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 Datstore_SSD: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Datstore_NVMe: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware NVMe RDM Test 02: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Datstore SSD Test 02: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware 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 |========================= Datstore_SSD .............. 3.02 |== 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 |====================================== Datstore_SSD .............. 470.07 |========================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 498.98 |=========================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 535.16 |============================= Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 597.79 |================================= 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 |========================================== Datstore_SSD .............. 311.03 |========== Datstore_NVMe ............. 489.65 |================ NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 500.33 |================ Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 381.26 |============ 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 |===================================== Datstore_SSD .............. 514.04 |=================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 532.64 |==================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 547.94 |===================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 510.75 |=================== 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 |========================================== Datstore_SSD .............. 452.87 |============== Datstore_NVMe ............. 518.01 |================ NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 557.01 |================= Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 467.69 |============== 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 |========= Datstore_SSD .............. 657.30 |================================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 750.03 |======================================= NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 737.53 |====================================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 834.58 |=========================================== 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 |===== Datstore_SSD .............. 1438.22 |====================================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 1431.23 |===================================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 1439.53 |====================================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 1603.57 |========================================== 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 |==== Datstore_SSD .............. 788.63 |======================================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 744.20 |====================================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 748.63 |====================================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 850.57 |=========================================== 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 |=========================== Datstore_SSD .............. 6617 |================ Datstore_NVMe ............. 5179 |============ NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 5798 |============== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 6268 |=============== 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 |=========================================== Datstore_SSD .............. 238.63 |================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 280.03 |====================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 246.15 |=================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 249.97 |=================== 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 |=========================== Datstore_SSD .............. 2182.00 |============================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 2861.53 |======================================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 3020.39 |========================================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 2257.75 |=============================== 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 |====== Datstore_SSD .............. 980.99 |================================ Datstore_NVMe ............. 1275.78 |========================================== NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 1262.33 |========================================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 1035.36 |================================== 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 |============================ Datstore_SSD .............. 2537.68 |==================== Datstore_NVMe ............. 3153.54 |========================= NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 3223.41 |========================== Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 2843.00 |=======================