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


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 |===========================================


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 |======================


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 |================================


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 |===========================================