HDD Testing Ubuntu 14.04 Linux
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


120GB Samsung SSD 840: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

80GB Seagate ST980811AS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 80GB Seagate ST980811AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

320GB Hitachi HTS54503: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 320GB Hitachi HTS54503, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

1000GB HGST HTS721010A9: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 289.06 |===============================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 285.71 |===============================
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 220.52 |========================
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 239.74 |==========================
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 307.13 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 323.16 |=================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 201.28 |=====================
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 142.48 |===============
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 170.00 |=================
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 212.41 |======================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 61.30 |==================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 8.30  |=====
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 12.07 |=======
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 10.71 |======
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 11.36 |======


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 47.50 |==================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 14.60 |==========
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 12.90 |=========
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 14.23 |==========
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 17.27 |============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 83.07 |==================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 37.47 |===============
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 20.67 |========
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 36.87 |===============
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 48.00 |====================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 46.47 |==================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 14.60 |===========
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 13.18 |==========
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 19.50 |==============
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 20.30 |===============


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
120GB Samsung SSD 840 ............... 2612.73 |================================
1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M . 1785.47 |======================
80GB Seagate ST980811AS ............. 1907.93 |=======================
320GB Hitachi HTS54503 .............. 1817.02 |======================
1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 ............. 1776.85 |======================