Linux 3.16 SSD File-System Tests Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.15: EXT4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (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: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.15: F2FS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (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: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.15: XFS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (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: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.16: EXT4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.16: F2FS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: F2FS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.16: XFS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.9 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 48.54 |============================ Linux 3.15: F2FS . 91.56 |==================================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 86.32 |================================================= Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 55.30 |=============================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 93.33 |===================================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 89.83 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 54.80 |==================================================== Linux 3.15: F2FS . 54.47 |=================================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 49.93 |=============================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 56.10 |===================================================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 54.67 |==================================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 50.43 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 141.70 |==================================================== Linux 3.15: F2FS . 126.53 |============================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 85.87 |================================ Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 123.87 |============================================= Linux 3.16: F2FS . 123.40 |============================================= Linux 3.16: XFS .. 87.80 |================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 110.48 |================================= Linux 3.15: F2FS . 122.66 |===================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 156.53 |=============================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 111.18 |================================= Linux 3.16: F2FS . 144.45 |=========================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 174.50 |==================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 2.29 |========================= Linux 3.15: F2FS . 3.86 |========================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 4.93 |===================================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 2.44 |========================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 4.29 |============================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 4.99 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 6.06 |======================================== Linux 3.15: F2FS . 4.82 |================================ Linux 3.15: XFS .. 7.84 |==================================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 6.44 |=========================================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 4.73 |=============================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 8.11 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 229.26 |=================================================== Linux 3.15: F2FS . 200.59 |============================================ Linux 3.15: XFS .. 181.75 |======================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 178.56 |======================================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 234.97 |==================================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 183.79 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.15: EXT4 . 150.34 |==================================================== Linux 3.15: F2FS . 122.43 |========================================== Linux 3.15: XFS .. 116.06 |======================================== Linux 3.16: EXT4 . 150.42 |==================================================== Linux 3.16: F2FS . 121.16 |========================================== Linux 3.16: XFS .. 119.02 |=========================================