Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9 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 Samsung 960 EVO 250GB: 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 960 EVO 250GB, 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 Sasmsung 960 CC: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz CMK32GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 203GB, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz CMK32GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 939GB, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz CMK32GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 939GB, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 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 |========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 36.52 |======================= Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 69.14 |============================================ Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 64.37 |========================================= Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 63.97 |========================================= 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 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 704.70 |====================================== 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 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1319.10 |========================================== 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 |========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 976.13 |===================================== 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 |============================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1401.67 |========================================== 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 |========================= Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 173.63 |=================================== Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 108.57 |====================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 120.80 |========================= Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 118.77 |======================== 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 |========================================= Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 177.75 |======================== Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 295.73 |======================================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 316.03 |=========================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 318.80 |=========================================== 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 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 84.57 |============================== Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 112.00 |======================================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 118.67 |=========================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 118.87 |=========================================== 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 |=========================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 11157 |================ Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 24393 |=================================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 28953 |========================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 30314 |============================================ 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 |==================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 558.75 |======================================= Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 615.21 |=========================================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 609.96 |=========================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 585.06 |========================================= 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 |=================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1933.19 |============================= Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 2338.64 |=================================== Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 2267.78 |================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 2269.34 |================================== 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 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 189.16 |=============================== Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 236.01 |======================================= Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 226.24 |===================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 222.25 |===================================== 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 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 3530.35 |============================ Sasmsung 960 CC ........... 4794.87 |======================================= Samsung 960 Pro Ub 4.8.4 .. 4358.56 |=================================== Samsunk 960 Pro k4.8.4 .... 5133.57 |=========================================