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Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 SSD Disk Testing Linux
Intel Core i7-4770K testing of a Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SATA 3.0 SSD 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:
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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_sv300_120GB:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 1621, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 500GB Hitachi HTS72505, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1200MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless
OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.13.6-1.g4727218-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 255.33 |=================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 126.38 |=========
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 362.02 |=========================
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 131.21 |=========
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 56.87 |====
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 61.53 |====
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 105.67 |=======
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 370.11 |=========================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 487.27 |=================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.49 |=========================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.92 |==
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.45 |===
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.59 |=
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.32 |=
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |=
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.23 |=
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.48 |==================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 11.73 |==========================
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 51.54 |====
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 75.79 |======
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 18.47 |==
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 12.00 |=
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 17.49 |=
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 8.68 |=
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 397.74 |=================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 251.85 |=====================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Solid 2 60GB ................... 0.92 |==
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB ............. 1.46 |===
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB . 0.59 |=
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB . 0.32 |=
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB .................. 14.66 |===================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ............... 9.24 |======================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Solid 2 60GB ................... 0.94 |==
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB ............. 1.46 |====
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB . 0.52 |=
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB . 0.34 |=
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB .................. 14.49 |===================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ............... 9.74 |========================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 506.99 |===========================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 343.84 |==================
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 617.56 |=================================
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 305.89 |================
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 173.30 |=========
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 256.40 |==============
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 298.00 |================
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 621.24 |=================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 508.89 |===========================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 319.72 |==============================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 221.01 |=====================
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 353.54 |=================================
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 214.71 |====================
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 145.83 |==============
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 186.61 |=================
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 186.76 |=================
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 342.84 |================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 219.22 |====================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 179.83 |=======================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 61.00 |========
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 105.60 |==============
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 30.17 |====
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 16.77 |==
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 18.50 |==
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 13.03 |==
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 253.00 |=================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 238.73 |===============================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 11.24 |=========================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 0.89 |==
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 1.44 |===
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 0.38 |=
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 0.28 |=
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 0.32 |=
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 0.17 |
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 15.03 |==================================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 11.60 |==========================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ................... 228.67 |===================
OCZ Solid 2 60GB .................... 103.07 |=========
KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB .............. 224.67 |===================
Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB .. 67.87 |======
Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB .. 35.20 |===
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB ........... 31.33 |===
Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB . 21.73 |==
OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ................... 325.12 |============================
Kingston_sv300_120GB ................ 387.50 |=================================