BSDs vs. Linux File-System Performance Benchmarks
Tests for a future article.
DragonFlyBSD 5.2 - HAMMER
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: NVME-PCIe, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_SPT_I219_V2 7.6.2
OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 5.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.1, File-System: hammer
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: Meltdown Mitigation Protection
DragonFlyBSD 5.2 - HAMMER2
OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 5.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.1, File-System: hammer2
TrueOS - ZFS
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device, Graphics: llvmpipe 16384MB, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Desktop: Lumina 1.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.1 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: Clang 6.0.0 (SVN 324090), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.4
Security Notes: KPTI Protection
FreeBSD 11.1 - ZFS
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.1-STABLE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.0 (SVN 326565), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI Protection
Ubuntu 16.04 - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --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 --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
Disk Notes: NONE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.12 + Python 3.5.2
Security Notes: KPTI + OSB (observable speculation barrier Intel v6) + Full generic retpoline Protection
Ubuntu 18.04 - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --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-as=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-as --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-ld=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection
Clear Linux - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MT/s, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Clear Linux OS 21950, Kernel: 4.16.2-550.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx"
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell
Disk Notes: MQ-DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection
SQLite
This is a simple benchmark of SQLite. At present this test profile just measures the time to perform a pre-defined number of insertions on an indexed database. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Dbench
Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Compile Bench
Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and reading kernel trees. It indirectly measures how well filesystems can maintain directory locality as the disk fills up and directories age. This current test is setup to use the makej mode with 10 initial directories Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
PostMark
This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
PostgreSQL pgbench
This is a simple benchmark of PostgreSQL using pgbench. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Git
This test measures the time needed to carry out some sample Git operations on an example, static repository that happens to be a copy of the GNOME GTK tool-kit repository. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OSBench
OSBench is a collection of micro-benchmarks for measuring operating system primitives like time to create threads/processes, launching programs, creating files, and memory allocation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
DragonFlyBSD 5.2 - HAMMER
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: NVME-PCIe, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_SPT_I219_V2 7.6.2
OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 5.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.1, File-System: hammer
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: Meltdown Mitigation Protection
Testing initiated at 14 April 2018 17:20 by user .
DragonFlyBSD 5.2 - HAMMER2
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: NVME-PCIe, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_SPT_I219_V2 7.6.2
OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 5.2-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.1, File-System: hammer2
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: Meltdown Mitigation Protection
Testing initiated at 14 April 2018 20:02 by user .
TrueOS - ZFS
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device, Graphics: llvmpipe 16384MB, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Desktop: Lumina 1.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.1 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: Clang 6.0.0 (SVN 324090), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.4
Security Notes: KPTI Protection
Testing initiated at 15 April 2018 13:21 by user phoronix.
FreeBSD 11.1 - ZFS
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7998 1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k
OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.1-STABLE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.0 (SVN 326565), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI Protection
Testing initiated at 16 April 2018 18:38 by user .
Ubuntu 16.04 - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --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 --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
Disk Notes: NONE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.12 + Python 3.5.2
Security Notes: KPTI + OSB (observable speculation barrier Intel v6) + Full generic retpoline Protection
Testing initiated at 17 April 2018 09:57 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 18.04 - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --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-as=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-as --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-ld=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection
Testing initiated at 17 April 2018 19:36 by user phoronix.
Clear Linux - EXT4
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MT/s, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Clear Linux OS 21950, Kernel: 4.16.2-550.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx"
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell
Disk Notes: MQ-DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 3.6.5
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection
Testing initiated at 18 April 2018 07:12 by user root.