Linux 5.14 SSD File-System Benchmarks
Linux 5.14 kernel SSD file-system benchmarks on WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe solid-state drive. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


F2FS: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH 8GB (2900/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc7-generic (x86_64) 20210822, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Btrfs: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH 8GB (2900/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc7-generic (x86_64) 20210822, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

EXT4: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH 8GB (2900/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc7-generic (x86_64) 20210822, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

XFS: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH 8GB (2900/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc7-generic (x86_64) 20210822, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
F2FS .. 41083 |===============================================================
Btrfs . 24356 |=====================================
EXT4 .. 41200 |===============================================================
XFS ... 41646 |================================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
F2FS .. 291011 |======================================================
Btrfs . 311379 |==========================================================
EXT4 .. 338599 |===============================================================
XFS ... 340083 |===============================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
F2FS .. 34439 |===========================================================
Btrfs . 20361 |===================================
EXT4 .. 29455 |===================================================
XFS ... 37059 |================================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
F2FS .. 1.217 |======================================
Btrfs . 2.053 |================================================================
EXT4 .. 1.214 |======================================
XFS ... 1.201 |=====================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Only - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
F2FS .. 0.172 |================================================================
Btrfs . 0.161 |============================================================
EXT4 .. 0.148 |=======================================================
XFS ... 0.147 |=======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
F2FS .. 1.452 |======================================
Btrfs . 2.456 |================================================================
EXT4 .. 1.760 |==============================================
XFS ... 1.350 |===================================