Btrfs vs. F2FS Ubuntu 13.04 File-Systems Btrfs and F2FS file-system benchmarks on Ubuntu 13.04 with the Linux 3.8 kernel with a solid-state drive. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Stock: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ssd_spread: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ZLIB Compression: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 LZO Compression: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 No Data COW: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 No Barrier: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Discard: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 F2FS - Linux 3.8: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 F2FS - Linux 3.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 EXT4 - Linux 3.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 XFS - Linux 3.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.84, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Stock ............ 658.86 |=============================================== ssd_spread ....... 660.36 |=============================================== ZLIB Compression . 662.35 |=============================================== LZO Compression .. 663.12 |=============================================== No Data COW ...... 629.26 |============================================= No Barrier ....... 654.07 |=============================================== Discard .......... 728.97 |==================================================== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 362.66 |========================== F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 361.39 |========================== EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 103.33 |======= XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 226.66 |================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 69.60 |=================== ssd_spread ....... 73.57 |==================== ZLIB Compression . 119.13 |================================ LZO Compression .. 193.40 |==================================================== No Data COW ...... 86.43 |======================= No Barrier ....... 70.53 |=================== Discard .......... 59.98 |================ F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 95.87 |========================== F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 97.03 |========================== EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 79.37 |===================== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 84.13 |======================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 94.43 |====== ssd_spread ....... 94.60 |====== ZLIB Compression . 313.87 |=================== LZO Compression .. 842.20 |==================================================== No Data COW ...... 99.23 |====== No Barrier ....... 95.30 |====== Discard .......... 79.22 |===== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 100.03 |====== F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 100.20 |====== EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 97.20 |====== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 95.20 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 67.30 |=================== ssd_spread ....... 68.00 |=================== ZLIB Compression . 113.03 |=============================== LZO Compression .. 189.07 |==================================================== No Data COW ...... 88.20 |======================== No Barrier ....... 69.17 |=================== Discard .......... 55.20 |=============== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 93.43 |========================== F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 93.70 |========================== EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 77.27 |===================== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 82.33 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 108.82 |======= ssd_spread ....... 108.03 |======= ZLIB Compression . 261.67 |================== LZO Compression .. 763.52 |==================================================== No Data COW ...... 108.01 |======= No Barrier ....... 105.14 |======= F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 96.79 |======= F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 96.94 |======= EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 106.65 |======= XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 103.28 |======= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 72.15 |==================================== ssd_spread ....... 71.51 |==================================== ZLIB Compression . 66.50 |================================== LZO Compression .. 82.53 |========================================== No Data COW ...... 79.96 |======================================== No Barrier ....... 72.61 |===================================== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 54.46 |============================ F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 54.63 |============================ EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 102.90 |==================================================== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 89.10 |============================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 1109 |==================== ssd_spread ....... 1113 |==================== ZLIB Compression . 3012 |====================================================== LZO Compression .. 1456 |========================== No Data COW ...... 1549 |============================ No Barrier ....... 1101 |==================== Discard .......... 1071 |=================== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 1633 |============================= F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 1579 |============================ EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 1442 |========================== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 1518 |=========================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Stock ............ 1366.29 |====================== ssd_spread ....... 1362.01 |====================== ZLIB Compression . 1303.04 |===================== LZO Compression .. 1414.07 |====================== No Data COW ...... 1723.26 |=========================== No Barrier ....... 1421.92 |======================= Discard .......... 934.61 |=============== F2FS - Linux 3.8 . 3048.68 |================================================ F2FS - Linux 3.9 . 3000.57 |================================================ EXT4 - Linux 3.9 . 3221.51 |=================================================== XFS - Linux 3.9 .. 2166.15 |==================================