Threaded I/O Tester Tiotester (Threaded I/O Tester) benchmarks the hard disk drive / file-system performance.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite , the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark tiobench .
Test Created 6 December 2010
Last Updated 8 April 2018
Test Type Disk
Average Install Time 2 Seconds
Average Run Time 1 Minute, 22 Seconds
Test Dependencies C/C++ Compiler Toolchain
Accolades 200k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results Public Result Uploads * Reported Test Completions ** Reported Installs ** Test Profile Page Views *** OpenBenchmarking.org Events Threaded I/O Tester Popularity Statistics pts/tiobench 2010.12 2011.05 2011.10 2012.03 2012.08 2013.01 2013.06 2013.11 2014.04 2014.09 2015.02 2015.07 2015.12 2016.05 2016.10 2017.03 2017.08 2018.01 2018.06 2018.11 2019.04 2019.09 2020.02 2020.07 2020.12 2021.05 2021.10 2022.03 2022.08 2023.01 2023.06 2023.11 2024.04 2024.09 70K 140K 210K 280K 350K
* 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 4 October 2024.
Write 26.2% Random Write 23.4% Read 27.2% Random Read 23.2% Test Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
32MB 33.5% 64MB 22.7% 128MB 20.8% 256MB 22.9% Size Per Thread Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
4 33.5% 8 23.4% 16 21.8% 32 21.3% Thread Count Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
Revision Historypts/tiobench-1.3.1 [View Source ] Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:54:13 GMT Tiobench no longer works nice on BSD due to libc changes
pts/tiobench-1.3.0 [View Source ] Thu, 04 May 2017 10:42:06 GMT Switch to using Git fork of tiobench that is newer and has fixes.
pts/tiobench-1.2.0 [View Source ] Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:57:34 GMT Enforce syncing to disk.
pts/tiobench-1.1.1 [View Source ] Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:43:41 GMT Update download links, add SHA256 hash, fix aligned_free/aligned_alloc function issue reported by NVIDIA.
pts/tiobench-1.1.0 [View Source ] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:24:56 GMT Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org
Performance MetricsAnalyze Test Configuration: pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads pts/tiobench-1.3.x - 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - 64MB Read - 32 Threads pts/tiobench-1.3.x - 64MB Write - 32 Threads pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 pts/tiobench-1.3.x - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 665 public results since 4 May 2017 with the latest data as of 23 September 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)
OpenBenchmarking.org Distribution Of Public Results - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 665 Results Range From 0 To 7071 MB/s 142 284 426 568 710 852 994 1136 1278 1420 1562 1704 1846 1988 2130 2272 2414 2556 2698 2840 2982 3124 3266 3408 3550 3692 3834 3976 4118 4260 4402 4544 4686 4828 4970 5112 5254 5396 5538 5680 5822 5964 6106 6248 6390 6532 6674 6816 6958 7100 130 260 390 520 650
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 ) has an average run-time of 7 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.
OpenBenchmarking.org Minutes Time Required To Complete Benchmark Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 Run-Time 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 1 / Avg: 7.39 / Max: 95
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 4.1% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 Deviation 6 12 18 24 30 Min: 0 / Avg: 4.07 / Max: 26
Notable Instruction Set Usage Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.
Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
MOVAPD CVTSI2SD ADDSD MAXSD COMISD DIVSD MULSD UCOMISD CVTSS2SD MOVDQA CVTSD2SS
Last automated analysis: 18 January 2022
This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libc.so.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)
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A15, ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 0 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 1 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
AArch64 rev 14, ARMv8 144-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A57 8-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, HUAWEI Kunpeng 920, HiSilicon TSV110, Phytium D2000, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, SiFive RISC-V
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