September 2016 HDD SSD Disk Test SSD and HDD disk Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel on Ubuntu 64-bit with the Linux 4.8 Git kernel. Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OCZ Trion TR150 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Corsair Force LX 256GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 PNY CS1211 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 850 EVO 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Hitachi HUA72302 2TB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 8918B9G, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 480GB KINGSTON SUV400S, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (169/100MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MC Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.98, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .............. 120.67 |=================== Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 210.70 |================================== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 64.32 |========== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 88.93 |============== PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 92.67 |=============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 103.70 |================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 38.57 |====== Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 21.03 |=== Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 18.70 |=== KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 62.45 |========== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .............. 310.07 |================================== Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 95.52 |========== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 51.47 |====== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 186.00 |==================== PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 193.20 |===================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 112.00 |============ Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 124.13 |============== Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 46.27 |===== Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 47.33 |===== KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 58.80 |====== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random 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 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 50.27 |============================================ Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 35.83 |=============================== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB ..... 30.34 |=========================== Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 28.65 |========================= PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 28.01 |========================= Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 35.76 |=============================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB .... 23.15 |==================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random 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 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .............. 226.49 |================================== Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 205.97 |=============================== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 132.36 |==================== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 146.87 |====================== PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 135.25 |==================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 163.10 |======================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 95.65 |============== Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 1.29 | Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 1.06 | 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 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .............. 241.37 |================================== Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 218.38 |=============================== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 136.97 |=================== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 151.39 |===================== PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 58.28 |======== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 160.74 |======================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 110.22 |================ Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 34.79 |===== Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 33.67 |===== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .............. 2790.05 |================================= Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 2269.26 |=========================== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 1261.40 |=============== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 2696.65 |================================ PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 2643.12 |=============================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 1880.30 |====================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 1026.59 |============ Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 118.36 |= Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 76.11 |= KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 599.47 |======= SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 27.08 |== OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 38.35 |== Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 61.14 |==== PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 57.42 |=== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 29.55 |== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 328.41 |==================== Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 487.97 |============================= Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 565.51 |================================== KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 56.88 |===