OCZ ARC100 Linux SSD Disk Testing OCZ ARC100 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 OCZ ARC100 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 OCZ ARC100 + 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: 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 |============================= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 26.28 |=================================== 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 |================================== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.73 |======================================== 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 |============ OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 27.19 |========== 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 |================================== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.83 |======================================== 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 |======= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 79.30 |=============== 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 |============== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 143.40 |================= 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 |======== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 44.07 |========= 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 |==== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 112.60 |====== 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 |======================================== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 580.85 |===========================