Benchmarking Ubuntu 13.04 with no disk encryption, home directory encryption (eCryptfs), and full disk encryption. Also monitored CPU usage using MONITOR=cpu.usage environment variable. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Ubuntu 13.04 Disk Encryption
Benchmarking Ubuntu 13.04 with no disk encryption, home directory encryption (eCryptfs), and full disk encryption. Also monitored CPU usage using MONITOR=cpu.usage environment variable. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
No Encryption:
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 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Home Encryption:
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 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Full-Disk Encryption:
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 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
BlogBench 1.0
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0 AVG: 81 MAX: 100
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 2 AVG: 97 MAX: 100
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0 AVG: 82 MAX: 100
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 3012 |==================================================
Home Encryption ...... 391 |======
Full-Disk Encryption . 3026 |==================================================
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.4 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 5.8
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 6.7 AVG: 7.4 MAX: 8.7
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 6.4
Flexible IO Tester 1.57
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.4 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 8.8
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.9 MAX: 17.5
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 10.1
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.1 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 10.8
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.2 MAX: 11.1
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 2.2 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 10.3
Dbench 4.0
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.1 AVG: 46.7 MAX: 52.6
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.2 AVG: 46.6 MAX: 60.2
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 32.7 MAX: 42.8
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 127.67 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 39.53 |===============
Full-Disk Encryption . 59.23 |======================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 127.97 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 39.97 |===============
Full-Disk Encryption . 58.83 |======================
Dbench 4.0
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.4 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 23.9
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 24.4
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 31.4
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 171.60 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 64.00 |==================
Full-Disk Encryption . 62.67 |==================
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 688.60 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 268.76 |===================
Full-Disk Encryption . 378.32 |==========================
Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ 77.79 |====================
Home Encryption ...... 143.41 |=====================================
Full-Disk Encryption . 188.16 |================================================
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 209.51 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 91.33 |=====================
Full-Disk Encryption . 175.49 |========================================
IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 235.29 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 104.14 |=====================
Full-Disk Encryption . 167.60 |==================================
IOzone 3.405
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 1.3 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 9.9
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.5 MAX: 17.9
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 8.5 MAX: 15.5
Compile Bench 0.6
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 18.4
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 10.3 MAX: 17.1
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.2 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 24.7
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.0 AVG: 16.0 MAX: 19.0
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 14.8 MAX: 17.8
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 1.5 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 19.9
IOzone 3.405
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.3 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 10.2
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 10.5 MAX: 16.4
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 14.7
PostMark 1.51
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.3 AVG: 12.4 MAX: 13.1
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 2.8 AVG: 12.0 MAX: 13.4
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.1 AVG: 12.2 MAX: 13.0
PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 2392.93 |===============================================
Home Encryption ...... 1327.32 |==========================
Full-Disk Encryption . 1811.78 |====================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0.0 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 72.1
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 54.4
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 67.4
CPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
No Encryption ........ MIN: 0 AVG: 35 MAX: 100
Home Encryption ...... MIN: 0 AVG: 25 MAX: 100
Full-Disk Encryption . MIN: 0 AVG: 24 MAX: 100
BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 291645 |==================
Home Encryption ...... 760809 |================================================
Full-Disk Encryption . 358969 |=======================
IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 246.72 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 60.82 |============
Full-Disk Encryption . 51.34 |==========
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 306.13 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 67.95 |===========
Full-Disk Encryption . 66.26 |==========
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Encryption ........ 220.35 |================================================
Home Encryption ...... 49.51 |===========
Full-Disk Encryption . 85.60 |===================