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 Raid 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs90192 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E direct: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 4TB WD Red Raid 1 6805E: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 63GB OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.4.1-xs108914 Hypervisor 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 Raid 1 .............. 43.63 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ........ 24.52 |===== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ......... 42.89 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ....... 43.05 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ...... 24.64 |===== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E direct . 24.71 |===== 4TB WD Red Raid 1 6805E ............... 45.07 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache .. 30.82 |======= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache ... 47.64 |=========== 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 Raid 1 .............. 41.53 |=========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ........ 22.09 |====== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ......... 41.03 |=========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ....... 41.23 |=========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ...... 22.34 |====== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E direct . 21.67 |====== 4TB WD Red Raid 1 6805E ............... 47.00 |============= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache .. 30.91 |======== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache ... 49.67 |============= 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 Raid 1 .............. 263.43 |================= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ........ 190.75 |============ 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ......... 284.88 |================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ....... 280.42 |================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ...... 192.93 |============ 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E direct . 197.20 |============ 4TB WD Red Raid 1 6805E ............... 156.95 |========== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache .. 337.45 |===================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache ... 494.35 |=============================== 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 Raid 1 ............. 319.73 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ....... 265.33 |===================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ........ 365.73 |============================= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ...... 374.67 |============================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ..... 269.07 |====================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache . 342.53 |=========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache .. 398.73 |================================ 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 Raid 1 ............. 279.60 |==================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ....... 192.60 |============== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ........ 286.77 |===================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ...... 280.90 |==================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ..... 194.00 |============== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache . 348.57 |========================= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache .. 441.30 |================================ 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 Raid 1 ............. 243.92 |========================= 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E ....... 253.08 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 ........ 258.45 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 1 ...... 255.18 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ..... 255.42 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache . 259.21 |========================== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache .. 261.05 |=========================== 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 Raid 1 8805 1 ...... 461.87 |==== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E 1 ..... 461.77 |==== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 6805E cache . 461.86 |==== 800GB Intel S3710 Raid 1 8805 cache .. 462.02 |====