A File-System comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.
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
Environment Notes: __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Disk Notes: BFQ / noatime,notail,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.
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
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
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
Environment Notes: __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Disk Notes: BFQ / noatime,notail,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.
Testing initiated at 22 August 2015 15:12 by user petevine.
Environment Notes: __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Disk Notes: BFQ / noatime,notail,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.
Testing initiated at 22 August 2015 18:54 by user petevine.
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
Environment Notes: __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Disk Notes: BFQ / noatime,notail,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.
Testing initiated at 22 August 2015 19:02 by user petevine.
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
Environment Notes: __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Disk Notes: BFQ / noatime,notail,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.
Testing initiated at 22 August 2015 19:07 by user petevine.