Samsung SSD 840 120GB SSD Disk Testing Linux Intel Core i7-4770K testing of a Samsung SSD 840 120GB compared against other Serial ATA hard drives and solid state drives. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Solid 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Samsung SSD 840 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 31.33 |=== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 35.20 |==== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 67.87 |======= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 21.73 |== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 28.67 |=== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 103.07 |========== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 228.67 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 325.12 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 224.67 |======================= Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 79.73 |======== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 18.50 |== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 16.77 |== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 30.17 |==== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 13.03 |== Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 13.57 |== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 61.00 |======== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 179.83 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 253.00 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 105.60 |============== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 44.40 |====== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 17.49 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 12.00 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 18.47 |== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 8.68 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 9.85 |= OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 51.54 |==== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 397.74 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 75.79 |====== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 64.35 |===== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 61.53 |===== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 56.87 |===== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 131.21 |============ Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 105.67 |========= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 161.94 |============== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 126.38 |=========== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 255.33 |======================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 370.11 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 362.02 |================================ Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 132.81 |============ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.59 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.23 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.18 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.92 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.49 |========================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.48 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.45 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.53 |=== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.28 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.38 |= Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.17 | Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.17 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.89 |== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.24 |========================= OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.03 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.44 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.22 |=== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.32 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.59 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.18 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.92 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 14.66 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.46 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.85 |==== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.34 |= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.52 |= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 0.17 | OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.94 |== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 14.49 |================================== KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.46 |=== Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 1.46 |=== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 256.40 |============== Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 173.30 |========= Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 305.89 |================ Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 298.00 |================ Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 340.01 |================== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 343.84 |================== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 506.99 |=========================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 621.24 |================================= KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 617.56 |================================= Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 303.32 |================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 186.61 |================= Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 145.83 |============== Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 214.71 |==================== Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 186.76 |================= Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB . 224.56 |===================== OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 221.01 |===================== OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 319.72 |============================== OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 342.84 |================================ KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 353.54 |================================= Samsung SSD 840 120GB ............... 326.11 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 120GB . 35265.37 |=============================================