Skylake Linux SSD Tests
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel Core i5-6600K testing with a MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0 and Intel Sky Lake on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


256GB TS256GSSD370S: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S + 240GB Kingston SHPM228, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

240GB Kingston SHPM228: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S + 240GB Kingston SHPM228, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S . 1852.82 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 7501 |================================================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 7575 |================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 462.58 |=============================================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 470.33 |==============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 99.87  |==================================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 136.57 |==============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 182.93 |==========================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 328.37 |==============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 99.97  |==================================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 134.63 |==============================================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
256GB TS256GSSD370S .... 61.90 |===============================================
240GB Kingston SHPM228 . 50.44 |======================================