F2FS Linux File-System Benchmarks

Benchmarks of the new F2FS (Flash Friendly File-System) being introduced in the mainline Linux 3.8 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking initially at F2FS performance compared to Btrfs, EXT4, and other Linux file-systems.

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F2FS Linux File-System BenchmarksOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)HP 161CIntel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz)IDT 92HD81B1X5Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205Ubuntu 13.043.8.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.6.0X Server 1.13.2intel 2.21.23.0 Mesa 9.0.2GCC 4.7F2FSbtrfsext4xfsjfsreiserfs1600x900ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemsScreen ResolutionF2FS Linux File-System Benchmarks PerformanceSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - F2FS: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc_on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- EXT3: DEADLINE / acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr- EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- JFS: DEADLINE / relatime,rw- ReiserFS: DEADLINE / relatime,rw- Scaling Governor: ondemand- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

F2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFSResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%220%341%461%581%Flexible IO TesterDbenchCompile BenchFS-MarkPostMarkIOzone

F2FS Linux File-System Benchmarksfio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Patternfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancecompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS364.5595.90100.9093.67569.01237.89242.13103.01103.17227.28101.7695.6858.361716592.0766.3794.6365.17165.37211.11213.66101.29100.97213.98101.05106.9673.401154143.3968.7394.5367.57124.76207.70206.29101.02101.45206.22101.17101.0098.601229101.8678.6799.6078.80195.24239.71235.35101.89101.93236.29101.66107.13109.521674228.2781.0795.5779.80157.83230.34233.45103.00102.69228.79102.60101.73110.901704143.6291.53100.2390.40302.34241.34241.4893.4894.12241.7791.5092.4755.681573155.0651.0877.0050.18109.96218.47221.9398.3896.01224.2695.0275.8546.671041OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS130260390520650SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 4.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3364.55592.07143.39101.86228.27143.62155.06
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS100200300400500Min: 363.37 / Avg: 364.55 / Max: 365.75Min: 583.89 / Avg: 592.07 / Max: 600.59Min: 142.57 / Avg: 143.39 / Max: 144.36Min: 101.74 / Avg: 101.86 / Max: 102.11Min: 227.6 / Avg: 228.27 / Max: 229.29Min: 142.95 / Avg: 143.62 / Max: 143.98Min: 154.43 / Avg: 155.06 / Max: 155.96

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 495.9066.3768.7378.6781.0791.5351.081. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 94.1 / Avg: 95.9 / Max: 97.4Min: 65.8 / Avg: 66.37 / Max: 67.3Min: 67.6 / Avg: 68.73 / Max: 70.7Min: 77.9 / Avg: 78.67 / Max: 79.8Min: 80.1 / Avg: 81.07 / Max: 82.5Min: 90.6 / Avg: 91.53 / Max: 92.7Min: 48.8 / Avg: 51.08 / Max: 52.71. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.64, N = 6100.9094.6394.5399.6095.57100.2377.001. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 100.5 / Avg: 100.9 / Max: 101.4Min: 94 / Avg: 94.63 / Max: 95.2Min: 94 / Avg: 94.53 / Max: 94.8Min: 99.2 / Avg: 99.6 / Max: 100Min: 94.7 / Avg: 95.57 / Max: 97.2Min: 99.4 / Avg: 100.23 / Max: 100.7Min: 71.6 / Avg: 77 / Max: 83.61. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 693.6765.1767.5778.8079.8090.4050.181. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 92.9 / Avg: 93.67 / Max: 95Min: 65.1 / Avg: 65.17 / Max: 65.3Min: 67.1 / Avg: 67.57 / Max: 68.1Min: 78.6 / Avg: 78.8 / Max: 78.9Min: 79.2 / Avg: 79.8 / Max: 80.2Min: 90.2 / Avg: 90.4 / Max: 90.6Min: 48.7 / Avg: 50.18 / Max: 52.81. (CC) gcc options: -static

