PNY Solid State SSD Linux Tests
SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


240GB OCZ VERTEX3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 64GB ADATA SP600, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

64GB ADATA SP600: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 64GB ADATA SP600, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

120GB OCZ TRION100: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

120GB SPCC Solid State: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB SPCC Solid State, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

256GB TS256GSSD370S: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

PNY CS1211 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

120GB CT120BX100SSD1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150709, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

256GB Samsung SM951 NVME: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.1.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.10.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.41, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0 + Clang 3.6.2 + LLVM 3.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3200x1200


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 58.67  |===========
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 55.11  |==========
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 139.64 |=========================
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 132.05 |========================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 119.06 |======================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 22.49  |====
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 118.49 |=====================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 242.95 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 95.94  |====================
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 92.80  |====================
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 71.30  |===============
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 98.23  |=====================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 108.48 |=======================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 46.83  |==========
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 100.18 |=====================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 208.94 |============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 212.40 |============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 71.30  |===============
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 48.37  |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 84.63  |==================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 86.90  |==================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 91.50  |===================
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 93.17  |===================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 82.17  |=================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 366.40 |============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 71.50  |=========
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 62.80  |========
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 127.87 |===============
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 179.33 |======================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 189.33 |=======================
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 142.40 |=================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 219.40 |==========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 210.80 |============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 10.17  |==
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 48.30  |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 82.87  |=================
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 86.87  |==================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 91.47  |===================
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 93.17  |===================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 84.90  |==================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ...... 313.96 |==============================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ....... 253.47 |=====================================
120GB OCZ TRION100 ..... 261.26 |======================================
120GB SPCC Solid State . 285.60 |==========================================
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 307.07 |=============================================
PNY CS1211 120GB ....... 313.19 |==============================================
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ... 302.45 |============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 6081.54 |===========================================
64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 1652.56 |============
120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 1443.84 |==========
120GB SPCC Solid State ... 1741.31 |============
256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 3268.09 |=======================
PNY CS1211 120GB ......... 3389.00 |========================
120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 2875.81 |====================
256GB Samsung SM951 NVME . 2182.13 |===============