Linux 3.16 HDD File-System Tests
Linux 3.16 file-system benchmarks on a hard drive by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Linux 3.15: Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 3.15: EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 3.15: XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 3.16 Git: XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x800


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 30.30 |========================================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 30.60 |=========================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 28.40 |======================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 30.83 |=========================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 35.93 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 35.87 |================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 43.03 |===============================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 43.40 |================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 65.73 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 66.13 |================================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 53.33 |=======================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 52.33 |======================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 28.93 |=====================================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 28.93 |=====================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 31.17 |========================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 30.93 |========================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 37.52 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 37.45 |================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 73.28 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 72.97 |================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 46.14 |==============================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 49.88 |=================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 51.71 |==================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 53.14 |===================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 0.99 |=================================================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 0.99 |=================================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 0.68 |==================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 0.86 |===========================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 0.67 |=================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 0.69 |==================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 171.06 |===============================================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 171.86 |===============================================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 125.54 |==================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 119.72 |=================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 126.04 |==================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 116.45 |================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15: Btrfs ..... 78.41  |=========================
Linux 3.16 Git: Btrfs . 75.11  |========================
Linux 3.15: EXT4 ...... 142.32 |=============================================
Linux 3.16 Git: EXT4 .. 147.05 |===============================================
Linux 3.15: XFS ....... 119.79 |======================================
Linux 3.16 Git: XFS ... 119.86 |======================================