Linux 3.11 Kernel Btrfs File-System Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell desktop benchmarks of the Linux 3.11 kernel with Btrfs and different file-system mount options / tuning parameters. Linux Btrfs benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1307204-SO-LINUXBTRF26
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Btrfs
July 18 2013
 
Btrfs - Zlib Compression
July 20 2013
 
Btrfs - LZO Compression
July 20 2013
 
Btrfs - No Data COW
July 20 2013
 
Btrfs - No Barrier
July 20 2013
 
Btrfs - SSD Spread
July 20 2013
 
Btrfs - Auto Defrag
July 20 2013
 
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Linux 3.11 Kernel Btrfs File-System Benchmarks, "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",494.19140625,494.5166015625,495.0302734375 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",1117.0869140625,1088.646484375,1126.9228515625 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",2205.2998046875,2228.138671875,2192.375 "Btrfs - No Data COW",494.5419921875,494.05859375,495.8154296875 "Btrfs - No Barrier",493.4228515625,493.3095703125,495 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",493.6337890625,493.2470703125,494.65625 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",493.67578125,493.552734375,492.935546875 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",393.3,391.3,390.1 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",788.8,779.8,776.9 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",1349.1,1340.6,1343.6 "Btrfs - No Data COW",401.5,405.3,405.6 "Btrfs - No Barrier",429.4,427.6,425 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",392.1,390.2,388.2 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",393.5,393.7,392.3 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",406.62,407.38,406.76 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",492,497.14,493.79 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",1001.73,1012.77,1014.5 "Btrfs - No Data COW",560.82,558.67,556.41 "Btrfs - No Barrier",406.29,403.84,406.81 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",405.94,406.89,405.62 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",409.05,408.4,409.16 "Flexible IO Tester 1.57 - Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern", Lower Results Are Better "Btrfs",160.63494706154,165.33885002136,164.01228284836 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",163.03137207031,161.68036103249,168.54570889473 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",163.06000995636,165.24403810501,161.45132803917 "Btrfs - No Data COW",197.49058103561,202.10400891304,203.59763216972 "Btrfs - No Barrier",160.68427491188,161.36968994141,164.42716121674 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",162.39120078087,163.50298786163,161.53165006638 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",338.32640886307,329.84608817101,331.17480492592 "Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",293.016,291.887,291.668 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",266.215,266.822,265.816 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",271.737,271.07,273.069 "Btrfs - No Data COW",304.681,304.031,303.527 "Btrfs - No Barrier",372.437,371.782,368.212 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",293.348,293.768,292.294 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",291.054,293.612,292.062 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",145.19,143.69,145.19 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",106.84,109.3,107.91 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",132.58,132.95,134.27 "Btrfs - No Data COW",148.34,152.25,143.58 "Btrfs - No Barrier",149.81,145.03,142.75 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",147.13,142.59,145.74 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",146.79,147.54,144.08 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",6030.1796875,5953.29296875,6011.5546875 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",5951.220703125,6032.41796875,6031.515625 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",6029.4521484375,6070.4775390625,6055.833984375 "Btrfs - No Data COW",5908.1669921875,5990.896484375,5904.87109375 "Btrfs - No Barrier",6088.7451171875,6053.4443359375,6046.505859375 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",5917.04296875,6074.623046875,5940.1611328125 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",5965.396484375,6063.0634765625,6065.2900390625 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",226.7,236.6,250.1,221.7,212.7,229 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",208.9,203.8,213.4 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",265.7,253.5,265.4 "Btrfs - No Data COW",215.2,228.4,224.6 "Btrfs - No Barrier",259.4,227,263.7,222.2,211.7,241.7 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",282.1,205.3,218.7,263.7,243.4,239.5 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",234.4,211.8,237.8,254.4,227.5,222.5 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Btrfs",289.7,199.1,230.3,284.8,236.3,244.9 "Btrfs - Zlib Compression",214.2,211.5,200,207.4 "Btrfs - LZO Compression",269.4,264.1,263.9 "Btrfs - No Data COW",258.9,212.6,263.6,213.4,212.5,216.1 "Btrfs - No Barrier",318.4,232.4,255.6,242.2,222.9,233.9 "Btrfs - SSD Spread",200.9,251.5,244.2,273.5,198,229.2 "Btrfs - Auto Defrag",294.7,197.4,201.1,198.6,201.2,214