Raid_Tests Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 testing with a Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02 and EFI VGA on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 3 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0008-2F2 + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1004FBYZ-0 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 380X / R9 M295X, Audio: AMD Tonga HDMI Audio, Monitor: BenQ BL2201, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 3 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0008-2F2 + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2BP24 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1004FBYZ-0 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7, Graphics: amdgpudrmfb, Monitor: BenQ BL2201 OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.12.4-gentoo-trial (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045, Graphics: EFI VGA OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.34-gentoo-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 53.74 |=================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 98.71 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 71.74 |================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 130.11 |================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 50.98 |======================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 73.38 |================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 9.26 |======================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 9.14 |====================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 13.87 |================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 32.50 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 32.63 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 53.88 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 188 |=================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 192 |==================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 166 |=============================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 102 |============================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 129 |==================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 108 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4.60 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4.58 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 9.80 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 1147 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 1140 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 2447 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 1.08 |============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 1.09 |=============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 2.62 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 266 |=============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 270 |=============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 652 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 28.49 |============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 23.59 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 66.91 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 7121 |============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 5897 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 16726 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 190 |==================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 189 |==================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 167 |================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 18.70 |=========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 17.17 |========================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 23.78 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4674 |============================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4291 |========================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 5944 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 99 |=========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 131 |==================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 108 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 302.64 |================================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 309.91 |================================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 291.66 |=============================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 75656 |================================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 77473 |================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 72910 |================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 23.08 |=============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 25.01 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 52.95 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 5767 |=============== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 6249 |================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 13234 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 23.69 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 24.30 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 67.86 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 5918 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 6073 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 16962 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 18.75 |========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 17.51 |========================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 24.08 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 4683 |=========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 4373 |========================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 6017 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 15.33 |======================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 14.97 |======================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 21.87 |================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 45.60 |================================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 42.00 |============================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 48.40 |================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 14.87 |======================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 14.97 |======================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 21.57 |================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 165.23 |================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 168.65 |================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 309.78 |================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 306.33 |========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 320.80 |============================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 382.80 |================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 300.60 |============================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 297.60 |=========================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 360.52 |================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 169.66 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 165.10 |==================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 268.44 |================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 167.96 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 166.48 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 264.07 |================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 274 |============ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 289 |============= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 805 |==================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 11.21 |================================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 11.81 |================================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 9.33 |=========================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 16.61 |=================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 18.63 |===================== HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 30.51 |================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better HD 4 Disk MD RAID4 Debian 9 Default . 649.11 |================================= HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo ........... 631.64 |================================ HD 4 Disk MD RAID5 Gentoo Server .... 441.31 |======================