Disk encryption benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com... Stock (no encryption), eCryptfs home encryption, and LUKS-based LVM encryption...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Disk Encryption Benchmarks
Disk encryption benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com... Stock (no encryption), eCryptfs home encryption, and LUKS-based LVM encryption...
Stock:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Full-Disk Encryption:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Home Directory Encryption:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
CPU Usage Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Percent
Stock ..................... MIN: 0 AVG: 27 MAX: 100
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 1 AVG: 32 MAX: 100
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1 AVG: 30 MAX: 100
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 584.51 |===========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 554.63 |=========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 82.71 |======
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 221.47 |===========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 219.43 |===========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 189.78 |=====================================
Compile Bench 0.6
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 18.6 MAX: 34.2
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 33.6 MAX: 73.6
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 2.5 AVG: 20.7 MAX: 43.0
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 172.27 |===========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 165.59 |=========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 70.64 |==================
Dbench 4.0
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 12.0 MAX: 17.2
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 14.4 MAX: 22.5
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 16.0 MAX: 22.8
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 91.86 |============================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 90.77 |===========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 70.52 |==================================
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 6.2 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 14.7
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 12.1 MAX: 13.8
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 11.9 MAX: 13.2
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 50.60 |============================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 47.53 |=========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 40.40 |===================================
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 13.1 MAX: 41.3
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 23.6 MAX: 46.3
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1.8 AVG: 25.6 MAX: 29.7
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 134.27 |===========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 132.20 |==========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 103.20 |=================================
FS-Mark 3.3
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 7.4
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.5 AVG: 11.5 MAX: 13.8
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 13.9
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 50.73 |============================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 47.73 |=========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 40.83 |===================================
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 1 AVG: 63 MAX: 100
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2 AVG: 65 MAX: 100
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1 AVG: 66 MAX: 100
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... 64.22 |===========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 64.95 |============================================
Home Directory Encryption . 65.17 |============================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 1 AVG: 95 MAX: 100
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2 AVG: 95 MAX: 100
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1 AVG: 94 MAX: 100
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... 238.41 |==========================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 242.78 |===========================================
Home Directory Encryption . 241.72 |===========================================
PostMark 1.51
CPU Usage Monitor
Percent < Lower Is Better
Stock ..................... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 21.8
Full-Disk Encryption ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 25.5 MAX: 39.0
Home Directory Encryption . MIN: 1.8 AVG: 23.0 MAX: 35.3
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Stock ..................... 1789 |=============================================
Full-Disk Encryption ...... 1376 |===================================
Home Directory Encryption . 901 |=======================