Linux 4.7 - EXT4 vs. F2FS vs. Btrfs vs. XFS vs. NTFS
Linux file-system benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

F2FS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

NTFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: fuseblk, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Btrfs . 132.58 |===============================================================
EXT4 .. 65.94  |===============================
F2FS .. 76.28  |====================================
XFS ... 62.30  |==============================
NTFS .. 47.45  |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 192625 |========================================================
EXT4 .. 215520 |===============================================================
F2FS .. 194274 |=========================================================
XFS ... 194166 |=========================================================
NTFS .. 137566 |========================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 73396 |==========================================================
EXT4 .. 80946 |================================================================
F2FS .. 81407 |================================================================
XFS ... 81350 |================================================================
NTFS .. 63138 |==================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 270347 |============================================================
EXT4 .. 283973 |===============================================================
F2FS .. 284781 |===============================================================
XFS ... 285041 |===============================================================
NTFS .. 140766 |===============================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 63910  |=================
EXT4 .. 231656 |==============================================================
F2FS .. 233585 |===============================================================
XFS ... 232590 |===============================================================
NTFS .. 63680  |=================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 142.33 |==================================
EXT4 .. 142.23 |==================================
F2FS .. 267.23 |===============================================================
XFS ... 158.07 |=====================================
NTFS .. 127.00 |==============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 280.67 |=======================================================
EXT4 .. 320.80 |===============================================================
F2FS .. 291.87 |=========================================================
XFS ... 284.07 |========================================================
NTFS .. 119.13 |=======================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 141.93 |=================================
EXT4 .. 143.53 |==================================
F2FS .. 267.97 |===============================================================
XFS ... 144.63 |==================================
NTFS .. 124.33 |=============================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 1721568 |===============================================
EXT4 .. 550031  |===============
F2FS .. 2295280 |==============================================================
XFS ... 2188248 |===========================================================
NTFS .. 51603   |=


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 9141  |====================================
EXT4 .. 16461 |================================================================
F2FS .. 4173  |================
XFS ... 6203  |========================
NTFS .. 593   |==


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 83.05  |============================
EXT4 .. 84.94  |=============================
F2FS .. 187.18 |===============================================================
XFS ... 90.39  |==============================
NTFS .. 91.17  |===============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs . 2227.41 |=====================================
EXT4 .. 3713.87 |==============================================================
F2FS .. 3187.59 |=====================================================
XFS ... 2788.43 |===============================================