RAID mdadm benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel with various file-systems. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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RAID mdadm benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel with various file-systems. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
,,"Native Btrfs: RAID 0","Native Btrfs: RAID 1","Native Btrfs: RAID 10","Native Btrfs: RAID 5","Native Btrfs: RAID 6","mdadm EXT4: RAID 0","mdadm EXT4: RAID 1","mdadm EXT4: RAID 10","mdadm EXT4: RAID 5","mdadm EXT4: RAID 6","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6","mdadm XFS: RAID 0","mdadm XFS: RAID 1","mdadm XFS: RAID 10","mdadm XFS: RAID 5","mdadm XFS: RAID 6","mdadm F2FS: RAID 0","mdadm F2FS: RAID 1","mdadm F2FS: RAID 10","mdadm F2FS: RAID 5","mdadm F2FS: RAID 6","Glusterfs-1G on XFS SSD via NFS-1G","Glusterfs-1G on XFS SSD via NFG-1G noop"
Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores),AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores),AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores)
Motherboard,,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,,
Chipset,,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,,
Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,1024MB,1024MB
Disk,,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1,31GB,31GB
Graphics,,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,,
Audio,,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,,
Monitor,,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,,
Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,,
OS,,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Ubuntu 14.10,Debian GNU/Linux 8,Debian GNU/Linux 8
Kernel,,3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64),3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64),3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,Unity 7.3.1,,
Display Server,,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,X Server 1.16.0,,
Display Driver,,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,radeon 7.4.0,,
OpenGL,,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4,,
Compiler,,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.1,GCC 4.9.2,GCC 4.9.2
File-System,,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,btrfs,xfs,xfs,xfs,xfs,xfs,f2fs,f2fs,f2fs,f2fs,f2fs,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,,
System Layer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Xen 4.4.1-xs100654 Hypervisor,Xen 4.4.1-xs100654 Hypervisor
,,"Native Btrfs: RAID 0","Native Btrfs: RAID 1","Native Btrfs: RAID 10","Native Btrfs: RAID 5","Native Btrfs: RAID 6","mdadm EXT4: RAID 0","mdadm EXT4: RAID 1","mdadm EXT4: RAID 10","mdadm EXT4: RAID 5","mdadm EXT4: RAID 6","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5","mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6","mdadm XFS: RAID 0","mdadm XFS: RAID 1","mdadm XFS: RAID 10","mdadm XFS: RAID 5","mdadm XFS: RAID 6","mdadm F2FS: RAID 0","mdadm F2FS: RAID 1","mdadm F2FS: RAID 10","mdadm F2FS: RAID 5","mdadm F2FS: RAID 6","Glusterfs-1G on XFS SSD via NFS-1G","Glusterfs-1G on XFS SSD via NFG-1G noop"
"Compile Bench - Test: Initial Create (MB/s)",HIB,206.74,187.72,177.54,189.59,195.02,325.18,303.04,306.37,316.17,320.82,178.31,160.58,156.97,156.21,151.64,264.38,228.19,228.20,255.99,271.62,331.33,328.79,352.47,377.77,348.76,14.89,16.00
"IOzone - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance (MB/s)",HIB,1142.43,584.85,599.32,876.77,598.43,1111.26,302.75,585.30,441.27,385.39,1141.18,280.39,478.65,438.55,315.85,1111.56,303.50,588.42,580.95,473.17,1100.42,303.32,566.14,421.86,350.84,12.97,8.77
"FS-Mark - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,40.73,35.63,38.50,39.17,37.73,38.73,34.80,36.80,31,32.00,39.43,33.43,36.93,32.10,30.63,40.73,32.77,35.83,30.33,29.23,66.40,53.57,61.30,52.47,51.40,14.82,11.28
"FS-Mark - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads (Files/s)",HIB,83.73,69.03,77.07,79.87,75.47,90.40,99.57,78.13,84.07,70.43,92.00,64.00,75.60,64.73,56.80,88.73,68.90,81.70,58.10,53.83,86.57,80.63,77.97,75.50,67.83,19.43,14.20
"FS-Mark - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,41.43,35.10,38.33,38.87,38.20,38.97,33.90,37.03,31.10,32.27,39.60,34.03,37.80,33.37,30.43,42.43,34.07,39.57,32.10,30.93,65.87,53.50,62.87,56.37,50.73,11.72,12.00
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,319.41,130.32,272.19,242.55,208.96,508.73,115.34,199.95,192.80,155.78,385.34,109.97,161.90,209.60,172.72,398.74,115.82,214.94,197.19,154.10,419.29,113.35,200.36,196.78,152.53,22.23,22.03
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,824.97,323.80,450.78,869.68,960.89,,303.30,,957.59,,,854.98,843.68,879.09,925.05,,301.16,,,,,299.58,,,997.53,112.69,113.57
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,497.23,128.00,267.48,248.93,214.56,421.37,110.32,163.86,146.07,134.18,381.45,109.22,159.53,214.31,179.73,393.49,115.51,166.75,151.05,129.62,387.04,109.58,177.32,149.41,131.26,13.50,13.26
"Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s (MB/s)",HIB,758.26,233.00,469.10,742.06,653.54,818.33,214.45,684.95,689.39,854.92,816.02,224.69,695.44,792.61,909.98,841.97,236.43,384.53,751.77,928.27,872.84,239.73,741.30,736.18,916.30,71.74,70.21