SSD Testing ASUS Zenbook
Intel Core i7-3517U ASUS Zenbook Prime solid-state drive benchmark tuning on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EXT4 Discard: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EXT4 Discard + Noop: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EXT4 Discard + CFQ: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 56.23 |============================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 52.80 |=========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 52.78 |=========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 52.82 |=========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 142.00 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 130.84 |========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 130.47 |========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 131.63 |========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 56.73 |============================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 54.00 |==========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 53.77 |==========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 54.27 |==========================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 152.16 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 142.77 |========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 152.71 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 144.29 |=========================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 301.87 |==========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 306.28 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 307.14 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 305.50 |===========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 2.29 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 2.27 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 2.21 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 2.16 |==========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 3.31 |==========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 3.55 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 3.58 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 3.41 |===========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 6.92 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 6.73 |=========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 7.31 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 6.87 |==========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 7.60 |===================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 9.60 |============================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 9.73 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 8.64 |========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 133.91 |=============================
EXT4 Discard .............. 187.83 |=========================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 171.02 |=====================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 196.47 |===========================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 + Linux 3.12 . 2427 |===========================================
EXT4 Discard .............. 2492 |============================================
EXT4 Discard + Noop ....... 2525 |=============================================
EXT4 Discard + CFQ ........ 2508 |=============================================