Samsung 850 SSD RAID Mirror Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel with an eRacks.com system. Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1: Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H81M-A, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA Device 0fc8 2048MB (324/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: ASUS VW193D, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-65-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 30.98 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 42.92 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 156.50 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 196.88 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 156.77 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 430.27 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 363.61 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 5639 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 138.14 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 850 SSD RAID 1 . 929.67 |==============================================