Linux 3.7 Kernel File-Systems
Intel Linux 3.7 kernel file-system benchmarking of EXT4, Btrfs, and XFS on ubuntu 12.10. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com..


EXT4: Linux 3.5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Btrfs: Linux 3.5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

XFS: Linux 3.5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

XFS: Linux 3.7 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 106.81 |========
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 102.60 |========
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 607.16 |================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 592.75 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 223.28 |==================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 219.57 |=================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 78.37 |==============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 82.40 |=================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 70.70 |==========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 65.97 |=======================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 83.10 |=================================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 82.27 |=================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 95.43 |===============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 98.80 |=================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 95.00 |===============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 93.53 |==============================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 94.80 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 94.10 |===============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 78.93 |===============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 81.90 |=================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 67.43 |========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 66.47 |=======================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 82.47 |=================================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 79.73 |===============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 243.48 |================================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 219.66 |===========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 165.21 |=================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 167.97 |=================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 170.34 |==================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 181.12 |====================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 251.48 |================================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 233.92 |=============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 221.21 |==========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 205.08 |=======================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 227.54 |===========================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 219.24 |==========================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 251.44 |================================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 234.81 |=============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 226.68 |===========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 203.06 |=======================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 229.09 |============================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 220.28 |==========================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 99.75  |==============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 101.49 |===============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 99.66  |==============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 102.62 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 103.67 |================================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 104.52 |================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 99.55  |==============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 101.13 |===============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 99.16  |==============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 102.43 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 103.13 |================================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 103.98 |================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 86.65 |=============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 95.33 |=================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 81.99 |==========================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 75.58 |=======================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 91.77 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 77.91 |========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 105.54 |================================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 104.74 |===============================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 106.01 |================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 104.53 |===============================================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 102.27 |==============================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 101.39 |==============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
EXT4: Linux 3.5 ...... 90.75 |===============================================
EXT4: Linux 3.7 Git .. 93.66 |=================================================
Btrfs: Linux 3.5 ..... 47.52 |=========================
Btrfs: Linux 3.7 Git . 58.45 |===============================
XFS: Linux 3.5 ....... 93.58 |=================================================
XFS: Linux 3.7 Git ... 92.33 |================================================