SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9 Comparison Some fresh SSD Linux benchmarks on Linux 4.9 atop Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Toshiba 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 VisionTek 240GB: 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: VisionTek 240GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 18.04 |============ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 56.38 |====================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 28.73 |=================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 36.88 |========================= VisionTek 240GB ........... 31.05 |===================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 65.36 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 287.41 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 271.02 |=============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 392.14 |===================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 213.08 |============ VisionTek 240GB ........... 295.53 |================ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 788.37 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 480.63 |=========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 298.40 |=========================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 353.78 |================================ Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 287.90 |========================== VisionTek 240GB ........... 338.53 |============================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 322.91 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 265.72 |========== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 49.30 |== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 457.30 |================= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 187.94 |======= VisionTek 240GB ........... 270.35 |========== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 1115.40 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 485.99 |======================= PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 117.71 |====== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 423.54 |==================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |==================== VisionTek 240GB ........... 406.43 |=================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 920.27 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 210.80 |=========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.50 |=================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 101.28 |===================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 58.90 |============ VisionTek 240GB ........... 61.95 |============= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.63 |========================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 85.60 |============ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 193.97 |============================ Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 111.07 |================ Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 51.20 |======= VisionTek 240GB ........... 50.53 |======= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 302.37 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 79.58 |============================= PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.00 |================================= Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 63.77 |======================= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 42.00 |=============== VisionTek 240GB ........... 42.00 |=============== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.03 |=========================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 6861 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 8612 |==================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 6079 |============== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 5719 |============== VisionTek 240GB ........... 5135 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 18489 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 546.67 |=========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 525.36 |========================================= Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 494.32 |======================================= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |================================== VisionTek 240GB ........... 444.68 |=================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 516.96 |========================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 2804.18 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1256.41 |=================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 251.36 |========================================= INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 261.43 |=========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 5227.67 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1212.92 |==========