SSD Testing Linux 3.18 Kernel Linux solid-state drive benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. 128GB Crucial CT128MX1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 120GB Samsung SSD 840: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 256GB Corsair Force LX: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 240GB OCZ Vertex 3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 120GB OCZ Vertex 150: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.55GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro(Intel P35-ICH9R) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 800MHz, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 74GB Western Digital WD740ADFD-00 + 40GB Seagate ST340014A + 37GB Western Digital WD360GD-00FL + 146GB Logical Volume, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon X600/X600 SE 256MB, Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC OS: Debian Linux 7.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-29-pve (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 85.54 |=============================== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 126.25 |============================================== 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 72.21 |========================== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 66.92 |======================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 105.71 |======================================= 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 65.29 |======================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 185.38 |================================ 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 253.76 |============================================ 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 110.60 |=================== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 238.50 |========================================= 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 151.88 |========================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 266.63 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 80.36 |============= 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 272.37 |============================================== 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 103.13 |================= 256GB Corsair Force LX . 274.50 |============================================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 104.91 |================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 64.12 |=========== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 190.29 |================================= 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 250.07 |=========================================== 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 113.07 |==================== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 239.98 |========================================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 176.69 |=============================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 265.35 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 64.83 |============== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 54.87 |============ 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 38.13 |======== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 87.83 |=================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 209.33 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 97.43 |===================== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 28.47 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 123.47 |================ 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 78.53 |========== 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 124.67 |================ 256GB Corsair Force LX . 182.53 |======================= 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 357.47 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 139.27 |================== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 65.60 |======== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 64.47 |============== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 42.83 |========= 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 38.70 |========= 256GB Corsair Force LX . 88.03 |=================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 208.73 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 63.30 |============== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 30.13 |======= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 158.23 |========= 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 128.58 |======= 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 76.42 |==== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 308.67 |================= 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 828.88 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 148.22 |======== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 61.74 |=== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 298.27 |=========== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 193.43 |======= 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 122.28 |===== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 542.60 |==================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 1206.88 |============================================= 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 270.05 |========== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 87.56 |=== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 166.87 |================ 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 134.60 |============= 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 473.42 |============================================= 256GB Corsair Force LX . 281.11 |=========================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 479.88 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 180.10 |================= 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 125.97 |============ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 606.28 |=============================== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 553.90 |============================ 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 888.09 |============================================== 256GB Corsair Force LX . 698.48 |==================================== 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 896.84 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 599.85 |=============================== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 219.31 |=========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 290.72 |=========================================== 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 300.04 |============================================ 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 306.62 |============================================= 256GB Corsair Force LX . 301.19 |============================================ 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 313.33 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 286.92 |========================================== 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 132.42 |=================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 128GB Crucial CT128MX1 . 5107 |================================================ 120GB Samsung SSD 840 .. 4841 |============================================= 120GB Intel SSDSC2BW12 . 4746 |============================================= 256GB Corsair Force LX . 4839 |============================================= 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 ..... 4901 |============================================== 120GB OCZ Vertex 150 ... 4778 |============================================= 2x73 Fujitsu 15k SAS ... 2380 |======================