USB Benchmarks

These benchmarks provide a rough estimate of how USB devices perform on various hardware and software configurations.

Prerequisites

  • Install benchmark utilities hdparm and bonnie++
    opkg update
    opkg install hdparm bonniexx
  • Install USB drivers
     opkg install kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-storage   kmod-fs-ext4  block-mount

USB Flash drives

  • Run the followings commands:
    hdparm -Tt /dev/sda#
    mkdir -p /mnt/benchmark
    mount -O rw,noatime -t ext4 /dev/sda# /mnt/benchmark
    bonnie++ -n 0 -u 0 -s 64 -f -b -d /mnt/benchmark
  • hdparm and bonnie++ are non-destructive benchmarks
  • bonnie should auto-detect RAM size but you may need to use -r parameter to override. Also you may adjust -s to be double of -r.

Router Flash Drive hdparm bonnie++
Timing (MB/s) Sequential Output (KB/s) Sequential Input (KB/s) Random
Device USB Software Version Drive USB Filesystem Cached Reads Buffered Disk Reads Block Rewrite Block Seeks/s
TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.8 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33883 SanDisk Cruzer Extreme, 32GB (PID: SDCZ80-032G-X46) 3.0 ext4 106.40 24.21 22,124 12,774 29,664 718.6
TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.8 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33883 Unknown Manufacturer, 2GB 2.0 ext4 89.17 13.41 1,623 1,485 14,661 73.6
TP-Link TL-MR3020 v1.6 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33883 SanDisk Cruzer Fit, 16GB (PID: SDCZ33-016G-B35) 2.0 ext4 70.27 18.65 5,091 3,254 19,499 33.7
TP-Link TL-MR3020 v1.6 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33883 Kingston DTSE9H, 16GB 2.0 ext4 72.93 17.19 11,519 6,998 17,661 339.6
TP-Link TL-WR842ND v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33312 SanDisk Cruzer Fit, 16GB (PID: SDCZ33-016G-B35) 2.0 ext4 73.40 18.88 5,053 3,227 20,335 34.2
TP-Link TL-WR842ND v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33312 Kingston DTSE9H, 16GB 2.0 ext4 71.51 16.44 12,548 6,758 17,849 330.9
TP-Link TL-WR842ND v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r34185 (12.09-rc1) Seagate Free Agent Desktop, 250GB 2.0 ext4 data=ordered barrier=1 72.15 23.12 15,895 or 31,864 9,900 or 12,645 26,373 or 33,142 94.0 or 117.7
Linksys WRT160NL-DE v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33312 SanDisk Cruzer Fit, 16GB (PID: SDCZ33-016G-B35) 2.0 ext4 106.4 17.8 5,019 3,286 19,500 37.4
Linksys WRT160NL-DE v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33883 Kingston DTSE9H, 16GB 2.0 ext4 99.75 15.64 12,405 6,727 21,925 324.6
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300H-EU v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33312 SanDisk Cruzer Fit, 16GB (PID: SDCZ33-016G-B35) 2.0 ext4 158.53 19.92 5,240 3,866 +++++ 36.1
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300H-EU v1.0 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r33312 Kingston DTSE9H, 16GB 2.0 ext4 133.21 16.61 16,485 17,118 65,676 969.1
ARV4518PW 2.0 Barrier Breaker, r35905 Maxell, 4GB 2.0 ext4 57.97 12.86 3,776 2,918 16,518 17.1
Wyse Winterm S10 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r34668 Maxell, 4GB 2.0 ext4 134.98 13.72 3,861 3,167 18,472 17.6
TP-Link TL-WDR4300 v.1.1 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r34185 (12.09-rc1) Unknown Manufacturer,1) 2GB 2.0 ext4 82.57 9.85 272 599 +++++ 36.2
TP-Link TL-WDR4300 v.1.1 2.0 Attitude Adjustment, r34185 (12.09-rc1) SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Glide, 8GB (PID: SDCZ60-008G) 2.0 ext4 89.17 20.43 10,901 11,741 +++++ 1,458
1) Presents as "Kingston Technology Company Inc. DataTraveler 2.0 1GB/4GB Flash Drive / Patriot Xporter 4GB Flash Drive" in lsusb

Sequential Output = Write performance
Sequential Input = Read performance
Random Seeks = IOPS

USB Hard drives

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inbox/benchmark.usb.txt · Last modified: 2013/03/27 13:24 by pteridium