Ubuntu 18.10 Disk Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core testing with a ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS) and Sapphire AMD Radeon 4GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Samsung 970 EVO 250GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-1700MT/s F4-3400C16-8GSXW, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4GB, Audio: AMD Fiji HDMI/DP, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server vt.handoff=1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-1700MT/s F4-3400C16-8GSXW, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4GB, Audio: AMD Fiji HDMI/DP, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server vt.handoff=1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 0.95 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 0.77 |========================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 4.20 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 3.15 |=====================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 3.14 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 2.51 |=======================================


SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 36.35 |=============================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 61.19 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 3296 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 2161 |================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 435 |=============================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 761 |==================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 111000 |===========================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 195000 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 1469 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 892  |==============================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 1027 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 318  |===============


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 263000 |===============================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 81567  |===============


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 560  |===================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 1473 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 557  |=========================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 1088 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 143000 |========================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 278667 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 1468 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 893  |==============================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 1059 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 912  |==========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 271333 |===============================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 233333 |========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 224 |==================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 143 |================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 163 |==========================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 313 |==================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 47.99  |================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 143.83 |===============================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 1074927 |==============================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 478214  |====================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 6618  |===========
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 28274 |================================================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 286 |==================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 817 |==================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 545 |==================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 544 |==================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 516 |==================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 521 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 196363 |===============================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 195900 |===============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 5220 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 5206 |=================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Total
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 25036 |================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 25034 |================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Kernel
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 3759 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 3768 |=================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Loader
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 3231 |=================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 3240 |=================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Firmware
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 16612 |================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 16648 |================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Userspace
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB . 21277 |================================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB . 21266 |================================================