Corsair Force LX SSD - Linux Disk Tests 3.17 Kernel EXT4 A Disk comparison focusing on a Corsair Force LX 256GB solid-state drive Linux review. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Corsair Force LX SSD - Linux Disk Tests 3.17 Kernel EXT4 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution OCZ Solid 2 64GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Corsair Force LX 256GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim Server Raid50 AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASRock 990FX Killer AMD RD890 bridge 8192MB 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB AMD SBx00 Azalia SyncMaster Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ubuntu 14.04 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.2 X Server 1.15.1 radeon 7.4.99 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.5.0-+rc4-1~gd~t ext4 2560x1600 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 + 64GB OCZ VERTEX Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores) MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 2000GB External HDD + 1000GB 10EACS External AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB Realtek ALC1150 Acer P243W + Acer P243W Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 3.13.0-35-generic (x86_64) fglrx 14.20.7 4.4.12968 GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.4.2-2~gd~t 1920x1200 Intel Xeon E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core) Bochs Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 4096MB 230GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Red Hat Virtio device GCC 4.8 1024x768 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - OCZ Solid 2 64GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - Crucial CT128MX1 128GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - Corsair Force LX 256GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-libmudflap --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 - Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 64GB: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Server Raid50: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - OCZ Solid 2 64GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Crucial CT128MX1 128GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Corsair Force LX 256GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Kingston SV300S3 120GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - OCZ Vertex 64GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim: DEADLINE / data=ordered,discard,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw Processor Details - OCZ Solid 2 64GB, Crucial CT128MX1 128GB, SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB, Corsair Force LX 256GB, Kingston SV300S3 120GB, Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB, OCZ Vertex 64GB: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand System Details - OCZ Solid 2 64GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Crucial CT128MX1 128GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Corsair Force LX 256GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Kingston SV300S3 120GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - OCZ Vertex 64GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Server Raid50: Python 2.7.6. Environment Details - Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri Disk Mount Options Details - Server Raid50: data=ordered,discard,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Corsair Force LX SSD - Linux Disk Tests 3.17 Kernel EXT4 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create dbench: 12 fio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Default Test Directory fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance OCZ Solid 2 64GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Corsair Force LX 256GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim Server Raid50 126.19 119.04 157.30 186.22 55.70 83.00 52.33 198.98 122.97 43.73 70.92 21.04 336.53 9.77 19.27 8.67 276.49 29.56 107.18 141.31 262.50 297.06 51.32 93.07 65.67 461.10 171.65 338.41 226.17 521.09 35.14 82.97 170.80 83.30 519.14 284.66 510.58 241.76 391.25 136.66 90.40 201.47 90.00 313.99 456.49 136.66 118.60 652.54 78.29 80.17 92.67 80.07 254.30 104.01 62.29 69.65 104.23 878.04 9.73 14.67 20.67 116.61 38.89 440.14 312.08 134.64 73.69 47.00 80.33 45.27 10002.13 198.82 251.62 68.57 337.09 298.24 249.17 352.25 191.00 215.43 486.41 OpenBenchmarking.org
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 1.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 6 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 6.85, N = 6 SE +/- 1.18, N = 6 SE +/- 12.29, N = 6 SE +/- 13.15, N = 6 SE +/- 4.58, N = 6 338.41 43.73 136.66 510.58 126.19 62.29 440.14 107.18 251.62
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 5.56, N = 3 SE +/- 2.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 3.60, N = 3 SE +/- 3.85, N = 3 SE +/- 3.51, N = 3 SE +/- 6.02, N = 3 SE +/- 4.01, N = 3 SE +/- 3.28, N = 6 226.17 70.92 118.60 241.76 119.04 69.65 312.08 141.31 68.57
Dbench Client Count: 12 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 6 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.90, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 521.09 21.04 652.54 391.25 157.30 104.23 134.64 262.50 337.09 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
Flexible IO Tester Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds (Run Time), Fewer Is Better Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 6.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 29.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 18.57, N = 6 SE +/- 4.48, N = 3 35.14 336.53 78.29 136.66 186.22 878.04 73.69 297.06 298.24 -lnuma 1. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -libverbs -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 6 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 6 SE +/- 16.15, N = 6 82.97 9.77 80.17 90.40 55.70 9.73 47.00 51.32 249.17 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 5.27, N = 6 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 4.30, N = 6 SE +/- 14.93, N = 6 SE +/- 43.42, N = 6 170.80 19.27 92.67 201.47 83.00 14.67 80.33 93.07 352.25 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 6 SE +/- 0.75, N = 6 SE +/- 2.16, N = 6 SE +/- 15.36, N = 6 83.30 8.67 80.07 90.00 52.33 20.67 45.27 65.67 191.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 3 SE +/- 3.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 34.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 23.63, N = 6 519.14 276.49 254.30 313.99 198.98 116.61 10002.13 461.10 215.43 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Corsair Force LX 256GB Crucial CT128MX1 128GB Intel SSDSA2M160 160GB Kingston SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 64GB OCZ Vertex 64GB Samsung 840 Basic 240GB after fstrim SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB Server Raid50 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 4.23, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.74, N = 6 SE +/- 2.23, N = 6 SE +/- 7.52, N = 6 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 13.50, N = 6 284.66 29.56 104.01 456.49 122.97 38.89 198.82 171.65 486.41 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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