File-System Testing Up To Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 through Linux 4.9 file-system benchmarks using EXT4, F2FS, Btrfs, and XFS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution EXT4 F2FS Btrfs XFS Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores) MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0 Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB Realtek ALC1150 ASUS PB278 Intel Connection Ubuntu 16.10 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.5.0 X Server 1.18.4 nouveau 1.0.12 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4 GCC 6.2.0 20161005 ext4 2560x1440 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) f2fs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) btrfs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64) xfs 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64) 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64) 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161209 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave System Details - Python 2.7.12+. Disk Mount Options Details - EXT4: Linux 4.6: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.7: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.8: data=ordered,relatime,rw - EXT4: Linux 4.9: data=ordered,relatime,rw - F2FS: Linux 4.6: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,inline_data,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.7: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,inline_data,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.8: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,flush_merge,inline_data,lazytime,mode=adaptive,relatime,rw,user_xattr - F2FS: Linux 4.9: acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,extent_cache,flush_merge,inline_data,inline_dentry,lazytime,mode=adaptive,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Btrfs: Linux 4.6: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.7: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.8: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - Btrfs: Linux 4.9: relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd,subvol=/,subvolid=5 - XFS: Linux 4.6: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.7: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.8: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw - XFS: Linux 4.9: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compilebench: Initial Create blogbench: Write blogbench: Read fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size fio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s fio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s fio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s fio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - Yes - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/s sqlite: Default Test Directory EXT4 F2FS Btrfs XFS Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 6578 441.34 6010 2303055 43.55 51.63 63.45 427.15 205.06 286.24 225.81 41.10 6756 439.47 5440 2464416 43.16 51.33 62.48 430.07 226.64 287.06 210.79 39.07 6522 452.33 5863 2607836 42.96 51.47 61.60 359.77 127.31 355.87 210.70 37.89 6466 451.62 5920 2273978 42.63 51.63 61.77 428.98 210.01 288.47 212.53 38.25 7980 435.93 4938 3154997 45.27 52.67 64.07 428.90 217.75 287.17 216.39 40.00 8154 405.82 4452 3336775 45.30 52.40 63.88 429.56 218.37 287.63 207.41 40.33 8154 403.59 4332 3202812 44.95 47.70 63.32 360.71 128.54 357.91 220.92 39.97 8243 356.18 3523 3258119 45.30 52.20 62.98 430.82 221.09 286.02 213.47 40.00 6697 123.51 4439 3219050 44.93 50.10 68.60 97.32 250.56 94.47 213.12 131.38 6697 133.18 4451 3234609 46.17 49.73 71.55 99.25 244.42 93.06 212.15 132.00 6637 170.60 4680 3170021 46.08 51.07 55.93 91.08 248.34 90.57 210.16 85.47 6303 192.47 4655 3070448 44.92 50.30 64.42 99.11 250.36 90.31 216.27 84.87 6199 325.14 3448 3029239 45.77 52.13 77.32 430.30 221.19 282.43 216.58 35.23 6163 310.81 3311 3227148 45.37 51.47 98.15 430.72 227.45 287.46 215.67 35.31 3928 345.05 3417 3268490 45.23 52.40 103.70 359.56 128.42 352.00 214.86 35.12 3995 303.89 3380 3112281 45.98 53.07 93.52 430.11 222.20 279.83 215.99 35.33 OpenBenchmarking.org
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max F2FS 7980 8133 8243 EXT4 6466 6581 6756 Btrfs 6303 6584 6697 XFS 3928 5071 6199 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Linux 4.9 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.6 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create Min Avg Max EXT4 439.5 446.2 452.3 F2FS 356.2 400.4 435.9 XFS 303.9 321.2 345.1 Btrfs 123.5 154.9 192.5 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 120 240 360 480 600
BlogBench Test: Write Min Avg Max EXT4 5440 5808 6010 F2FS 3523 4311 4938 Btrfs 4439 4556 4680 XFS 3311 3389 3448 OpenBenchmarking.org Final Score, More Is Better BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Linux 4.6 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.7 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000
BlogBench Test: Read Min Avg Max F2FS 3154997 3238176 3336775 XFS 3029239 3159290 3268490 Btrfs 3070448 3173532 3234609 EXT4 2273978 2412321 2607836 OpenBenchmarking.org Final Score, More Is Better BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Min Avg Max Btrfs 44.9 45.5 46.2 XFS 45.2 45.6 46.0 F2FS 45.0 45.2 45.3 EXT4 42.6 43.1 43.6 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Linux 4.7 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 12 24 36 48 60
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Min Avg Max XFS 51.5 52.3 53.1 F2FS 47.7 51.2 52.7 EXT4 51.3 51.5 51.6 Btrfs 49.7 50.3 51.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.7 15 30 45 60 75
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Min Avg Max XFS 77.3 93.2 103.7 Btrfs 55.9 65.1 71.6 F2FS 63.0 63.6 64.1 EXT4 61.6 62.3 63.5 OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Linux 4.8 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.6 20 40 60 80 100
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max F2FS 360.7 412.5 430.8 XFS 359.6 412.7 430.7 EXT4 359.8 411.5 430.1 Btrfs 91.1 96.7 99.3 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better 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 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.8 110 220 330 440 550
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max Btrfs 244.4 248.4 250.6 XFS 128.4 199.8 227.5 EXT4 127.3 192.3 226.6 F2FS 128.5 196.4 221.1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better 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 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.7 60 120 180 240 300
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max F2FS 286.0 304.7 357.9 EXT4 286.2 304.4 355.9 XFS 279.8 300.4 352.0 Btrfs 90.3 92.1 94.5 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better 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: MB/s Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.6 100 200 300 400 500
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s Min Avg Max EXT4 210.7 215.0 225.8 F2FS 207.4 214.5 220.9 XFS 214.9 215.8 216.6 Btrfs 210.2 212.9 216.3 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better 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 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.8 Linux 4.9 Linux 4.7 60 120 180 240 300
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max XFS 35.1 35.2 35.3 EXT4 37.9 39.1 41.1 F2FS 40.0 40.1 40.3 Btrfs 84.9 108.4 132.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Linux 4.8 Linux 4.6 Linux 4.7 Linux 4.9 40 80 120 160 200
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