 |================================================= full without bcache . 1.77 |== bcache working ...... 41.27 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better bcache .............. 11.34 |============================================== 2012-05-13 17:51 .... 11.83 |================================================ 2012-05-13 18:00 .... 10.49 |========================================== full without bcache . 11.44 |============================================== bcache working ...... 12.35 |==================================================