HDD SSD Ubuntu Linux Disk Tests

Hard drive and solid state disk drive (SSD) benchmarks from Ubuntu 13.04 with the Linux kernel. Disk drive Linux benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0
March 06 2013
 
Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0
March 07 2013
 
Seagate ST3320620AS
March 07 2013
 
OCZ Solid 2
March 10 2013
 
Seagate ST980811AS
March 10 2013
 
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March 11 2013
 
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March 14 2013
 
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March 15 2013
 
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HDD SSD Ubuntu Linux Disk Tests Hard drive and solid state disk drive (SSD) benchmarks from Ubuntu 13.04 with the Linux kernel. Disk drive Linux benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate ST3320620AS: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ Solid 2: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 64GB OCZ ILITY, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate ST980811AS: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 80GB Seagate ST980811AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate ST3000DM001: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 62GB OCZ VERTEX PLUS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1024MB (993/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 disk: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Hitachi HDT72101 + 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0 + 32GB OCZ VERTEX + 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB EARS-00MVWB0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.8.2-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.26, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.26, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Crucial M4 256: Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X79-UD3, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 06c4, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 67.08 |====== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 85.90 |======= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 47.75 |==== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 106.65 |========= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 28.22 |== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 209.17 |================= Crucial M4 256 ............... 482.45 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 87.94 |============= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 95.77 |============== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 60.86 |========= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 100.46 |=============== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.82 |====== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 15.20 |== Crucial M4 256 ............... 267.52 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 18.50 |======== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 16.73 |======= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 13.77 |====== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 53.96 |======================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 11.62 |===== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 21.27 |========= disk ......................... 96.57 |========================================= Crucial M4 256 ............... 76.90 |================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 42.13 |========= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 41.60 |========= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 30.27 |======= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 93.20 |==================== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 21.53 |===== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 38.93 |========= disk ......................... 182.20 |======================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 138.07 |============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 16.85 |======== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 16.60 |======== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 17.73 |========= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 53.10 |========================== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 10.53 |===== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 21.92 |=========== disk ......................... 85.32 |========================================= Crucial M4 256 ............... 65.02 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 85.44 | Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 113.69 | Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 66.75 | OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.71 |= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.06 | Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 10518.07 |================================ disk ......................... 12388.53 |====================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 11531.57 |=================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 84.84 | Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 129.14 | Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 63.70 | OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.80 |= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 38.39 | Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 9542.56 |================================ disk ......................... 11249.26 |====================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 9979.10 |================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 84.37 |========= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 126.13 |============== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 57.98 |====== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 126.15 |============== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 34.15 |==== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 141.30 |=============== disk ......................... 373.61 |======================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 237.68 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 81.53 |========= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 125.29 |============= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 54.04 |====== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 125.54 |============= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 30.95 |=== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 140.97 |=============== disk ......................... 372.81 |======================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 233.55 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 80.47 | Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 125.30 | Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 51.15 | OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.71 |= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.00 | Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 11387.01 |================================= disk ......................... 13104.82 |====================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 11222.46 |================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 80.68 |========= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 122.13 |============= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 54.73 |====== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 125.54 |============= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 31.04 |=== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 142.64 |=============== disk ......................... 372.20 |======================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 236.70 |========================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 972 |======= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 1069 |======= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 607 |==== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 1145 |======== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 432 |=== Seagate ST3000DM001 .......... 1354 |========= disk ......................... 6199 |========================================== Crucial M4 256 ............... 5908 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 167.14 |========================================