Linux 4.14 Disk IO Tests
Intel Core i7-7900X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Linux 4.13.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 4.14 Git 20170911: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170910, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 674.73 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 716.56 |=============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 168679 |==========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 179135 |=============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 544.67 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 572.66 |=============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 136165 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 143162 |=============================================


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
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 51.57 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 44.09 |=======================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 12889 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 11020 |=======================================


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
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 173.43 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 159.00 |=========================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 43353 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 39747 |==========================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 964.76  |======================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 1118.00 |============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 241185 |======================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 286189 |=============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 636.52 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 618.99 |============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 159126 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 154744 |============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 44.56 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 47.95 |==============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 11137 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 11983 |==============================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 176.78 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 164.74 |==========================================


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
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 44191 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 41182 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 284.82 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 247.22 |=======================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 797.55 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 537.47 |==============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 353.03 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 239.37 |===============================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 588338 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 531234 |=========================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 25061 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 25082 |==============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 736.14 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 738.25 |=============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 1236.11 |===========================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 1255.50 |============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 48
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 3371.32 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 3350.61 |============================================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 396.14 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 399.84 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 6.99 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 7.23 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 13.94 |==============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 13.65 |=============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 750.56 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 772.27 |=============================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 258.09 |=============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 257.55 |=============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.13.0 ............ 5766.33 |============================================
Linux 4.14 Git 20170911 . 5238.73 |========================================