Linux 3.15 HDD Benchmarks

Linux 3.15 kernel file-system benchmarks from a Western Digital high performance hard drive while running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. EXT4, XFS, and F2FS file-systems compared with Linux 3.14 vs. 3.15. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1405086-KH-LINUX315H34.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 3.14Linux 3.15 EXT4 XFS Btrfs EXT4 XFS BtrfsIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1radeon 7.3.993.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-97a70f2 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.2ext42560x1600xfsbtrfsIntel 8 /C2203.15.0-999-generic (x86_64)ext4xfsbtrfsOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Linux 3.14: EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Linux 3.14: XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- Linux 3.14: Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- Linux 3.15: EXT4: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Linux 3.15: XFS: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- Linux 3.15: Btrfs: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cacheSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

aio-stress: Rand Writedbench: 1dbench: 6iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4postmark: Disk Transaction PerformanceLinux 3.14Linux 3.15 EXT4 XFS Btrfs EXT4 XFS Btrfs1794.2118.5646.38129.520.3351031807.7734.1351.30123.720.495210273.6119.8473.54134.520.6053201787.6818.7047.21128.770.3451731696.8434.1651.73123.340.535481253.9919.8674.44134.970.575597OpenBenchmarking.org

AIO-Stress

Test: Random Write

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteEXT4XFSBtrfs400800120016002000SE +/- 16.86, N = 3SE +/- 19.27, N = 3SE +/- 8.63, N = 6SE +/- 14.79, N = 3SE +/- 108.59, N = 6SE +/- 11.86, N = 61794.211807.77273.611787.681696.84253.991. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

Dbench

Client Count: 1

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1EXT4XFSBtrfs816243240SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 318.5634.1319.8418.7034.1619.861. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

Dbench

Client Count: 6

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 6EXT4XFSBtrfs20406080100SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 346.3851.3073.5447.2151.7374.441. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

IOzone

Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceEXT4XFSBtrfs306090120150SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3129.52123.72134.52128.77123.34134.971. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4EXT4XFSBtrfs0.1350.270.4050.540.675SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 30.330.490.600.340.530.57

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

Linux 3.14Linux 3.15OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceEXT4XFSBtrfs12002400360048006000SE +/- 60.05, N = 3SE +/- 62.65, N = 3SE +/- 65.24, N = 3SE +/- 35.33, N = 3SE +/- 89.44, N = 6SE +/- 42.00, N = 35103521053205173548155971. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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