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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Samsung SSD 840 120GB SSD Disk Testing Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB Realtek ALC1150 SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 13.10 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.5 radeon 7.2.99 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-3618ac4 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8 ext4 2560x1600 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 64GB OCZ AGILITY 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Z87-PRO 64GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5 + 2000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA2 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 240GB OCZ REVODRIVE3 Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz) Intel Haswell HDMI Intel Connection I217-V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless 3.11.0-19-generic (x86_64) intel 2.99.904 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 3200x1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - OCZ Solid 2 60GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Samsung SSD 840 120GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw System Details - Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - OCZ Solid 2 60GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Samsung SSD 840 120GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb: Python 2.7.5+. Processor Details - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand Disk Mount Options Details - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb: data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Samsung SSD 840 120GB SSD Disk Testing Linux fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size dbench: 1 iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performance tiobench: Write - 32MB - 4 tiobench: Write - 256MB - 4 tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4 tiobench: Rand Write - 256MB - 4 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create apache: Static Web Page Serving Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 31.33 18.50 17.49 61.53 0.32 0.32 256.40 186.61 35.20 16.77 12.00 56.87 0.32 0.28 0.32 0.34 173.30 145.83 67.87 30.17 18.47 131.21 0.59 0.38 0.59 0.52 305.89 214.71 21.73 13.03 8.68 105.67 0.23 0.17 298.00 186.76 28.67 13.57 9.85 161.94 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.17 340.01 224.56 103.07 61 51.54 126.38 0.92 0.89 0.92 0.94 343.84 221.01 228.67 179.83 255.33 11.49 11.24 506.99 319.72 325.12 253.00 397.74 370.11 15.48 15.03 14.66 14.49 621.24 342.84 224.67 105.60 75.79 362.02 1.45 1.44 1.46 1.46 617.56 353.54 79.73 44.40 64.35 132.81 1.53 1.22 1.85 1.46 303.32 326.11 35265.37 141.00 60.85 73.29 403.16 1.64 1.35 1.86 1.52 695.12 406.55 32772.82 OpenBenchmarking.org
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 1.49, N = 6 SE +/- 1.58, N = 6 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 6 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 4.58, N = 5 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 5.49, N = 6 31.33 35.20 67.87 21.73 28.67 103.07 228.67 325.12 224.67 79.73 141.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 4 18.50 16.77 30.17 13.03 13.57 61.00 179.83 253.00 105.60 44.40 60.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 1.93, N = 6 17.49 12.00 18.47 8.68 9.85 51.54 397.74 75.79 64.35 73.29 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
IOzone Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 2.09, N = 3 SE +/- 7.64, N = 3 61.53 56.87 131.21 105.67 161.94 126.38 255.33 370.11 362.02 132.81 403.16 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 6 0.32 0.32 0.59 0.23 0.18 0.92 11.49 15.48 1.45 1.53 1.64
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 6 0.32 0.28 0.38 0.17 0.17 0.89 11.24 15.03 1.44 1.22 1.35
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 0.32 0.59 0.18 0.92 14.66 1.46 1.85 1.86
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 2 SE +/- 0.06, N = 6 0.34 0.52 0.17 0.94 14.49 1.46 1.46 1.52
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 3.37, N = 3 SE +/- 14.32, N = 6 SE +/- 4.57, N = 3 SE +/- 2.28, N = 3 SE +/- 1.64, N = 3 SE +/- 4.42, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.08, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 6 SE +/- 6.85, N = 3 256.40 173.30 305.89 298.00 340.01 343.84 506.99 621.24 617.56 303.32 695.12
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 3.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 SE +/- 9.93, N = 3 SE +/- 9.94, N = 3 SE +/- 13.64, N = 3 SE +/- 4.89, N = 3 SE +/- 5.77, N = 3 SE +/- 6.94, N = 3 SE +/- 4.04, N = 3 SE +/- 10.21, N = 3 SE +/- 10.88, N = 3 186.61 145.83 214.71 186.76 224.56 221.01 319.72 342.84 353.54 326.11 406.55
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Samsung SSD 840 120GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1 TB knb 8K 16K 24K 32K 40K SE +/- 29.80, N = 3 SE +/- 175.84, N = 3 35265.37 32772.82 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread
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