Transcend Linux SSD Disk Testing Transcend Linux SSD disk testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OCZ Vertex 3 240GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Solid 2 64GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 8038 |========================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 6752 |=================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 7653 |======================================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 5316 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 23.87 |================================ Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 26.95 |==================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 30.63 |========================================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 21.31 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 26775 |========================================= Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 26420 |======================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 2015 |=== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 23332 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 106.99 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 105.71 |======================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 8.05 |=== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.84 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 7966 |=========== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 28543 |========================================= OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 12936 |=================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 8235 |============ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 31.99 |=========== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 114.31 |======================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 51.72 |================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 32.98 |============ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 26839 |========================================= Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 26855 |========================================= OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 16892 |========================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 23511 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 108.06 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 107.89 |======================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 67.91 |========================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.83 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 207.43 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 88.00 |================= OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 57.57 |=========== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 38.37 |======= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 345.60 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 178.93 |===================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 98.13 |=========== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 122.80 |============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 206.80 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 87.93 |================= OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 55.67 |=========== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 39.07 |======== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 812.12 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 298.21 |=============== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 120.31 |====== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 82.61 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 866.04 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 687.06 |================================ OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 542.37 |========================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 861.98 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 305.69 |======================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 290.98 |====================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 279.57 |===================================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 287.28 |====================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 4838 |========================================= Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 4936 |========================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 4903 |========================================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 4630 |=======================================