USB 3.0 Flash Drive F2FS File-System Tests

Benchmarking F2FS and EXT3, EXT4, Xfs, and Btrfs file-systems from a USB 3.0 Corsair Flash Voyager. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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F2FS

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc_on,relatime,rw,user_xattr
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Btrfs

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

EXT3

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

EXT4

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

XFS

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

USB 3.0 Flash Drive F2FS File-System TestsOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MBRealtek ALC889DELL P2210HIntel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 13.043.8.0-7-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.13.2radeon 7.1.02.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svnF2FSbtrfsext4xfs1920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemsScreen ResolutionUSB 3.0 Flash Drive F2FS File-System Tests 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- 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- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

F2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFSLogarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuitePostMarkCompile BenchDbenchFS-MarkFS-MarkIOzoneCompile BenchIOzoneD.T.PInitial Create11.F.1.S4.F.3.S.D.1.S64Kb - 4GB - Write PerformanceCompile64Kb - 4GB - Read Performance

USB 3.0 Flash Drive F2FS File-System Testsfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizedbench: 1iozone: 64Kb - 4GB - Read Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 4GB - Write Performancecompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createpostmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceF2FSBtrfsEXT3EXT4XFS17.3517.3046.543926.8720.6422.3747.50373110.9310.9012.024761.9718.4934.7010.3621455.405.5316.625189.518.112.3257.126314.4017.3827.725519.6520.446.9934.90304814.1212.5251.985574.2321.755.3719.622818OpenBenchmarking.org

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs48121620SE +/- 0.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.28, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 614.1217.3514.405.4010.931. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs48121620SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 312.5217.3017.385.5310.901. (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: 1XFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs1224364860SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 351.9846.5427.7216.6212.021. (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: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs12002400360048006000SE +/- 17.24, N = 3SE +/- 780.72, N = 6SE +/- 62.42, N = 3SE +/- 76.34, N = 6SE +/- 396.72, N = 65574.233926.875519.655189.514761.971. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 4SE +/- 0.35, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 621.7520.6420.448.1118.491. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs816243240SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 35.3722.376.992.3234.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs1326395265SE +/- 1.95, N = 3SE +/- 3.75, N = 6SE +/- 7.56, N = 3SE +/- 23.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 319.6247.5034.9057.1210.36

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 PerformanceXFSF2FSEXT4EXT3Btrfs8001600240032004000SE +/- 331.54, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 47.63, N = 62818373130486321451. (CC) gcc options: -O3

F2FS

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc_on,relatime,rw,user_xattr
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 2 March 2013 09:16 by user phoronix.

Btrfs

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 2 March 2013 13:34 by user phoronix.

EXT3

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 2 March 2013 17:08 by user phoronix.

EXT4

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 3 March 2013 10:40 by user phoronix.

XFS

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 3 March 2013 16:17 by user phoronix.