Benchmark for Buffalo Terastation TS5400

This is a benchmark for a Buffalo Terastation model TS5400D0804 that was purchased for ~$80 from Ebay. This device contains 4 SATA bays and dual gigabit NICs and is intended as a NAS.

Results Overview

Hardware	Buffalo Terastation TS5400
CPU	Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D2550 @ 1.86GHz
Memory	2 GB DDR3 SODIMM, 1066 MT/s
Disk	8 TB SATA
Operating System	CentOS 8 x86_64
Score	162.0 / 357.5

Raw Output

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: bnas: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Tue Sep 24 11:32:19 UTC 2019
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D2550 @ 1.86GHz (3724.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D2550 @ 1.86GHz (3724.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D2550 @ 1.86GHz (3724.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D2550 @ 1.86GHz (3724.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   19:38:06 up  1:36,  2 users,  load average: 0.74, 0.28, 0.10; runlevel 2019-11-30

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Benchmark Run: Sat Nov 30 2019 19:38:06 - 20:06:29
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables        6637480.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     1242.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                                722.1 lps   (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks         18857.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            4880.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks         70296.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              230804.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  32465.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               2177.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   1198.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    260.5 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         419139.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0    6637480.7    568.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       1242.2    225.8
Execl Throughput                                 43.0        722.1    167.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0      18857.0     47.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0       4880.5     29.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0      70296.4    121.2
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     230804.0    185.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      32465.3     81.2
Process Creation                                126.0       2177.3    172.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       1198.8    282.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        260.5    434.1
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     419139.0    279.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         162.0

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Benchmark Run: Sat Nov 30 2019 20:06:29 - 20:35:06
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       18189285.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     4463.1 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1722.8 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks         44426.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           11906.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        166289.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              555181.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 108131.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               4024.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   1990.2 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    236.0 lpm   (60.5 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         784929.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   18189285.4   1558.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       4463.1    811.5
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1722.8    400.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0      44426.5    112.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      11906.0     71.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     166289.0    286.7
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     555181.0    446.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     108131.4    270.3
Process Creation                                126.0       4024.3    319.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       1990.2    469.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        236.0    393.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     784929.5    523.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         357.5