Linux 3.10 ZFS File-System ZFS file-system benchmarks on the Linux 3.10 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future Phoronix article. EXT4: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.4+ (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Btrfs: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.4+ (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ZFS: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.4+ (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better EXT4 .. 105.03 |========== Btrfs . 671.15 |=============================================================== ZFS ... 120.28 |=========== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 77.33 |=========================================================== Btrfs . 83.33 |================================================================ ZFS ... 47.90 |===================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 96.67 |================================================================ Btrfs . 97.00 |================================================================ ZFS ... 41.92 |============================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 75.23 |=========================================================== Btrfs . 81.43 |================================================================ ZFS ... 39.50 |=============================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 185.02 |==================================================== Btrfs . 226.11 |=============================================================== ZFS ... 185.50 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 127.58 |=============================================================== Btrfs . 106.68 |===================================================== ZFS ... 88.47 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better EXT4 .. 110.89 |=============================================================== Btrfs . 63.53 |==================================== ZFS ... 58.40 |=================================