Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD benchmarked on an MSI GS43VR-6RE Phantom Pro Laptop.


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

TOSHIBA-RD400 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, 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 1 TB NVMe SSD: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2050GB Crucial_CT2050MX + 4001GB My Passport 25E2 + 2000GB Ext. HDD + 1000GB Ext. HDD, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6144MB (1402/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.12 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


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 |=====================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 68.99 |========================================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 49.46 |=============================


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 |===================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ....... 854.00 |===========================================


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 |==========================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ....... 680.06  |======================


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  |=====================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ....... 810.37  |===============================


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 |==========================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ....... 786.65  |========================


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 |================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 98.76  |==================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 182.83 |==================================


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 |=======================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 153.00 |====================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 295.50 |======================================


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  |===========================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 93.97  |===============================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 104.15 |==================================


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 |========================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 17605 |======================================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 17889 |=======================================


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 |=======================================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 534.96 |=====================================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 458.22 |================================


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 |==========================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 2102.78 |============================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 2180.01 |==============================


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 |============================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 204.77 |===============================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 226.22 |==================================


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 |==========================
TOSHIBA-RD400 256GB ........... 3354.07 |========================
Samsung 960 Evo 1 TB NVMe SSD . 3895.08 |============================