Ubuntu Linux - SATA 3.0 SSD - AHCI vs. IDE

Benchmarking an OCZ Serial ATA 3.0 (SATA3) Solid-State Drive (SSD) on Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshot with the Linux 3.5 kernel when comparing the AHCI and IDE modes for the SATA drive as controlled from the BIOS/UEFI. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu Linux - SATA 3.0 SSD - AHCI vs. IDE, "PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",2850.088379,2831.287072,2893.965188 "AHCI Mode",3100.677847,3097.113677,3133.84401 "Unpacking The Linux Kernel - linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2", Lower Results Are Better "IDE Mode",7.9258260726929,7.8828320503235,7.8525249958038,7.9173049926758 "AHCI Mode",8.0659890174866,7.7539398670197,7.8319599628448,7.9107871055603 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",961.8,964.26,962.72 "AHCI Mode",1002.86,980.53,980.83 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",233.6,237.03,236.61 "AHCI Mode",256.43,247.96,247.34 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",307.41,306.39,303.39 "AHCI Mode",334.92,334.09,332.86 "Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",46.531,45.667,46.571,46.818 "AHCI Mode",147.986,186.196,181.093,183.985,185.173,182.719,185.297,185.014 "Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",45.022,46.208,46.209,45.416 "AHCI Mode",198.971,200.146,192.944,185.616 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",234.7216796875,234.6103515625,233.5224609375 "AHCI Mode",253.4794921875,253.0712890625,253.53125 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",213.509765625,213.029296875,214.02734375 "AHCI Mode",247.9091796875,246.8701171875,247.3935546875 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",234.724609375,234.7666015625,234.9111328125 "AHCI Mode",253.14453125,253.685546875,253.03515625 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",217.578125,214.416015625,213.3056640625 "AHCI Mode",246.935546875,247.171875,247.466796875 "Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",265.436,266.58,266.464 "AHCI Mode",285.271,283.607,284.014 "BlogBench 1.0 - Test: Read", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",938473,1259840,1570120,1412166,1433860,1344236 "AHCI Mode",521152,822001,1012106,929124,992237,918241 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",512.2,565.8,562.5,555.4,547.6,541.4 "AHCI Mode",554.1,606.7,571.7,572.6,558.3,638.7 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",154.8,156.7,158 "AHCI Mode",170.8,171.6,170.6 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",213.1,218.4,220 "AHCI Mode",231.2,230.4,231.2 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "IDE Mode",158.6,158.5,158.6 "AHCI Mode",165.8,171.4,171.3 "Flexible IO Tester 1.57 - Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern", Lower Results Are Better "IDE Mode",319.53448605537,326.29672694206,330.48310995102 "AHCI Mode",57.265574932098,57.828955173492,58.715159893036