Sorry for the wrappage. Here it is with the "per char" stuff removed.
The "Machine" column indicates the test:
"diag mr" = DIAG on top of ECKD minidisk
"eckd mr" = ECKD minidisk
"eckd dr" = ECKD dedicated
"diag mv" = DIAG VDISK
"fba mv" = FBA VDISK
"diag 4k" = DIAG VDISK w/4k blocksize (check this one out!!!)
---Sequential Output ---Input-- -Rnd Seek-
--Block--- -Rewrite-- --Block--- --04k (03)-
Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU
diag mr1* 200 3592 2.2 1706 1.7 2611 0.9 307.3 11.4
diag mr2* 200 3500 3.6 1491 1.8 2737 1.5 571.8 18.3
eckd mr1* 200 11521 5.7 4359 2.4 8470 3.3 163.1 2.0
eckd mr2* 200 11519 6.0 3863 2.3 7996 3.0 191.7 3.4
eckd dr1* 200 11655 5.6 5491 3.1 11091 4.2 422.2 3.6
eckd dr2* 200 11714 5.5 3860 2.0 10294 4.4 426.3 5.1
diag mv1* 200 86765 61.4 50520 29.8 98911 40.6 3870.3 97.7
diag mv2* 200 84697 57.9 52040 31.8 95503 35.4 3848.0 96.2
fba mv1* 200 66993 60.2 36026 24.6 66517 39.3 2613.9 95.4
fba mv2* 200 66271 62.1 35719 23.2 70653 35.5 2638.8 93.7
diag 4k1* 200 139692 72.3 79203 59.2 145749 74.7 6901.1 96.6
diag 4k2* 200 136240 74.5 78292 56.2 145533 73.9 6906.7 96.7