FreeBSD 12.0 ZFS vs. ZoL Benchmarks FreeBSD 12.0 ZFS benchmarks for a future article. FreeBSD iX ZoL: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-STABLE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 8.0.0 (SVN 356365), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 800x600 FreeBSD ZFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 800x600 FreeBSD UFS: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK + DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel I210 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK + DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel I210 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Stretch ZoL: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X399 Taichi (P3.30 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB DDR4-1200MHz, Disk: 3 x 4001GB TOSHIBA MD04ACA4 + 2 x 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRZ-00G + 4001GB HGST HDS724040AL + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S + 512GB SPCC Solid State + 60GB Corsair Force LS + 4001GB TOSHIBA HDWE140 + 3 x 128GB ADATA SP900NS38, Graphics: amdgpudrmfb (1206/1750MHz), Audio: AMD Device aae0, Network: 2 x Intel I211 + Mellanox MT26448 + Intel Device 24fb OS: Debian 9.8, Kernel: 4.19.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 22.38 |============================= FreeBSD ZFS ........ 27.21 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 39.35 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 27.04 |=================================== Debian Stretch ZoL . 13.82 |================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 1378135 |================================================= FreeBSD ZFS ........ 1313846 |=============================================== FreeBSD UFS ........ 1255659 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 585358 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 332905 |============ Debian Stretch ZoL . 568999 |==================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 4178 |====== FreeBSD ZFS ........ 3417 |===== FreeBSD UFS ........ 2665 |==== Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 35873 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 18932 |=========================== Debian Stretch ZoL . 4226 |====== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 2489 |======================= FreeBSD ZFS ........ 2514 |======================= FreeBSD UFS ........ 4060 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 5644 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 2237 |===================== Debian Stretch ZoL . 1920 |================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 911.00 |=========================== FreeBSD ZFS ........ 855.00 |========================= FreeBSD UFS ........ 1672.00 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 1313.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 893.00 |========================== Debian Stretch ZoL . 64.12 |== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 132.00 |======== FreeBSD ZFS ........ 252.00 |=============== FreeBSD UFS ........ 845.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 60.99 |==== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 100.66 |====== Debian Stretch ZoL . 207.58 |============ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 423 |======== FreeBSD ZFS ........ 490 |========= FreeBSD UFS ........ 2843 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 226 |==== Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 312 |====== Debian Stretch ZoL . 283 |===== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better FreeBSD iX ZoL ..... 7076 |==================================================== FreeBSD ZFS ........ 6947 |=================================================== FreeBSD UFS ........ 3796 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 .. 6697 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL ... 3886 |============================= Debian Stretch ZoL . 1083 |========