Linux 3.10 File-System Comparison File-system benchmarks on the Linux 3.10 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix. XFS: 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: xfs, 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 EXT2: 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 EXT3: 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 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 ReiserFS: 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: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Reiser4: 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: Reiser4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 JFS: 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: jfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 F2FS: 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: F2FS, 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 XFS ...... 228.99 |==================== Btrfs .... 671.15 |============================================================ EXT2 ..... 145.22 |============= EXT3 ..... 146.41 |============= EXT4 ..... 105.03 |========= ReiserFS . 147.71 |============= Reiser4 .. 83.07 |======= JFS ...... 145.46 |============= F2FS ..... 388.09 |=================================== ZFS ...... 120.28 |=========== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 82.27 |===================================================== Btrfs .... 83.33 |===================================================== EXT2 ..... 94.07 |============================================================ EXT3 ..... 68.40 |============================================ EXT4 ..... 77.33 |================================================== ReiserFS . 66.13 |========================================== Reiser4 .. 74.17 |================================================ JFS ...... 86.57 |======================================================== F2FS ..... 95.07 |============================================================= ZFS ...... 47.90 |=============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 95.73 |============================================================ Btrfs .... 97.00 |============================================================= EXT2 ..... 96.70 |============================================================= EXT3 ..... 90.00 |========================================================= EXT4 ..... 96.67 |============================================================= ReiserFS . 78.37 |================================================= Reiser4 .. 76.40 |================================================ JFS ...... 83.42 |==================================================== F2FS ..... 88.43 |======================================================== ZFS ...... 41.92 |========================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 80.80 |==================================================== Btrfs .... 81.43 |==================================================== EXT2 ..... 92.27 |=========================================================== EXT3 ..... 70.57 |============================================= EXT4 ..... 75.23 |================================================ ReiserFS . 65.03 |========================================== Reiser4 .. 72.97 |=============================================== JFS ...... 82.90 |===================================================== F2FS ..... 94.87 |============================================================= ZFS ...... 39.50 |========================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 149.21 |================= Btrfs .... 226.11 |========================== EXT2 ..... 530.30 |============================================================ EXT3 ..... 119.36 |============== EXT4 ..... 185.02 |===================== ReiserFS . 113.00 |============= Reiser4 .. 112.11 |============= JFS ...... 304.16 |================================== F2FS ..... 425.42 |================================================ ZFS ...... 185.50 |===================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 116.35 |=================================================== Btrfs .... 106.68 |=============================================== EXT2 ..... 125.73 |======================================================= EXT3 ..... 116.28 |=================================================== EXT4 ..... 127.58 |======================================================== ReiserFS . 120.82 |===================================================== Reiser4 .. 137.27 |============================================================ JFS ...... 74.42 |================================= F2FS ..... 99.92 |============================================ ZFS ...... 88.47 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better XFS ...... 94.10 |============================================== Btrfs .... 63.53 |=============================== EXT2 ..... 106.10 |==================================================== EXT3 ..... 122.36 |============================================================ EXT4 ..... 110.89 |====================================================== ReiserFS . 67.35 |================================= Reiser4 .. 113.80 |======================================================== JFS ...... 41.54 |==================== F2FS ..... 70.92 |=================================== ZFS ...... 58.40 |=============================