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SYSTEM time

The SYSTEM time is the time spent in system Input/Output. In this context, it is roughly the time the Operating System spends to write the file on buffer/disk.

From fig. [*] and fig. [*] we can see that:

Finally, SYSTEM time is proportional to the amount of data written, and thus the file size. This is particularly true when this amount is high and hides over minor system actions.



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