Odroid N2 Storage Performance
ARMv7 Cortex-A15 testing with a Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 ODROID XU4 and exynosdrmfb on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu N2 Default: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A73 @ 1.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-N2, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 32GB BB1QT, Graphics: OSD

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 4.9.205-odroidn2-arm64 (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 + LLVM 10.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu N2 discard noatime: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A73 @ 1.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-N2, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 32GB BB1QT, Graphics: OSD

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 4.9.205-odroidn2-arm64 (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 + LLVM 10.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Archlinux N2 default: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A73 @ 1.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-N2, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 32GB BB1QT, Graphics: OSD

	OS: Arch Linux ARM, Kernel: 4.9.219-1-ARCH (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.0 + LLVM 10.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Gentoo chroot on EMMC: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A73 @ 1.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-N2, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 32GB BB1QT, Graphics: OSD

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.230-93 (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768

Gentoo Emmc Default: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A73 @ 1.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-N2, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 32GB BB1QT, Graphics: OSD

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.9.219-1-ARCH (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768

Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo: 

	Processor: ARMv7 Cortex-A15 @ 1.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 Odroid XU4, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 64GB SP64G, Graphics: exynosdrmfb

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 5.4.72-odroidxu4 (armv7l), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 + Clang 11.0.0Target: + LLVM 11.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Odroid Xu4 SD Gentoo: 

	Processor: ARMv7 Cortex-A15 @ 1.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 Odroid XU4, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 64GB SP64G

	OS: Gentoo 2.7, Kernel: 5.4.98+ (armv7l), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 + Clang 11.1.0 + LLVM 11.1.0, File-System: ext4

Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4: 

	Processor: ARMv7 Cortex-A15 @ 1.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 Odroid XU4, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 64GB SP64G, Graphics: exynosdrmfb

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.102-odroidxu4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.10: 

	Processor: ARMv7 Cortex-A15 @ 1.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 ODROID XU4, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SDW16G + 64GB SP64G, Graphics: exynosdrmfb

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.10.16-odroidxu4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ........... 29.60  |============
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime ... 31.30  |=============
Archlinux N2 default ........ 41.40  |=================
Gentoo chroot on EMMC ....... 98.50  |========================================
Gentoo Emmc Default ......... 101.30 |=========================================
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo .... 35.10  |==============
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4 . 82.90  |==================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ........... 946  |=============
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime ... 1007 |=============
Archlinux N2 default ........ 1320 |==================
Gentoo chroot on EMMC ....... 3160 |==========================================
Gentoo Emmc Default ......... 3235 |===========================================
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo .... 1119 |===============
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4 . 2653 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ........... 9.184  |=========
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime ... 7.895  |========
Archlinux N2 default ........ 9.878  |==========
Gentoo chroot on EMMC ....... 10.967 |===========
Gentoo Emmc Default ......... 11.649 |===========
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo .... 17.130 |=================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4 . 42.100 |=========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 32KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ........... 286  |=========
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime ... 243  |========
Archlinux N2 default ........ 310  |==========
Gentoo chroot on EMMC ....... 346  |===========
Gentoo Emmc Default ......... 369  |============
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo .... 544  |=================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4 . 1344 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ............ 12.20 |=================
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime .... 14.10 |===================
Archlinux N2 default ......... 11.30 |===============
Gentoo chroot on EMMC ........ 11.50 |================
Gentoo Emmc Default .......... 13.60 |===================
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo ..... 22.49 |===============================
Odroid Xu4 SD Gentoo ......... 25.30 |===================================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.4 .. 29.90 |=========================================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.10 . 25.60 |===================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu N2 Default ......... 14.40 |=============
Ubuntu N2 discard noatime . 16.30 |===============
Archlinux N2 default ...... 13.90 |=============
Odroid Xu4 Chroot Gentoo .. 46.53 |===========================================
Odroid Xu4 SD Gentoo ...... 48.00 |============================================