IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark iozone.

Use with caution this test profile is currently marked Deprecated.

Project Site

iozone.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

8 May 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Disk

Average Install Time

8 Seconds

Average Run Time

33 Minutes, 40 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

250k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 8 November 2024.

Revision History

pts/iozone-1.9.6 [View Source] Fri, 08 May 2020 20:00:01 GMT
Fix https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/139 and mark test profile as deprecated.

pts/iozone-1.9.5 [View Source] Fri, 07 Dec 2018 12:04:58 GMT
Add FreeBSD support https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/51

pts/iozone-1.9.4 [View Source] Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:36:24 GMT
Iozone doesn't work right on BSD out-of-the-box.

pts/iozone-1.9.3 [View Source] Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:04:31 GMT
Use the Windows zip package.

pts/iozone-1.9.2 [View Source] Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:02:42 GMT
Set the Windows bit.

pts/iozone-1.9.1 [View Source] Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:01:40 GMT
Restore Windows support for iozone.

pts/iozone-1.9.0 [View Source] Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:33:12 GMT
Fix result parser, update against latest upstream

pts/iozone-1.8.0 [View Source] Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:10:47 GMT
Update against upstream IOzone 3.405 and also set -e argument to ensure fsync/flushes are done as part of timing.

pts/iozone-1.7.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:53:27 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

IOzone 3.465

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,545 public results since 28 June 2017 with the latest data as of 12 October 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

MB/s (Average)

1024GB Toshiba KXG60ZNV1T02

100th

4138 ^{+/- 51}

960GB INTEL SSDPED1D960GAY

98th

1087 ^{+/- 11}

120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R

97th

1008 ^{+/- 83}

Samsung SSD 960 EVO

95th

940 ^{+/- 61}

239GB PERC H740P Mini

95th

927 ^{+/- 25}

2746GB PERC H710P

91st

713 ^{+/- 26}

512GB PCIe SSD

86th

570 ^{+/- 36}

256GB TOSHIBA-RD400

85th

558 ^{+/- 72}

512GB database

82nd

480 ^{+/- 3}

256GB Crucial_CT256M55

79th

434 ^{+/- 20}

4 x 1024GB Samsung SSD 850

77th

407 ^{+/- 4}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 385

20 x ATA Samsung SSD 860 1B6Q

75th

377 ^{+/- 13}

1000GB CT1000MX500SSD1

73rd

355 ^{+/- 2}

256GB LITEON L8H-256V2

69th

280 ^{+/- 20}

2 x 3001GB Hitachi HUA72303

68th

269 ^{+/- 15}

256GB SAMSUNG MZ7LN256

66th

255 ^{+/- 1}

112GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO

66th

251 ^{+/- 10}

239GB ServeRAID M5110

62nd

216 ^{+/- 12}

7 x 12000GB Seagate ST12000NM0027

60th

194 ^{+/- 24}

150GB INTEL SSDSC2BB15

58th

163 ^{+/- 7}

999GB MegaSR

57th

155 ^{+/- 8}

900GB Seagate ST900MM0026

56th

144 ^{+/- 2}

2500GB 5

54th

127 ^{+/- 4}

500GB Seagate ST3500413AS

51st

106 ^{+/- 14}

Median

50th

105

1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-4

47th

500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14

47th

88 ^{+/- 10}

1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-22M

43rd

71 ^{+/- 6}

2 x 3841GB INTEL SSDPF2KX038T1

35th

61 ^{+/- 2}

4000GB PERC H730P Mini

34th

228

59 ^{+/- 5}

31GB M52532

33rd

58 ^{+/- 1}

2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500413AS

30th

2 x 1920GB Micron_7450_MTFDKCC1T9TFR

26th

47 ^{+/- 2}

Low-Tier

25th

< 45

480GB PERC H755 Front

21st

30 ^{+/- 2}

UDinfo UF3

19th

25 ^{+/- 1}

16GB 00000

16th

12 ^{+/- 1}

8GB SL08G

15th

16GB DG4016

8th

73GB 1

5th

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (IOzone 3.465 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance) has an average run-time of 6 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 3.6%.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit

x86_64

(Many Processors)

IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit

ppc64le

POWER9 80-Core

Intel / AMD x86 32-bit

i686

(Many Processors)

ARMv7 32-bit

armv7l

ARMv7 Cortex-A15 8-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 1 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 2, ARMv7 rev 2 2-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core, ARMv7 rev 4 4-Core

