HDD EXT4 XFS Btrfs Disk Testing Linux 4.8
XFS, EXT4, Btrfs, and NILFS2 benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Btrfs: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

XFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

NILFS2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: nilfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Btrfs SSD sandisk plus: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: FUJITSU SIEMENS ESPRIMO Mobile V5545 v20, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST9250315AS + 240GB SanDisk SDSSDA24, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2400 128MB, Audio: Conexant CX20549 (Venice), Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: ManjaroLinux 16.06.1, Kernel: 4.5.7-1-MANJARO (x86_64), OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x800


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Btrfs .................. 849.78 |==============================================
EXT4 ................... 558.75 |==============================
XFS .................... 269.80 |===============
NILFS2 ................. 193.60 |==========
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 205.63 |===========


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: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .................. 1.79  |=====
EXT4 ................... 1.77  |=====
XFS .................... 1.81  |=====
NILFS2 ................. 1.90  |=====
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 16.65 |===============================================


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: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .................. 1.84   |=
EXT4 ................... 72.58  |=====================
XFS .................... 104.85 |==============================
NILFS2 ................. 2.26   |=
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 161.64 |==============================================


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: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .................. 62.51 |======================================
EXT4 ................... 71.97 |============================================
XFS .................... 77.36 |===============================================
NILFS2 ................. 27.91 |=================
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 49.50 |==============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .................. 26.37 |===============
EXT4 ................... 17.17 |==========
XFS .................... 37.03 |=====================
NILFS2 ................. 42.00 |=======================
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 84.67 |===============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .. 44.67 |===============================================
EXT4 ... 37.73 |========================================
XFS .... 46.40 |=================================================
NILFS2 . 59.60 |===============================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .. 350.01 |================================================
EXT4 ... 452.58 |==============================================================
XFS .... 388.90 |=====================================================
NILFS2 . 74.95  |==========


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .................. 7286 |================================================
EXT4 ................... 7352 |================================================
XFS .................... 6049 |=======================================
NILFS2 ................. 593  |====
Btrfs SSD sandisk plus . 626  |====


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Btrfs .. 92.82  |================================================
EXT4 ... 118.67 |==============================================================
XFS .... 98.38  |===================================================
NILFS2 . 79.21  |=========================================