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 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution IDE Mode AHCI Mode Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd 8192MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64) Unity 2D 6.0.0 X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2) radeon 6.14.4 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-8592933) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0 ext4 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw Processor Details - Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.
Ubuntu Linux - SATA 3.0 SSD - AHCI vs. IDE fio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 4 iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Read Performance fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size compilebench: Compile pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performance iozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performance fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size dbench: 1 fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Read Compiled Tree unpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 blogbench: Read IDE Mode AHCI Mode 325.44 45.71 213.52 215.10 156.50 305.73 2858.45 234.28 234.80 158.57 266.16 547.48 217.17 235.75 962.93 7.89 46.40 1326449 57.94 194.42 247.39 247.19 171.00 333.96 3110.55 253.36 253.29 169.50 284.30 583.68 230.93 250.58 988.07 7.89 179.68 865810 OpenBenchmarking.org
Flexible IO Tester Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds (Run Time), Fewer Is Better Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern IDE Mode AHCI Mode 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 3.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 325.44 57.94
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 IDE Mode AHCI Mode 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.30, N = 4 SE +/- 3.33, N = 4 45.71 194.42
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance IDE Mode AHCI Mode 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 213.52 247.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance IDE Mode AHCI Mode 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 215.10 247.19 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size IDE Mode AHCI Mode 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 156.50 171.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile IDE Mode AHCI Mode 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 1.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 305.73 333.96
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second IDE Mode AHCI Mode 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 18.57, N = 3 SE +/- 11.69, N = 3 2858.45 3110.55 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance IDE Mode AHCI Mode 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 234.28 253.36 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
IOzone Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance IDE Mode AHCI Mode 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 234.80 253.29 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size IDE Mode AHCI Mode 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.85, N = 3 158.57 169.50 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 IDE Mode AHCI Mode 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 266.16 284.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync IDE Mode AHCI Mode 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 7.97, N = 6 SE +/- 13.34, N = 6 547.48 583.68 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads IDE Mode AHCI Mode 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 2.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 217.17 230.93 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create IDE Mode AHCI Mode 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.08, N = 3 SE +/- 2.93, N = 3 235.75 250.58
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree IDE Mode AHCI Mode 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 7.39, N = 3 962.93 988.07
Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 IDE Mode AHCI Mode 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 7.89 7.89
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 IDE Mode AHCI Mode 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 4.56, N = 8 46.40 179.68
BlogBench Test: Read OpenBenchmarking.org Final Score, More Is Better BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read IDE Mode AHCI Mode 300K 600K 900K 1200K 1500K SE +/- 88230.49, N = 6 SE +/- 74128.79, N = 6 1326449 865810 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread
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