exFAT USB Key Linux Benchmarking
exFAT Linux testing on a USB stick for a future article on Phoronix.


exFAT FUSE: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B + 123GB Ultra Luxe, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0-devel (git-3d51c27 2020-10-21 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: fuseblk, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

exFAT Kernel: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B + 123GB Ultra Luxe, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0-devel (git-3d51c27 2020-10-21 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: exFAT, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EXT4: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B + 123GB Ultra Luxe, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0-devel (git-3d51c27 2020-10-21 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

F2FS: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U @ 2.38GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216 (EECN20WW BIOS), Chipset: AMD Renoir Root Complex, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CWE, Disk: 256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B + 123GB Ultra Luxe, Graphics: AMD Renoir 512MB (1500/400MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1637, Network: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.1-050901-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.0-devel (git-3d51c27 2020-10-21 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3180.7), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 1594 |============
exFAT Kernel . 5512 |========================================
EXT4 ......... 6807 |=================================================
F2FS ......... 8007 |==========================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 5.2  |===================
exFAT Kernel . 4.8  |=================
EXT4 ......... 14.6 |====================================================
F2FS ......... 16.3 |==========================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 10.0 |=================================
exFAT Kernel . 10.5 |==================================
EXT4 ......... 15.6 |===================================================
F2FS ......... 17.7 |==========================================================


Application Start-up Time 3.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 52.85 |=========================================================
exFAT Kernel . 15.32 |=================
EXT4 ......... 14.18 |===============
F2FS ......... 11.15 |============


Application Start-up Time 3.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 10.61120 |======================================================
exFAT Kernel . 2.90878  |===============
EXT4 ......... 3.13747  |================
F2FS ......... 3.46342  |==================


Application Start-up Time 3.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 44.89 |=========================================================
exFAT Kernel . 23.58 |==============================
EXT4 ......... 25.42 |================================
F2FS ......... 21.98 |============================


Application Start-up Time 3.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 32.08430 |======================================================
exFAT Kernel . 13.57290 |=======================
EXT4 ......... 13.15680 |======================
F2FS ......... 8.38022  |==============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 12.3 |====================================
exFAT Kernel . 10.8 |===============================
EXT4 ......... 19.9 |==========================================================
F2FS ......... 18.6 |======================================================


Application Start-up Time 3.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 25.56 |=========================================================
exFAT Kernel . 21.07 |===============================================
EXT4 ......... 22.09 |=================================================
F2FS ......... 15.70 |===================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 647  |=====
exFAT Kernel . 4121 |================================
EXT4 ......... 6475 |==================================================
F2FS ......... 7501 |==========================================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 69.84 |=======================================================
exFAT Kernel . 72.07 |=========================================================
EXT4 ......... 69.71 |=======================================================
F2FS ......... 69.53 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 1790 |=====================================================
exFAT Kernel . 992  |==============================
EXT4 ......... 1949 |==========================================================
F2FS ......... 1645 |=================================================


IOR 3.2.1
Write Test
MB/s > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 19.56 |================================================
exFAT Kernel . 14.00 |==================================
EXT4 ......... 19.30 |===============================================
F2FS ......... 23.25 |=========================================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 33.01 |========================================================
exFAT Kernel . 33.47 |=========================================================
EXT4 ......... 32.66 |========================================================
F2FS ......... 33.22 |=========================================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
MB/s > Higher Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 20.1 |=========================================================
exFAT Kernel . 19.8 |=========================================================
EXT4 ......... 20.3 |==========================================================
F2FS ......... 20.0 |=========================================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Fill Sync
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
exFAT FUSE ... 1851.41 |======================================================
exFAT Kernel . 1697.28 |=================================================
EXT4 ......... 1900.24 |=======================================================
F2FS ......... 1862.82 |======================================================