Linux 3.15 Kernel SSD File Systems
Linux 3.15 kernel file-system benchmarks on a solid-state drive (SSD). Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Linux 3.14: EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.14: XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.14: F2FS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.14: Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.15: Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.15: XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.15: EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.15: F2FS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 5102 |=============================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 5597 |=================================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 5954 |=====================================================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 5597 |=================================================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 5599 |=================================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 5725 |===================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 5245 |==============================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 6000 |=====================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 14.55 |================================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 13.92 |==============================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 15.61 |====================================================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 10.91 |====================================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 11.00 |=====================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 13.37 |=============================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 14.33 |================================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 9.99  |=================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 372.97 |===================================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 373.93 |===================================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 373.56 |===================================================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 375.28 |===================================================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 375.34 |===================================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 373.36 |===================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 373.87 |===================================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 373.50 |===================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 1003.27 |=============================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 1105.74 |=================================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 867.97  |=======================================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 951.26  |==========================================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 954.63  |==========================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 1123.67 |==================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 1006.46 |=============================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 837.87  |=====================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 399.49 |=====================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 424.22 |=======================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 544.06 |==================================================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 309.13 |=============================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 311.40 |=============================
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 430.22 |========================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 400.48 |=====================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 550.28 |===================================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.14: EXT4 .. 2461.79 |===============================================
Linux 3.14: XFS ... 2627.56 |==================================================
Linux 3.14: F2FS .. 1652.01 |===============================
Linux 3.14: Btrfs . 884.40  |=================
Linux 3.15: Btrfs . 795.36  |===============
Linux 3.15: XFS ... 2550.03 |================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 .. 2640.25 |==================================================
Linux 3.15: F2FS .. 1873.04 |===================================