I wanted to run benchmarks on all the AWS EBS disk types for reference. I created a machine with the following disks:
Scripts
Disk reads were done using the following script:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvda; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvdb; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvdc; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvdd; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvde; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvdf; done
for i in {1..5}; do hdparm -Tt /dev/xvdg; done
Disk writes were done using the following script:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvda"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvda bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvdb"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvdb bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvdc"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvdc bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvdd"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvdd bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvde"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvde bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvdf"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvdf bs=4k count=100k; done
for i in {1..5}; do echo "-- xvdg"; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/xvdg bs=4k count=100k; done
Results
Instance Type: m3.medium Read Speeds (MBPS)
Mount Point /dev/xvda /dev/xvdb /dev/xvdc /dev/xvdd /dev/xvde /dev/xvdf /dev/xvdg
Disk Type Root GP2 Instance Store EBS PIOPS (IO1) 400 EBS PIOPS (IO1) 5000 EBS Cold HDD (SC1) EBS TOHDD (ST1) Magnetic
Read Type Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read
Reads 5027.25 83.99 5118.29 805.69 5083.22 83.24 5041.15 80.32 5067.19 55.79 5055.38 82.24 4982.88 83.18
5054.29 82.23 5045.46 816.08 5039.56 80.72 5081.32 79.91 5033.26 55.83 5030.27 84.34 4991.25 80.73
5099.39 83.3 5071.96 806.43 5059.23 83.94 5050.78 83.21 4992.19 55.82 5006.38 84.17 5017.09 80.66
5102.44 83.92 5078.28 803.88 5057.22 81.85 5037.17 81.68 5046.49 55.84 4962.85 84.05 5016.52 81.42
5055.4 83.29 5078.03 786.34 5055.63 83.99 5012.06 83.42 5127.5 55.84 4968.41 84.07 4984.07 80.83
Average Read 5067.754 83.346 5078.404 803.684 5058.972 82.748 5044.496 81.708 5053.326 55.824 5004.658 83.774 4998.362 81.364
Instance Type: m3.medium Write Speeds (MBPS)
Mount Point /dev/xvda /dev/xvdb /dev/xvdc /dev/xvdd /dev/xvde /dev/xvdf /dev/xvdg
Disk Type Root GP2 Instance Store EBS PIOPS (IO1) 400 EBS PIOPS (IO1) 5000 EBS Cold HDD (SC1) EBS TOHDD (ST1) Magnetic
Writes 1200 204 31.4 37.2 37.2 37.2 31.1
65.3 259 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.2 31.4
246 232 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.2 31.1
81.8 221 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.2 31.8
383 231 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.2 30.6
Average Write 395.22 229.4 36.04 37.2 37.2 37.2 31.2
Instance Type: c3.8xlarge Read Speeds (MBPS)
Mount Point /dev/xvda /dev/xvdb /dev/xvdc /dev/xvdd /dev/xvde /dev/xvdf /dev/xvdg
Disk Type Root GP2 Instance Store EBS PIOPS (IO1) 400 EBS PIOPS (IO1) 5000 EBS Cold HDD (SC1) EBS TOHDD (ST1) Magnetic
Read Type Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read Cached Read Buffered Read
Reads 11057.17 173.88 10893.09 953.87 11069.15 118.62 11035.86 329.37 11088.44 55.81 11052.17 116.44 10998.47 64.63
10988.7 173.88 11029.77 967.62 11032.89 118.62 11061.04 358.53 11055.34 55.66 11050.93 173.94 10995.74 90.13
11056.83 173.87 10939.08 951.2 11083.63 118.62 11067.88 358.36 11024.41 55.75 11076.77 174.03 10962.87 91.32
11103.1 173.88 10931.89 947.6 11061.23 118.62 11025.63 362.81 11048.92 55.7 11035.29 174.03 10934.36 90.62
11070.23 173.88 10960.17 889.17 11060.32 118.63 11028.91 358.85 11075.36 55.71 11021.72 99.11 10974.47 95.68
Average Read 11055.206 173.878 10950.8 941.892 11061.444 118.622 11043.864 353.584 11058.494 55.726 11047.376 147.51 10973.182 86.476
Instance Type: c3.8xlarge Write Speeds (MBPS)
Mount Point /dev/xvda /dev/xvdb /dev/xvdc /dev/xvdd /dev/xvde /dev/xvdf /dev/xvdg
Disk Type Root GP2 Instance Store EBS PIOPS (IO1) 400 EBS PIOPS (IO1) 5000 EBS Cold HDD (SC1) EBS TOHDD (ST1) Magnetic
Writes 2100 2100 114 417 47.8 182 28.6
2700 2800 106 333 43.9 137 35.1
2900 2900 106 332 43.8 137 33.6
2900 3000 106 332 43.8 137 34.1
2200 2200 106 332 43.8 137 34.8
Average Write 2560 2600 107.6 349.2 44.62 146 33.24