Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 SSD Disk Testing Linux Intel Core i7-4770K testing of a Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SATA 3.0 SSD against other Serial ATA hard drives and solid state drives. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Solid 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM: Processor: Intel Core i7-2670QM @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K53SV v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.12.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131219 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 35.20 |=== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 67.87 |====== Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 31.33 |=== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 21.73 |== OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 103.07 |========= OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 228.67 |==================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 325.12 |============================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 224.67 |==================== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 197.30 |================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 16.77 |== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 30.17 |=== Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 18.50 |== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 13.03 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 61.00 |======= OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 179.83 |===================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 253.00 |============================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 105.60 |============ Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 89.00 |========== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 12.00 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 18.47 |= Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 17.49 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 8.68 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 51.54 |==== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 397.74 |============================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 75.79 |====== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 69.95 |===== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 56.87 |==== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 131.21 |======== Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 61.53 |==== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 105.67 |======= OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 126.38 |======== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 255.33 |================ OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 370.11 |======================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 362.02 |======================= Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 452.22 |============================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 0.59 |= Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 0.23 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 0.92 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 11.49 |====================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 15.48 |============================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 1.45 |=== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 1.62 |=== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 0.28 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 0.38 |= Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 0.17 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 0.89 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 11.24 |====================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 15.03 |============================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 1.44 |=== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 1.56 |=== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 0.59 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 0.92 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 14.66 |============================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 1.46 |=== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 1.90 |==== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 0.34 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 0.52 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 0.94 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 14.49 |============================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 1.46 |=== Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 1.89 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 173.30 |======== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 305.89 |============== Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 256.40 |============ Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 298.00 |============== OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 343.84 |================ OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 506.99 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 621.24 |============================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 617.56 |============================ Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 630.98 |============================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB ...... 145.83 |============ Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB ...... 214.71 |================== Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ............... 186.61 |=============== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB ..... 186.76 |=============== OCZ Solid 2 60GB ........................ 221.01 |================== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ....................... 319.72 |========================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ....................... 342.84 |============================ KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .................. 353.54 |============================= Matt - Samsung 840Pro 256Go - i7 2670QM . 221.97 |==================