SSD vs HDD

VMware testing on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202176-AR-SSDVSHDD438.

SSD vs HDDProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkOSKernelDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerHDDSSDPlextorIntel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel 440BXIntel 440BX/ZX/DX14336MB17GB Virtual diskVMware SVGA IIVMware VMXNET3Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-16-server (x86_64)vmwareGCC 4.6.1ext4VMwareOpenBenchmarking.org

SSD vs HDDapache: Static Web Page Servingcompress-gzip: 2GB File Compressionsqlite: Default Test Directorypostmark: Disk Transaction Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondunpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2HDDSSDPlextor25059.1813.5626.434500728.7312.4025631.7913.62OpenBenchmarking.org

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingHDDSSD5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 232.04, N = 3SE +/- 340.76, N = 325059.1825631.79

Gzip Compression

2GB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionHDDPlextor48121620SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 313.5613.62

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryHDD612182430SE +/- 0.11, N = 326.43

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceHDD10002000300040005000SE +/- 136.19, N = 104500

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondHDD160320480640800SE +/- 10.55, N = 5728.73

Unpacking The Linux Kernel

linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterUnpacking The Linux Kernellinux-2.6.32.tar.bz2HDD3691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 412.40

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4