athlonxp-unpack A File-System comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. reiserfs: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 ext4/ordered: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 ext4/writeback,nobarrier: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 ext2: Processor: AMD Sempron @ 2.19GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: American Megatrends P1.30, Chipset: VIA VT8377, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 80GB Seagate ST380021A + 60GB Seagate ST360021A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB (250/500MHz) OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.18.19 (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.39, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext2, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better reiserfs ................. 52.58 |============================================= ext4/ordered ............. 52.69 |============================================= ext4/writeback,nobarrier . 52.43 |============================================= ext2 ..................... 50.19 |===========================================