Odroid N2 Storage Performance
ARMv7 Cortex-A15 testing with a Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 Odroid XU4 and exynosdrmfb on Ubuntu 21.04 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

Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.11: 

	Processor: ARMv7 Cortex-A15 @ 1.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Hardkernel ODROID-XU4 Odroid XU4, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 64GB SP64G + 16GB SDW16G, Graphics: exynosdrmfb

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.11.2-odroidxu4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11: 

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

	OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.11-odroidxu4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: btrfs, 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  |============================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 50.00  |=================


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 |==============================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 1598 |==================


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 |==================================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 22.100 |==================


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 |====================================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 705  |===================


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 |================
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 5.11 ....... 23.00 |==============
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 56.80 |===================================


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  |===========
Odroid Xu4 EMMC Armbian 21.04 5.11 . 143.40 |==================================