USB3 performance tests
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One think to keep mind is that my board was one of pre-production samples, and I had to remove some of the ESD diodes as the wrong ones had been installed on the USB3 connector. Therefore my USB3 performance specs may not reflect the production model performance. And I certainly don't think this is the case, because my USB3 JumpDrive test subject didn't reach anywhere the below read speeds of my desktop in comparison:
Code:
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4    12722    11718    24340    24358     6719      462                                                          
          102400      16    11709    22004    80089     3163     2931     2020                                                          
          102400     512     4956    21783     1652   110923    99929     4928                                                          
          102400    1024     6191    21576   116329   116532   111205     3978                                                          
          102400   16384     6704    21469   117321   118603   117775     7132

rock64 /w 2GB, running Ubuntu Xenial ayufan 0.2.5, against an ext4 formatted cheap Lexar 16GB S75 USB3 flash drive. Write performance is nothing special, but I have had real world 100MB/s read speed from it on my desktop.

Code:
    Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
           Version $Revision: 3.429 $
        Compiled for 64 bit mode.
        Build: linux 

    Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins
                Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss
                Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR,
                Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Gavin Brebner,
                Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Benny Halevy, Dave Boone,
                Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong, Joshua Root,
                Fabrice Bacchella, Zhenghua Xue, Qin Li, Darren Sawyer,
                Vangel Bojaxhi, Ben England, Vikentsi Lapa.

    Run began: Sat Jul  1 04:04:59 2017

    Include fsync in write timing
    O_DIRECT feature enabled
    Auto Mode
    File size set to 102400 kB
    Record Size 4 kB
    Record Size 16 kB
    Record Size 512 kB
    Record Size 1024 kB
    Record Size 16384 kB
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
    Output is in kBytes/sec
    Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
    Processor cache size set to 1024 kBytes.
    Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
    File stride size set to 17 * record size.
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4     7816     9891    12541    12347     4743      361                                                          
          102400      16    17479    18596    31016    31207    14804     1840                                                          
          102400     512    20835    20269    39598    39880    38142     5381                                                          
          102400    1024    15217    20433    39748    40078    39282    10174                                                          
          102400   16384    15714    19912    40093    40364    40329    21689                                                          

iozone test complete.

Lets see what difference mount options make - ext4 with nodiratime and noatime mount options set:

Code:
Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
            Version $Revision: 3.429 $
        Compiled for 64 bit mode.
        Build: linux

    Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins
                 Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss
                 Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR,
                 Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Gavin Brebner,
                 Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Benny Halevy, Dave Boone,
                 Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong, Joshua Root,
                 Fabrice Bacchella, Zhenghua Xue, Qin Li, Darren Sawyer,
                 Vangel Bojaxhi, Ben England, Vikentsi Lapa.

    Run began: Sat Jul  1 04:45:18 2017

    Include fsync in write timing
    O_DIRECT feature enabled
    Auto Mode
    File size set to 102400 kB
    Record Size 4 kB
    Record Size 16 kB
    Record Size 512 kB
    Record Size 1024 kB
    Record Size 16384 kB
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
    Output is in kBytes/sec
    Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
    Processor cache size set to 1024 kBytes.
    Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
    File stride size set to 17 * record size.
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4     7437     9725    11792    11556     4551      333                                                          
          102400      16    17176    18255    29957    29993    14715     1819                                                          
          102400     512    20811    20109    39708    39797    37948     6048                                                          
          102400    1024    22432    14799    39986    40086    39193     7160                                                          
          102400   16384    11263    19983    40172    40163    40166    21356                                                          

iozone test complete.

A comparision of the previous results against the lower USB2 port (ext4, same nodiratime, noatime mount settings):
Code:
    Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
            Version $Revision: 3.429 $
        Compiled for 64 bit mode.
        Build: linux

    Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins
                 Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss
                 Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR,
                 Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Gavin Brebner,
                 Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Benny Halevy, Dave Boone,
                 Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong, Joshua Root,
                 Fabrice Bacchella, Zhenghua Xue, Qin Li, Darren Sawyer,
                 Vangel Bojaxhi, Ben England, Vikentsi Lapa.

