ZFS Ubuntu 16.04 Testing
ZFS benchmarking on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by Michael Larabel.


ZFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 37.73 |================================================================
EXT4 .. 34.83 |===========================================================
Btrfs . 35.40 |============================================================
XFS ... 34.37 |==========================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 59.47  |==================================
EXT4 .. 111.60 |===============================================================
Btrfs . 67.33  |======================================
XFS ... 69.30  |=======================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 36.10 |================================================================
EXT4 .. 34.93 |==============================================================
Btrfs . 34.60 |=============================================================
XFS ... 34.97 |==============================================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 358165  |======
EXT4 .. 562810  |=========
Btrfs . 2718942 |==============================================
XFS ... 3687973 |==============================================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 906   |====
EXT4 .. 13086 |================================================================
Btrfs . 7602  |=====================================
XFS ... 5382  |==========================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 59.12 |==============================================================
EXT4 .. 60.68 |================================================================
Btrfs . 51.75 |=======================================================
XFS ... 60.45 |================================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 1130.74 |===========
EXT4 .. 6271.71 |==============================================================
Btrfs . 6225.31 |==============================================================
XFS ... 6137.84 |=============================================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 201.34 |===========================
EXT4 .. 463.51 |=============================================================
Btrfs . 478.06 |===============================================================
XFS ... 463.90 |=============================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS ... 178.33 |==============================
EXT4 .. 372.30 |===============================================================
Btrfs . 191.04 |================================
XFS ... 252.37 |===========================================