ARMv6 32-bit

armv6l

ARMv6-compatible rev 7

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

AArch64 rev 4, ARMVv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 24-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A57 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 16-Core, ARMv8 rev 0 6-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Phytium D2000, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, SiFive RISC-V

libreboot-workstation-full 1 System - 192 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-4790K - Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF [OptiPlex v1.0] - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian - 6.11.4-amd64 - GNOME Shell 47.0
IOzone Test 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	4 x Intel Xeon D-1521 - Xen HVM domU - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Debian 12 - 6.1.0-26-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
COMe-mAS10-benchmark-disk 1 System - 49 Benchmark Results	Intel Atom x7835RE - Kontron Europe COMe-mAS10 - Intel Alder Lake-N PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-47-generic - GCC 13.2.0
2024-10-19-2221 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y - HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 - Intel Device 1bce Debian GNU - 6.8.12-2-pve - GCC 12.2.0
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 294 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Clear Linux OS 42410 - 6.10.9-1462.native - X Server
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 286 Benchmark Results
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 280 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Clear Linux OS 42410 - 6.10.9-1462.native - X Server
benchmark_20241010_191323 1 System - 294 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-119-generic - 1.3.255
benchmark_20241010_191323 1 System - 286 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-119-generic - 1.3.255
benchmark_20241010_191323 1 System - 280 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-119-generic - 1.3.255
benchmark_20241010_191323 1 System - 130 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-119-generic - 1.3.255
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 130 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Clear Linux OS 42410 - 6.10.9-1462.native - X Server
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 115 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Clear Linux OS 42410 - 6.10.9-1462.native - X Server
benchmark_20241010_121529 1 System - 111 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Clear Linux OS 42410 - 6.10.9-1462.native - X Server
u Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Rage 3 [Rage XL PCI] - llvmpipe

LawrenceSystems_Oct30_2018 3 Systems - 6 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon E5-2420 0 - Xen HVM domU - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Debian 9.5 - 4.9.0-8-amd64 - GCC 6.3.0 20170516
LawrenceSystems_Oct30_2018 2 Systems - 6 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon E5-2420 0 - Xen HVM domU - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Debian 9.5 - 4.9.0-8-amd64 - GCC 6.3.0 20170516
diskspeed 9 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	8 x Intel Xeon X5660 - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-52-generic - ext4
zfs 4 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 - Supermicro X9SCL-II/X9SCM-II v1.01 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-29-generic - GCC 7.3.0
MickMake EspressoBin 2G 20170901 6 Systems - 1421 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Marvell Armada 3720 Board - 2048MB Ubuntu 16.04 - 4.4.52-armada-17.06.2-g12feccb - GCC 5.4.0 20160609
R720_VM_Disk_Performance 8 Systems - 6 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-6770HQ - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.18.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
iozone.txt 4 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	AMD Opteron X3421 APU - HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Rev B - 32GB FreeBSD - 12.2-RELEASE-p3 - Clang 10.0.1
3dn_xeon_broadwell_patched 2 Systems - 601 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 - Intel S2600WFT - Intel Device 2020 Debian 9.4 - 4.9.0-6-amd64 - GCC 6.3.0 20170516 + Clang 3.8.1-24
fs1 Featured File-System Comparison	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 16.04 - 4.10.0-40-generic - Unity 7.4.0
MickMake NanoPC-T4 20180921 (default heatsink) 1 System - 1004 Benchmark Results	SiFive RISC-V - FriendlyElec NanoPC-T4 - Rockchip RK3399 Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.4.138 - LXDE 0.9.3
MickMake Rock64 1G 20180131 7 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Pine64 Rock64 - 921MB Ubuntu 16.04 - 4.4.103-rockchip-ayufan-181 - GCC 5.4.0 20160609
Big Threadripper 2 Systems - 475 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
MickMake OrangePi RK3399 20180225 1 System - 12 Benchmark Results	ARMVv8 Cortex-A72 - OrangePi board based on Rockchip RK3399 - 4096MB Debian 9.6 - 4.20.0-rk3399 - GCC 6.3.0 20170516
i7-7700k-msi-z270 1 System - 748 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-7700K - MSI Z270 GAMING M7 - Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270 Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.1
lambda-cntr-iozone-512 Featured File-System Comparison	Intel Core i5-8305G - 3072MB - 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 20.10 - 4.19.84-microsoft-standard+ - GCC 10.3.0