    Run began: Sat Jul  1 05:00:07 2017

    Include fsync in write timing
    O_DIRECT feature enabled
    Auto Mode
    File size set to 102400 kB
    Record Size 4 kB
    Record Size 16 kB
    Record Size 512 kB
    Record Size 1024 kB
    Record Size 16384 kB
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
    Output is in kBytes/sec
    Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
    Processor cache size set to 1024 kBytes.
    Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
    File stride size set to 17 * record size.
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4     7233     7695     9076     9093     4308      431                                                          
          102400      16    11562    16447    21296    21271    12569     1722                                                          
          102400     512    18149    19494    35323    35328    33954     5090                                                          
          102400    1024    21691    19539    35900    35994    35326    10153                                                          
          102400   16384    14447    18766    36429    36444    36409    21688                                                          

iozone test complete.


And to show how the filesystem has a big impact on the results, here is the same test again, but with the drive formated as vfat.
Code:
    Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
            Version $Revision: 3.429 $
        Compiled for 64 bit mode.
        Build: linux

    Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins
                 Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss
                 Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR,
                 Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Gavin Brebner,
                 Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Benny Halevy, Dave Boone,
                 Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong, Joshua Root,
                 Fabrice Bacchella, Zhenghua Xue, Qin Li, Darren Sawyer,
                 Vangel Bojaxhi, Ben England, Vikentsi Lapa.

    Run began: Sat Jul  1 04:28:37 2017

    Include fsync in write timing
    O_DIRECT feature enabled
    Auto Mode
    File size set to 102400 kB
    Record Size 4 kB
    Record Size 16 kB
    Record Size 512 kB
    Record Size 1024 kB
    Record Size 16384 kB
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
    Output is in kBytes/sec
    Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
    Processor cache size set to 1024 kBytes.
    Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
    File stride size set to 17 * record size.
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4     9991    11235    13096    13105     5529      447                                                          
          102400      16    15100    17735    29883    29919    14464     1082                                                          
          102400     512    10093    14090    39526    39633    37734     2981                                                          
          102400    1024    17169    10783    39761    39907    38927     4239                                                          
          102400   16384    16900    10989    40233    40312    40308    13258                                                          

iozone test complete.

And finally, a Seagate 4TB Expansion drive (mains power external hard drive) (actually got some high numbers this time).

Code:
    Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O
            Version $Revision: 3.429 $
        Compiled for 64 bit mode.
        Build: linux-AMD64

    Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins
                 Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss
                 Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR,
                 Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Gavin Brebner,
                 Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Benny Halevy, Dave Boone,
                 Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong, Joshua Root,
                 Fabrice Bacchella, Zhenghua Xue, Qin Li, Darren Sawyer,
                 Vangel Bojaxhi, Ben England, Vikentsi Lapa.

    Run began: Sat Jul  1 15:48:05 2017

    Include fsync in write timing
    O_DIRECT feature enabled
    Auto Mode
    File size set to 102400 kB
    Record Size 4 kB
    Record Size 16 kB
    Record Size 512 kB
    Record Size 1024 kB
    Record Size 16384 kB
    Command line used: iozone -e -I -a -s 100M -r 4k -r 16k -r 512k -r 1024k -r 16384k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2
    Output is in kBytes/sec
    Time Resolution = 0.000001 seconds.
    Processor cache size set to 1024 kBytes.
    Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes.
    File stride size set to 17 * record size.
                                                              random    random     bkwd    record    stride                                    
              kB  reclen    write  rewrite    read    reread    read     write     read   rewrite      read   fwrite frewrite    fread  freread
          102400       4    12722    11718    24340    24358     6719      462                                                          
          102400      16    11709    22004    80089     3163     2931     2020                                                          
          102400     512     4956    21783     1652   110923    99929     4928                                                          
          102400    1024     6191    21576   116329   116532   111205     3978                                                          
          102400   16384     6704    21469   117321   118603   117775     7132                                                          

iozone test complete.
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Messages In This Thread
USB3 performance tests - by pfeerick - 06-30-2017, 09:28 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by MarkHaysHarris777 - 06-30-2017, 10:03 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by pfeerick - 06-30-2017, 10:14 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by MarkHaysHarris777 - 06-30-2017, 11:22 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by xalius - 07-01-2017, 05:22 AM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by xalius - 07-01-2017, 08:13 AM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by fire219 - 07-01-2017, 03:03 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by xalius - 07-05-2017, 01:47 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by xalius - 07-11-2017, 07:18 AM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by rontant - 08-18-2017, 09:04 AM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by Gobam - 02-09-2018, 11:17 AM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by S3phi40T - 02-15-2018, 02:42 PM
RE: USB3 performance tests - by pedroz - 03-17-2018, 09:35 AM

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