HDD EXT4 XFS Btrfs Disk Testing Linux 4.8
XFS, EXT4, Btrfs and NILFS2 benchmarking by phoronix guy 2016-08-30


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

filesystemtest: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) v3.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB HGST HDN724040AL + 2 x 4001GB Western Digital WD40EFRX-68W + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (822/2004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: HP L2245w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-ck (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 370.23, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160802 + Clang 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3600x1080


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 |============
filesystemtest . 26.53  |==


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   |
filesystemtest . 280.51 |======================================================


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   |
filesystemtest . 323.87 |======================================================


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  |=====
filesystemtest . 323.81 |======================================================


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  |==================
filesystemtest . 128.40 |======================================================


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  |=======================
filesystemtest . 142.00 |======================================================


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  |=====
filesystemtest . 3489 |===========================


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   |===
filesystemtest . 1278.20 |=====================================================