Solid State SSD Ubuntu Linux Tests SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Adapted by Knut Behrends for his machine, containing 3 different SSDs. Phoronix dir in Homedir libnked to 64 GB sandisk 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 120GB PNY CS1211: 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 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1: 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 Samsung SSD 850, 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 Samsung SSD 850 #2: 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 INTEL SSDSC2BW12, 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 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 64GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5 + 2000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 240GB OCZ REVODRIVE3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SDM-X93, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010 + LLVM 3.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3200x1200 testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 64GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5 + 2000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 240GB OCZ REVODRIVE3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SDM-X93, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010 + LLVM 3.6.2, File-System: fuseblk, Screen Resolution: 3200x1200 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 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 55.11 |==== 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 139.64 |========== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 132.05 |========= 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 119.06 |======== 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 22.49 |== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 118.49 |======== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 129.16 |========= 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 55.30 |==== 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 15.71 |= testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 519.53 |===================================== 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 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 92.80 |=============== 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 71.30 |=========== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 98.23 |================ 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 108.48 |================= 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 46.83 |======== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 100.18 |================ 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 114.59 |================== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 84.17 |============== 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 109.75 |================== testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 229.75 |===================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 71.30 |========= 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 48.37 |====== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 84.63 |========== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 86.90 |=========== 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 91.50 |=========== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 93.17 |=========== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 102.82 |============= 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 71.30 |========= 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 303.23 |===================================== testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 36.67 |==== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 71.50 |======= 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 62.80 |====== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 127.87 |============ 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 179.33 |================= 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 189.33 |================== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 142.40 |============== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 104.40 |========== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 189.87 |================== 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 384.02 |===================================== testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 33.47 |=== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 10.17 |= 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 48.30 |====== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 82.87 |========== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 86.87 |=========== 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 91.47 |=========== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 93.17 |=========== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 66.92 |======== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 71.37 |========= 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 303.27 |===================================== testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 36.70 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ................ 253.47 |======================= 120GB OCZ TRION100 .............. 261.26 |======================== 120GB SPCC Solid State .......... 285.60 |========================== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ............. 307.07 |============================ 120GB PNY CS1211 ................ 313.19 |============================= 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ............ 302.45 |============================ 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 ........ 285.67 |========================== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 .......... 302.59 |============================ 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL .......... 406.51 |===================================== testsuite-moved-to-64gb-sandisk . 80.61 |======= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 1652.56 |===================== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 1443.84 |================== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 1741.31 |====================== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 3268.09 |========================================= 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 3389.00 |=========================================== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 2875.81 |==================================== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 1723.37 |====================== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 2766.30 |=================================== 20151213-SSDTESTS-WELL ... 986.33 |=============