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.

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Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 SSD Disk Testing LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S3Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00MXFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.13.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.5radeon 7.2.993.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8ext42560x1600150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores)HP 1621Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM4096MB120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 500GB Hitachi HTS72505Intel HD 3000 (1200MHz)IDT 92HD81B1X5Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn WirelessopenSUSE 13.13.13.6-1.g4727218-desktop (x86_64)KDE 4.12.3X Server 1.15.0intel 2.99.9103.1 Mesa 10.1.01366x768Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores)MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) (MS-7760) v1.0Intel Ivytown DMI264512MB60GB KINGSTON SV300S3MSI AMD Radeon HD 7700 1024MB (1100/1125MHz)Realtek ALC892LG ULTRAWIDEIntel 82579V Gigabit ConnectionLinuxMint 13.11-2-amd64 (x86_64)Cinnamon 2.0.14X Server 1.14.3fglrx 13.35.54.3.12795GCC 4.8.22560x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- OCZ Solid 2 60GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Kingston_sv300_120GB: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind- KINGSTON SV300S3: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vDisk Details- Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- OCZ Solid 2 60GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Kingston_sv300_120GB: CFQ / data=ordered,noatime,rw- KINGSTON SV300S3: DEADLINE / data=ordered,discard,errors=remount-ro,noatime,rwSystem Details- Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- OCZ Solid 2 60GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.- Kingston_sv300_120GB: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.5.- KINGSTON SV300S3: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+.Environment Details- KINGSTON SV300S3: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 SSD Disk Testing Linuxcompilebench: Compileiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Write - 32MB - 4dbench: 1tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4tiobench: Rand Write - 256MB - 4compilebench: Initial Createfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizetiobench: Write - 256MB - 4fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S3173.3056.870.3212.000.320.34145.8316.770.2835.20305.89131.210.5918.470.590.52214.7130.170.3867.87256.4061.530.3217.49186.6118.500.3231.33298.00105.670.238.68186.7613.030.1721.73343.84126.380.9251.540.920.94221.01610.89103.07506.99255.3311.49319.72179.8311.24228.67621.24370.1115.48397.7414.6614.49342.84253.0015.03325.12617.56362.021.4575.791.461.46353.54105.601.44224.67508.89487.2711.73251.859.249.74219.22238.7311.60387.501689.28431.7515.8787.3914.2914.47310.99227.7715.52389.33OpenBenchmarking.org

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S3400800120016002000SE +/- 14.32, N = 6SE +/- 4.57, N = 3SE +/- 3.37, N = 3SE +/- 2.28, N = 3SE +/- 4.42, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.89, N = 3SE +/- 6.41, N = 3173.30305.89256.40298.00343.84506.99621.24617.56508.891689.28

IOzone

Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S3110220330440550SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 356.87131.2161.53105.67126.38255.33370.11362.02487.27431.751. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S348121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 6SE +/- 0.09, N = 30.320.590.320.230.9211.4915.481.4511.7315.87

Dbench

Client Count: 1

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S390180270360450SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 312.0018.4717.498.6851.54397.7475.79251.8587.391. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S348121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 60.320.590.9214.661.469.2414.29

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S348121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 60.340.520.9414.491.469.7414.47

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S380160240320400SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 9.93, N = 3SE +/- 3.40, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 3SE +/- 4.89, N = 3SE +/- 5.77, N = 3SE +/- 6.94, N = 3SE +/- 4.04, N = 3SE +/- 7.38, N = 3SE +/- 1.99, N = 3145.83214.71186.61186.76221.01319.72342.84353.54219.22310.99

FS-Mark

Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S360120180240300SE +/- 0.70, N = 6SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 4.73, N = 3SE +/- 39.59, N = 616.7730.1718.5013.0361.00179.83253.00105.60238.73227.771. (CC) gcc options: -static

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S348121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 30.280.380.320.170.8911.2415.031.4411.6015.52

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsWestern Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GBWestern Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GBSeagate ST3320620AS 320GBWestern Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GBOCZ Solid 2 60GBOCZ Vertex 2 60GBOCZ VERTEX3 240GBKINGSTON SV300S3 120GBKingston_sv300_120GBKINGSTON SV300S380160240320400SE +/- 1.58, N = 6SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 6SE +/- 0.99, N = 6SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 4.58, N = 5SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 7.58, N = 335.2067.8731.3321.73103.07228.67325.12224.67387.50389.331. (CC) gcc options: -static

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