Standard_B4ms by Microsoft Azure


I/O rate testing are conducted with local and block storages attached to the instance. We use the well-known open-source tool FIO. To express IOPS the following parameters are used:

  • 4K block
  • Random access
  • No filesystem (except for write access with root volume)
  • Avoidance of cache and buffer
Specifications:
CPU
4
RAM
16.0 GB
Extra
1x 64 GB N/A

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Max 1123 1122
Average 1122 1122
Deviation 0.59 0.52
Min 1119 1120

Standard_B4ms local disk

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Read Write
Max 3676 3676
Average 3675 3675
Deviation 0.95 1.05
Min 3673 3672