Solid State SSD Ubuntu Linux Tests SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. 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 120GB PNY CS1211: 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 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1: 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 Samsung SSD 850, 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 Samsung SSD 850 #2: 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 INTEL SSDSC2BW12, 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 800GB Intel S3710: Processor: Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-HD3 DDR3-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 32GB TS32GMTS600 + 800GB INTEL SSDSC2BA80, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: CTX PV722, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Kali 2.0, Kernel: 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 1024GB Crucial MX200: Processor: Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-HD3 DDR3-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 32GB TS32GMTS600 + 800GB INTEL SSDSC2BA80, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: CTX PV722, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Kali 2.0, Kernel: 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 240GB OCZ ARC 100: Processor: Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-HD3 DDR3-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 32GB TS32GMTS600 + 800GB INTEL SSDSC2BA80, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: CTX PV722, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Kali 2.0, Kernel: 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 4TB HGST HDS724040AL: Processor: Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-HD3 DDR3-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 32GB TS32GMTS600 + 800GB INTEL SSDSC2BA80, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: CTX PV722, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Kali 2.0, Kernel: 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 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 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 55.11 |=============== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 139.64 |====================================== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 132.05 |==================================== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 119.06 |================================= 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 22.49 |====== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 118.49 |================================= 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 129.16 |==================================== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 55.30 |=============== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 159.67 |============================================ 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 47.07 |============= 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 125.36 |=================================== 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 92.56 |========================== 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 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 92.80 |=========================== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 71.30 |==================== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 98.23 |============================ 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 108.48 |=============================== 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 46.83 |============= 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 100.18 |============================= 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 114.59 |================================= 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 84.17 |======================== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 140.64 |======================================== 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 123.02 |=================================== 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 153.85 |============================================ 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 75.09 |===================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 71.30 |========== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 48.37 |====== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 84.63 |=========== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 86.90 |============ 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 91.50 |============ 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 93.17 |============ 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 102.82 |============== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 71.30 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 329.30 |============================================ 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 104.97 |============== 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 80.67 |=========== 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 29.93 |==== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 71.50 |======== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 62.80 |======= 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 127.87 |============== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 179.33 |=================== 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 189.33 |===================== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 142.40 |=============== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 104.40 |=========== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 189.87 |===================== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 405.73 |============================================ 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 183.20 |==================== 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 161.73 |================== 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 59.80 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 10.17 |= 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 48.30 |====== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 82.87 |=========== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 86.87 |============ 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 91.47 |============ 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 93.17 |============ 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 66.92 |========= 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 71.37 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 329.60 |============================================ 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 102.43 |============== 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 69.28 |========= 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 30.87 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 253.47 |============================ 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 261.26 |============================= 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 285.60 |================================ 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 307.07 |================================== 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 313.19 |=================================== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 302.45 |================================== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 285.67 |================================ 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 302.59 |================================== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 391.98 |============================================ 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 322.58 |==================================== 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 347.36 |======================================= 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 231.33 |========================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 64GB ADATA SP600 ......... 1652.56 |===================== 120GB OCZ TRION100 ....... 1443.84 |================== 120GB SPCC Solid State ... 1741.31 |====================== 256GB TS256GSSD370S ...... 3268.09 |========================================= 120GB PNY CS1211 ......... 3389.00 |=========================================== 120GB CT120BX100SSD1 ..... 2875.81 |==================================== 120GB Samsung SSD 850 #1 . 1723.37 |====================== 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 ... 2766.30 |=================================== 800GB Intel S3710 ........ 2867.80 |==================================== 1024GB Crucial MX200 ..... 1964.95 |========================= 240GB OCZ ARC 100 ........ 796.27 |========== 4TB HGST HDS724040AL ..... 94.25 |=