Transcend SATA 3.0 256GB SSD Linux Tests
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix of a Transcend SSD on Ubuntu Linux.


240GB OCZ VERTEX3: 

	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 + 64GB ADATA SP600, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

64GB ADATA SP600: 

	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 + 64GB ADATA SP600, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

120GB OCZ TRION100: 

	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 TRION100, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

120GB SPCC Solid State: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB SPCC Solid State, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

256GB TS256GSSD370S: 

	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 + 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

256GB Samsung EVO msata: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4570R @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: GIGABYTE M4HM85P-00, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 840 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel Device 0d22 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS VN247, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-040200rc3-generic (x86_64) 20150719, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 58.67  |===================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 55.11  |==================
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 139.64 |=============================================
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 132.05 |===========================================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 119.06 |======================================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 119.95 |=======================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 95.94  |======================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 92.80  |====================================
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 71.30  |============================
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 98.23  |======================================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 108.48 |==========================================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 114.89 |=============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 212.40 |=============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 71.30  |===============
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 48.37  |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 84.63  |==================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 86.90  |==================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 64.05  |==============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 366.40 |=============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 71.50  |=========
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 62.80  |========
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 127.87 |================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 179.33 |======================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 83.47  |==========


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 210.80 |=============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 10.17  |==
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 48.30  |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 82.87  |==================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 86.87  |===================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 59.77  |=============


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 313.96 |=============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 253.47 |====================================
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 261.26 |=====================================
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 285.60 |=========================================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 307.07 |============================================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 223.72 |================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ....... 6081.54 |============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ........ 1652.56 |============
120GB OCZ TRION100 ...... 1443.84 |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State .. 1741.31 |=============
256GB TS256GSSD370S ..... 3268.09 |========================
256GB Samsung EVO msata . 623.57  |=====