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

250GB CT250BX100SSD1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FF50 06F2, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB CT250BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E + Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.1.8-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0 + Clang 3.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


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 |==================================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 159.91 |==============================================


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 |================================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 143.43 |==============================================


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  |====================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 133.00 |=============================


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 |==================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 235.33 |==============================


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  |====================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 130.48 |============================


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 |=====================
250GB CT250BX100SSD1 ... 2107.63 |================