CPU: dual Pentium-III 450MHz (Gigabyte BXD motherboard)
RAM: 512MB
Disk: IBM 40GB ATA100 (model IC35L040AVER07-0)
OS: Linux 2.4.5 w/. XFS patch 06112001, SMP.
Controller: ABIT HotRod 100 Pro (HPT-370 based ATA100 PCI card)

Note: default settings were used for both file-systems.
It is certainly possible to tweak both of them to perform better
than these figures show.

		Sequential Output						Sequential Input				Random Seeks			Sequential Create						Random Create
	Size:Chunk Size	Per Char		Block		Rewrite		Per Char		Block				Num Files	Create		Read		Delete		Create		Read		Delete
		K/sec	% CPU	K/sec	% CPU	K/sec	% CPU	K/sec	% CPU	K/sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU		/ sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU	/ sec	% CPU
XFS	1G	6335	99	37139	47	10786	15	6062	92	35832	26	137.5	1	16	2042	85	+++++	+++	2005	75	2081	89	+++++	+++	535	22
reiserfs[1]	1G	5726	98	36807	94	12050	20	5988	93	36898	35	129.3	1	16	5859	99	+++++	+++	6519	99	5776	100	+++++	+++	5735	97

[1] reiserfs was mounted with notail option