SanDisk 64GB SSD Ubuntu Linux Kernel SDSSDP06 Intel Core i7-4770K testing of a SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB solid-state drive compared against other Serial ATA 2.0/3.0 hard drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs). Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the SanDisk SATA3 64GB SSD. Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Solid 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Samsung SSD 840 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB Seagate ST240HM000 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002AALX-0 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-G256M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB (901/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung S24B20/S24B30, Network: Intel Connection OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Crucial M550 mSATA: Processor: Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLV-Q v1.01, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128M55, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Kingston M.2 SSD: Processor: Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-13F1, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB KINGSTON RBU-SNS, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 31.33 |=== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 35.20 |==== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 67.87 |======= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 21.73 |== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 28.67 |=== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 103.07 |========== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 228.67 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 325.12 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 224.67 |======================= Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 79.73 |======== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 136.67 |============== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 85.93 |========= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 118.03 |============ Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 231.33 |======================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 18.50 |== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 16.77 |== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 30.17 |==== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 13.03 |== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 13.57 |== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 61.00 |======== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 179.83 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 253.00 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 105.60 |============== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 44.40 |====== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 76.18 |========== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 33.63 |==== Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 44.10 |====== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 103.63 |============== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 17.49 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 12.00 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 18.47 |== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 8.68 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 9.85 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 51.54 |==== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 397.74 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 75.79 |====== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 64.35 |===== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 122.04 |========== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 18.09 |== Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 40.96 |=== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 106.74 |========= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 61.53 |===== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 56.87 |==== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 131.21 |========== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 105.67 |======== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 161.94 |============ OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 126.38 |========= OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 255.33 |=================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 370.11 |=========================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 362.02 |=========================== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 132.81 |========== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 181.46 |============= Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 447.68 |================================= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 223.17 |================ Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 308.85 |======================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.59 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.23 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.18 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.92 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.49 |========================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.48 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.45 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.53 |=== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 2.41 |===== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 0.35 |= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 1.04 |== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 3.40 |======= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.28 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.38 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.17 | Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.17 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.89 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.24 |========================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.03 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.44 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.22 |=== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 2.14 |===== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 0.33 |= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 0.90 |== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 2.82 |====== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.59 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.18 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.92 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 14.66 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.46 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.85 |==== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 2.57 |====== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 0.34 |= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 0.97 |== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 2.64 |====== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.34 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.52 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.17 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.94 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 14.49 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.46 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.46 |=== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 2.61 |====== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 0.34 |= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 0.96 |== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 3.82 |========= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 256.40 |===== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 173.30 |==== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 305.89 |====== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 298.00 |====== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 340.01 |======= OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 343.84 |======= OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 506.99 |=========== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 621.24 |============= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 617.56 |============= Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 303.32 |====== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 285.45 |====== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 440.71 |========= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 228.64 |===== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 1512.68 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 186.61 |============== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 145.83 |=========== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 214.71 |================ Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 186.76 |============== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 224.56 |================= OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 221.01 |================= OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 319.72 |======================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 342.84 |========================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 353.54 |========================== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 326.11 |======================== SanDisk SDSSDP06 64GB ............... 243.56 |================== Plextor M6e 256GB PCIe/M.2 .......... 332.45 |========================= Crucial M550 mSATA .................. 263.02 |==================== Kingston M.2 SSD .................... 440.94 |=================================