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 Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-3200MHz CMK32GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL 2007FP, 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 |===================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 65.63 |===================================== 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 |=========================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 939.82 |==================================== 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 |=================================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 307.68 |======== 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 |=============================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 1051.90 |================================= 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 |=================================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 699.60 |================= 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 |============================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 111.93 |=================== 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 |===================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 301.60 |==================================== 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 |========================= Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 114.03 |================================== 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 |===================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ............ 11157 |====================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 17919 |==================================== 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 |=================================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 581.84 |==================================== 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 |======================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 2307.74 |============================= 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 |========================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 255.98 |=================================== 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 |======================== Samsung 960 Pro 1TB 16.04 k4.8.4 . 5167.99 |===================================