Linux 3.12 File-System Test Preview EXT4 and F2FS file-system preview benchmarks from the Linux 3.11 and Linux 3.12 kernels. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.11: F2FS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11: EXT4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 112.69 |========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 116.63 |=========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 63.99 |======================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 63.77 |======================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 368.67 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 361.87 |========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 229.87 |=========================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 277.67 |================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 401.70 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 398.90 |=========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 401.87 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 401.60 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 367.27 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 358.47 |========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 246.40 |============================= Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 275.93 |================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 627.68 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 622.91 |=========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 320.67 |====================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 327.04 |====================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 486.55 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 487.72 |=========================================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 488.33 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 488.26 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 443.67 |================================ Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 435.24 |=============================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 600.56 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 592.73 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11: F2FS .......... 235.80 |============================ Linux 3.12 20130910: F2FS . 228.87 |=========================== Linux 3.11: EXT4 .......... 358.02 |========================================== Linux 3.12 20130910: EXT4 . 365.09 |===========================================