Kingston HyperX Predator SSD Linux Ubuntu Tests SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. 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 PNY CS1211 120GB: 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 + PNY CS1211 120GB, 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 CT120BX100SSD1: 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 CT120BX100SSD1, 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 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator: 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 + 240GB Kingston SHPM228, 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 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S + 240GB Kingston SHPM228, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S + 240GB Kingston SHPM228, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151006, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 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 |=============== PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 22.49 |=== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 118.49 |=============== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 113.63 |============== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 162.34 |==================== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 191.44 |======================== 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 |================== PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 46.83 |======== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 100.18 |================ 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 104.88 |================= 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 147.51 |======================== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 104.56 |================= 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 |========== PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 91.50 |========== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 93.17 |=========== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 111.47 |============= 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 137.97 |================ 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 115.33 |============= 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 |============ PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 189.33 |============ 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 142.40 |========= 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 290.93 |=================== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 328.77 |====================== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 254.57 |================= 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 |========== PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 91.47 |========== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 93.17 |=========== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 110.40 |============= 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 135.80 |=============== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 115.03 |============= 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 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB ............................. 313.19 |================ 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ......................... 302.45 |=============== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 Predator .............. 347.24 |================== 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake ............. 456.30 |======================= 240GB Kingston SHPM228 - Skylake + Linux 4.3 . 475.16 |========================