Ubuntu 19.10 ZFS vs. EXT4
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X ZFS vs. EXT4 tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


ZFS: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

EXT4: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Flexible IO Tester 3.16
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 283  |=============
EXT4 . 1487 |==================================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.16
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 72433  |============
EXT4 . 380667 |================================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.16
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 102.40 |=======
EXT4 . 935.00 |================================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.16
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 26233  |=======
EXT4 . 239333 |================================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.16
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 4086 |==================================================================
EXT4 . 2970 |================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 1513.08 |===============================================================
EXT4 . 578.20  |========================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 1505.70 |=======================================
EXT4 . 2438.50 |===============================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 209.28 |===================
EXT4 . 716.66 |================================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 1343.29 |=====================
EXT4 . 3987.50 |===============================================================


Timed GCC Compilation 8.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ZFS .. 705.54 |================================================================
EXT4 . 671.16 |=============================================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ZFS .. 145.99 |================================================================
EXT4 . 56.96  |=========================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 95674  |========================================================
EXT4 . 109691 |================================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 564395 |======================================
EXT4 . 959428 |================================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 63237260 |==============================================================
EXT4 . 63396261 |==============================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 600927  |==================================
EXT4 . 1110842 |===============================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
ZFS .. 1723494 |======================================
EXT4 . 2848469 |===============================================================