Samsung 850 EVO Linux SSD Disk Testing Samsung 850 EVO 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 Samsung 850 EVO 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 Samsung SSD 850 + 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 Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO KIWB1, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Intel 82801I, Monitor: LGD LP156WH2-TLAA, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.113, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |============================ Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 34.55 |===================================== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 21.55 |======================= 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 |=================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 116.21 |==================================== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 69.29 |===================== 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 |======== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 130.06 |==================================== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 79.64 |====================== 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 |=================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 115.81 |==================================== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 70.16 |====================== 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 |============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 107.78 |=================== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 96.67 |================= 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 |=============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 109.33 |=========== Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 156.57 |================ 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 |======== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ............ 70.08 |============ Complete SSD Test Versus EVO 850 . 96.90 |=================