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.

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Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB
January 20 2014
 
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB
January 20 2014
 
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB
January 19 2014
 
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB
January 20 2014
 
Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB
January 21 2014
 
OCZ Solid 2 60GB
January 19 2014
 
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB
January 19 2014
 
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB
January 21 2014
 
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB
January 19 2014
 
Samsung SSD 840 120GB
January 22 2014
 
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February 02 2014
 
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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. ,,"OCZ Vertex 2 60GB","OCZ Solid 2 60GB","KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB","Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB","Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB","Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB","Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB","OCZ VERTEX3 240GB","Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB","Samsung SSD 840 120GB","Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB" Processor,,Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores) Motherboard,,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0,MSI B75A-G43 (MS-7758) v2.0 Chipset,,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM,Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,8192MB Disk,,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K,150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840,128GB TOSHIBA THNSNJ12 + 640GB Western Digital WD6401AALS-0 Graphics,,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Creative Labs SB X-Fi Monitor,,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster, Network,,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS,,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,Ubuntu 13.10,openSUSE 13.1 Kernel,,3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.11.6-4-desktop (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,Unity 7.1.2,KDE Display Server,,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.5,X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1) Display Driver,,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,radeon 7.2.99,NVIDIA 331.38 OpenGL,,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4,4.3.0 Compiler,,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8,GCC 4.8 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,1920x1080 ,,"OCZ Vertex 2 60GB","OCZ Solid 2 60GB","KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB","Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB","Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB","Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB","Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB","OCZ VERTEX3 240GB","Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB","Samsung SSD 840 120GB","Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB" "FS-Mark - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads (Files/s)",HIB,228.67,103.07,224.67,67.87,35.20,31.33,21.73,325.12,28.67,79.73,354.93 "FS-Mark - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,179.83,61,105.60,30.17,16.77,18.50,13.03,253.00,13.57,44.40,83.15 "Dbench - Client Count: 1 (MB/s)",HIB,,51.54,75.79,18.47,12.00,17.49,8.68,397.74,9.85,64.35,181.09 "IOzone - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance (MB/s)",HIB,255.33,126.38,362.02,131.21,56.87,61.53,105.67,370.11,161.94,132.81,168.63 "Threaded I/O Tester - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 (MB/s)",HIB,11.49,0.92,1.45,0.59,0.32,0.32,0.23,15.48,0.18,1.53,6.31 "Threaded I/O Tester - Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 (MB/s)",HIB,11.24,0.89,1.44,0.38,0.28,0.32,0.17,15.03,0.17,1.22,5.58 "Threaded I/O Tester - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 (MB/s)",HIB,,0.92,1.46,0.59,0.32,,,14.66,0.18,1.85,4.23 "Threaded I/O Tester - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 (MB/s)",HIB,,0.94,1.46,0.52,0.34,,,14.49,0.17,1.46,4.23 "Compile Bench - Test: Compile (MB/s)",HIB,506.99,343.84,617.56,305.89,173.30,256.40,298.00,621.24,340.01,303.32,316.23 "Compile Bench - Test: Initial Create (MB/s)",HIB,319.72,221.01,353.54,214.71,145.83,186.61,186.76,342.84,224.56,326.11,196.71 "Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,35265.37,