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1F2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS120240360480600SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3569.01165.37124.76195.24157.83302.34109.961. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1F2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS100200300400500Min: 566.05 / Avg: 569.01 / Max: 571.6Min: 164.9 / Avg: 165.37 / Max: 166.03Min: 124.57 / Avg: 124.76 / Max: 124.88Min: 192.96 / Avg: 195.24 / Max: 196.51Min: 156.77 / Avg: 157.83 / Max: 158.47Min: 301.91 / Avg: 302.34 / Max: 302.74Min: 109.57 / Avg: 109.96 / Max: 110.231. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS50100150200250SE +/- 1.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3237.89211.11207.70239.71230.34241.34218.471. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS4080120160200Min: 235.06 / Avg: 237.89 / Max: 239.36Min: 209.14 / Avg: 211.11 / Max: 213.36Min: 206.67 / Avg: 207.7 / Max: 209.59Min: 236.19 / Avg: 239.71 / Max: 243.68Min: 227.53 / Avg: 230.34 / Max: 233.34Min: 240.27 / Avg: 241.34 / Max: 241.9Min: 216.92 / Avg: 218.47 / Max: 221.271. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS50100150200250SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 1.74, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3242.13213.66206.29235.35233.45241.48221.931. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS4080120160200Min: 240.48 / Avg: 242.13 / Max: 243Min: 209.65 / Avg: 213.66 / Max: 219.44Min: 205.52 / Avg: 206.29 / Max: 207.13Min: 232.05 / Avg: 235.35 / Max: 237.97Min: 231.12 / Avg: 233.45 / Max: 236.71Min: 241.2 / Avg: 241.48 / Max: 241.69Min: 221.11 / Avg: 221.93 / Max: 222.781. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3103.01101.29101.02101.89103.0093.4898.381. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 102.77 / Avg: 103.01 / Max: 103.3Min: 100.68 / Avg: 101.29 / Max: 101.77Min: 100.83 / Avg: 101.02 / Max: 101.32Min: 101.69 / Avg: 101.89 / Max: 102Min: 102.78 / Avg: 103 / Max: 103.2Min: 92.45 / Avg: 93.48 / Max: 94.06Min: 96.32 / Avg: 98.38 / Max: 100.141. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3103.17100.97101.45101.93102.6994.1296.011. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 103.08 / Avg: 103.17 / Max: 103.27Min: 99.99 / Avg: 100.97 / Max: 101.48Min: 101.3 / Avg: 101.45 / Max: 101.62Min: 101.89 / Avg: 101.93 / Max: 101.95Min: 102.42 / Avg: 102.69 / Max: 102.93Min: 92.87 / Avg: 94.12 / Max: 95.09Min: 94.95 / Avg: 96.01 / Max: 96.781. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS50100150200250SE +/- 3.28, N = 6SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3227.28213.98206.22236.29228.79241.77224.261. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS4080120160200Min: 210.96 / Avg: 227.28 / Max: 231.62Min: 210.5 / Avg: 213.98 / Max: 216.88Min: 206 / Avg: 206.22 / Max: 206.43Min: 235.73 / Avg: 236.29 / Max: 237.08Min: 225.48 / Avg: 228.79 / Max: 231.39Min: 241.38 / Avg: 241.77 / Max: 242.38Min: 223.77 / Avg: 224.26 / Max: 225.041. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3101.76101.05101.17101.66102.6091.5095.021. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 101.26 / Avg: 101.76 / Max: 102.02Min: 100.18 / Avg: 101.05 / Max: 101.52Min: 101.01 / Avg: 101.17 / Max: 101.28Min: 101.24 / Avg: 101.66 / Max: 102.04Min: 102 / Avg: 102.6 / Max: 103.27Min: 88.8 / Avg: 91.5 / Max: 92.96Min: 94.82 / Avg: 95.02 / Max: 95.391. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 395.68106.96101.00107.13101.7392.4775.85
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 94.67 / Avg: 95.68 / Max: 96.23Min: 105.41 / Avg: 106.96 / Max: 108.56Min: 100.41 / Avg: 101 / Max: 102.05Min: 104.67 / Avg: 107.13 / Max: 109.3Min: 100.35 / Avg: 101.73 / Max: 102.79Min: 92.33 / Avg: 92.47 / Max: 92.57Min: 73.2 / Avg: 75.85 / Max: 77.59

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 3.60, N = 358.3673.4098.60109.52110.9055.6846.67
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS20406080100Min: 58.11 / Avg: 58.36 / Max: 58.81Min: 72.29 / Avg: 73.4 / Max: 75.21Min: 94.16 / Avg: 98.6 / Max: 104.31Min: 107.83 / Avg: 109.52 / Max: 110.97Min: 107.35 / Avg: 110.9 / Max: 117.55Min: 55.45 / Avg: 55.68 / Max: 55.8Min: 40.77 / Avg: 46.67 / Max: 53.18

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS400800120016002000SE +/- 4.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 9.96, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 55.59, N = 6SE +/- 8.97, N = 317161154122916741704157310411. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSJFSReiserFS30060090012001500Min: 1712 / Avg: 1716 / Max: 1724Min: 1152 / Avg: 1153.67 / Max: 1157Min: 1219 / Avg: 1229.33 / Max: 1250Min: 1655 / Avg: 1673.67 / Max: 1689Min: 1689 / Avg: 1704.33 / Max: 1724Min: 1428 / Avg: 1573.17 / Max: 1785Min: 1024 / Avg: 1041.33 / Max: 10541. (CC) gcc options: -O3