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.
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Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 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 Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB ssd-test-1 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 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 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 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 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 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores) ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA 8192MB 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (135/324MHz) C-Media CMI8788 BenQ GL2460 Intel Connection Ubuntu 14.10 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64) GNOME 3.9.90 X Server 1.16.1.901 (1.16.2 RC 1) NVIDIA 346.35 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35 GCC 4.9.1 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: --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 - Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: --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 - Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: --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 - Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB: --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 - OCZ Solid 2 60GB: --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 - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB: --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 - OCZ VERTEX3 240GB: --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 - KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB: --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 - ssd-test-1: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --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-multilib --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 - Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw - Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 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 - ssd-test-1: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,noatime,rw System Details - Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5+. - Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 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+. - ssd-test-1: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8. Processor Details - ssd-test-1: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Kingston SSD Now SATA 3 SSD Disk Testing Linux compilebench: Initial Create tiobench: Rand Write - 256MB - 4 compilebench: Compile tiobench: Write - 256MB - 4 tiobench: Rand Write - 32MB - 4 tiobench: Write - 32MB - 4 dbench: 1 fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size iozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performance Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB ssd-test-1 145.83 0.34 173.30 0.28 0.32 0.32 12.00 35.20 16.77 56.87 214.71 0.52 305.89 0.38 0.59 0.59 18.47 67.87 30.17 131.21 186.61 256.40 0.32 0.32 17.49 31.33 18.50 61.53 186.76 298.00 0.17 0.23 8.68 21.73 13.03 105.67 221.01 0.94 343.84 0.89 0.92 0.92 51.54 103.07 61 126.38 319.72 506.99 11.24 11.49 228.67 179.83 255.33 342.84 14.49 621.24 15.03 14.66 15.48 397.74 325.12 253.00 370.11 353.54 1.46 617.56 1.44 1.46 1.45 75.79 224.67 105.60 362.02 438.69 1.48 707.48 1.51 1.48 1.65 75.85 250.88 112.73 474.10 OpenBenchmarking.org
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 240GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 22.22, N = 3 SE +/- 4.04, N = 3 SE +/- 6.94, N = 3 SE +/- 5.77, N = 3 SE +/- 4.89, N = 3 SE +/- 9.93, N = 3 SE +/- 9.94, N = 3 SE +/- 3.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 438.69 353.54 342.84 319.72 221.01 214.71 186.76 186.61 145.83
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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 14.49 1.48 1.46 0.94 0.52 0.34
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile ssd-test-1 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 15.69, N = 6 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.08, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 4.42, N = 3 SE +/- 4.57, N = 3 SE +/- 2.28, N = 3 SE +/- 3.37, N = 3 SE +/- 14.32, N = 6 707.48 621.24 617.56 506.99 343.84 305.89 298.00 256.40 173.30
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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 15.03 11.24 1.51 1.44 0.89 0.38 0.32 0.28 0.17
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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 14.66 1.48 1.46 0.92 0.59 0.32
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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 15.48 11.49 1.65 1.45 0.92 0.59 0.32 0.32 0.23
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 397.74 75.85 75.79 51.54 18.47 17.49 12.00 8.68 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB ssd-test-1 OCZ Vertex 2 60GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 4.58, N = 5 SE +/- 3.62, N = 5 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.58, N = 6 SE +/- 1.49, N = 6 SE +/- 0.99, N = 6 325.12 250.88 228.67 224.67 103.07 67.87 35.20 31.33 21.73 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 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB ssd-test-1 KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 253.00 179.83 112.73 105.60 61.00 30.17 18.50 16.77 13.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
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 ssd-test-1 OCZ VERTEX3 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0 150GB OCZ Solid 2 60GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M 1000GB Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M 160GB 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 474.10 370.11 362.02 255.33 131.21 126.38 105.67 61.53 56.87 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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