Benchmarks of the Reiser4 file-system on the Linux 3.5.3 kernel with Reiser4 patch while running on Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 Linux. Reiser4 file-system performance compared to EXT4, Btrfs, XFS, and ReiserFS file-systems. Benchmarked Reiser4 for future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel
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Reiser4 File-System Linux Benchmarks,
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",95.805,96.507,96.118,88.516,95.755,80.231,94.194,95.734
"Btrfs",78.176,78.152,83.223,74.44,74.765,72.894,75.787,68.144
"XFS",95.193,91.92,96.321,92.773
"ReiserFS",94.401,94.545,96.059,93.55
"Reiser4",26.399,38.64,34.944,33.639,39.095,28.294,35.624,38.115
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",94.724,95.137,94.214,95.1
"Btrfs",84.867,72.324,81.373,86.861,81.846,79.62,87.945,92.703
"XFS",49.895,94.871,95.002,90.939,95.818,93.907,94.234,94.278
"ReiserFS",94.338,94.827,92.531,94.995
"Reiser4",32.672,30.306,32.384,33.219,32.122
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",100.599,98.202,100.868,96.739
"Btrfs",85.139,82.738,80.542,80.373
"XFS",27.333,98.021,97.548,98.648,97.749,98.796,97.287,99.659
"ReiserFS",88.845,96.643,98.343,98.125,96.301,97.975,97.619
"Reiser4",39.253,37.366,37.71,40.433,39.134
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",98.645,99.164,98.364,98.792
"Btrfs",91.486,86.532,92.199,90.062
"XFS",97.893,98.371,97.226,99.866
"ReiserFS",78.838,95.867,96.067,96.998,97.707,95.491,98.941,79.849
"Reiser4",36.344,34.483,33.661,32.907,29.719,34.391,35.326,31.972
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",103.67,105.39,105
"Btrfs",102.34,104.89,104.44
"XFS",99.21,101.23,102.83
"ReiserFS",106.05,103.45,104.43
"Reiser4",101.7,101.69,102.21
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",91.39,99.11,96.09
"Btrfs",65.09,68.99,60.9
"XFS",83.23,82.71,89.08
"ReiserFS",70.43,69.17,68.69
"Reiser4",105.91,109.41,104.17
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",247.853,248.355,238.034
"Btrfs",158.492,158.707,160.192
"XFS",185.325,185.094,181.692
"ReiserFS",111.042,111.276,111.416
"Reiser4",111.18,109.87,110.184
"Flexible IO Tester 1.57 - Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern",
Lower Results Are Better
"EXT4",102.65333580971,102.97888088226,102.88290095329
"Btrfs",576.97283697128,599.57901287079,594.1431889534
"XFS",216.89226698875,215.68189406395,218.09774422646
"ReiserFS",144.37077283859,144.27678894997,145.74573802948
"Reiser4",82.038437843323,82.999701976776,83.117475032806
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",83,80.3,80.1
"Btrfs",72.6,69.1,71.3
"XFS",85.7,83.1,85.7
"ReiserFS",63.8,62.3,65.2
"Reiser4",76.8,79.9,75.3
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",98.4,98.4,94.4
"Btrfs",94.9,94.9,95.4
"XFS",95.6,94,94
"ReiserFS",79.6,79.2,79.2
"Reiser4",85.6,84.3,84.1
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",79.6,79.9,79.3
"Btrfs",70.3,70.7,70.9
"XFS",82.9,81.7,84.2
"ReiserFS",65.8,64.8,63.7
"Reiser4",74.4,74.9,74.5
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",233.25,232.705078125,234.982421875
"Btrfs",204.783203125,204.0869140625,207.2275390625
"XFS",225.28125,219.654296875,219.63671875
"ReiserFS",209.1533203125,210.9990234375,210.4384765625
"Reiser4",224.8408203125,239.3515625,239.32421875,239.9228515625
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",236.09375,234.24609375,236.009765625
"Btrfs",211.279296875,210.78125,215.33203125
"XFS",217.421875,218.576171875,219.1826171875
"ReiserFS",211.486328125,208.1796875,208.19140625
"Reiser4",239.5947265625,239.94140625,239.173828125
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",101.1923828125,101.6220703125,101.3193359375
"Btrfs",101.587890625,101.9326171875,101.6416015625
"XFS",103.7080078125,103.8828125,104.00390625
"ReiserFS",100.92578125,100.9521484375,101.021484375
"Reiser4",99.837890625,100.302734375,100.5234375
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",101.51171875,101.7451171875,100.9697265625
"Btrfs",102.1337890625,100.810546875,102.1552734375
"XFS",103.6474609375,104.619140625,103.482421875
"ReiserFS",101.2431640625,100.70703125,100.8623046875
"Reiser4",99.109375,99.5009765625,99.359375
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",234.630859375,233.8271484375,236.3876953125
"Btrfs",212.23046875,211.3125,212.4599609375
"XFS",183.8369140625,215.3642578125,218.548828125,222.8095703125,217.8681640625,217.212890625
"ReiserFS",208.328125,208.361328125,209.68359375
"Reiser4",237.146484375,233.484375,237.2978515625
"Unpacking The Linux Kernel - linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2",
Lower Results Are Better
"EXT4",17.161852121353,15.225343942642,14.788456916809,15.3625831604,14.880666017532,15.38286781311,14.793405056,15.080131053925
"Btrfs",16.606533050537,16.304812908173,15.897207975388,16.057346105576
"XFS",15.968235969543,14.611001968384,14.671205997467,14.880129814148,14.854625940323,14.81231713295
"ReiserFS",16.016268968582,15.707690954208,15.239964962006,15.293090105057
"Reiser4",16.291254043579,14.626574039459,16.063007831573,14.529760122299,16.157973051071,16.050111055374,15.948786020279,14.441667079926
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"EXT4",101.7763671875,101.9326171875,101.7509765625
"Btrfs",101.896484375,101.9853515625,102.0517578125
"XFS",104.37109375,103.31640625,103.7392578125
"ReiserFS",101.0517578125,101.1591796875,100.9609375
"Reiser4",100.7353515625,100.130859375,100.1533203125
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Btrfs",1562,1666,1562,1562,1666,1470,1666,1562,1562,1562
"ReiserFS",1388,1388,1315,1315,1470,1388,1388,1388,1315,1388
"Reiser4",1470,1562,1562,1562,1562