configuration Running pts/postmark-1.1.0, pts/ramspeed-1.4.0, pts/blake2-1.1.0, pts/x264-2.0.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.6.1, pts/ebizzy-1.0.2, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.6.0, pts/ffmpeg-2.5.0, pts/apache-1.6.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 SunFire x4100: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 275 @ 2.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Sun Fire X4100 Server, Chipset: AMD K8, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 73GB Seagate ST973401LSUN72G, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82546EB Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 24 Disk Array: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X7DB8, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD ES1000 128MB, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 80003ES2LAN Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 IBM System X3550: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.32GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: IBM Planar, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD ES1000 128MB, Monitor: IBM RSA2, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Noname server Supermicro: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X6DVL-EG2, Chipset: Intel E7320 MCH, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82541GI Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Noname server Supermicro2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X6DVL-EG2, Chipset: Intel E7320 MCH, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Rage XL PCI, Network: Intel 82541GI Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E7330 @ 2.39GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT975, Chipset: Intel 7300 MCH, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 159GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 6881 |================================== SunFire x4100 ........................ 1356 |======= 24 Disk Array ........................ 1802 |========= IBM System X3550 ..................... 1968 |========== Noname server Supermicro ............. 70 | Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 72 | PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 1740 |========= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 14860.44 |============================== SunFire x4100 ........................ 2350.57 |===== 24 Disk Array ........................ 4493.61 |========= IBM System X3550 ..................... 3494.01 |======= Noname server Supermicro ............. 2003.01 |==== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 1942.69 |==== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 3621.94 |======= BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 5.07 |==== SunFire x4100 ........................ 15.89 |============ 24 Disk Array ........................ 9.74 |======= IBM System X3550 ..................... 6.91 |===== Noname server Supermicro ............. 44.64 |================================ Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 45.38 |================================= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 9.74 |======= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 183.57 |================================ SunFire x4100 ........................ 34.36 |====== 24 Disk Array ........................ 101.29 |================== IBM System X3550 ..................... 107.18 |=================== Noname server Supermicro ............. 18.45 |=== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 18.62 |=== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 174.18 |============================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 21961 |================================= SunFire x4100 ........................ 6210 |========= 24 Disk Array ........................ 14163 |===================== IBM System X3550 ..................... 15456 |======================= Noname server Supermicro ............. 3606 |===== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 3578 |===== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 12254 |================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.1 Records/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 157716 |================================ SunFire x4100 ........................ 5829 |= 24 Disk Array ........................ 24995 |===== IBM System X3550 ..................... 25981 |===== Noname server Supermicro ............. 4616 |= Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 4731 |= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 15330 |=== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 116.80 |==== SunFire x4100 ........................ 389.15 |============= 24 Disk Array ........................ 173.38 |====== IBM System X3550 ..................... 159.65 |====== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 923.33 |================================ PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 153.39 |===== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 9.98 |====== SunFire x4100 ........................ 35.09 |====================== 24 Disk Array ........................ 26.05 |================= IBM System X3550 ..................... 23.60 |=============== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 52.08 |================================= PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 25.98 |================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7-4770 . 36964.78 |============================== SunFire x4100 ........................ 8936.63 |======= 24 Disk Array ........................ 11492.39 |========= IBM System X3550 ..................... 11977.37 |========== Noname server Supermicro2 ............ 5178.83 |==== PERC 6 - Intel Xeon E7330 ............ 10952.08 |=========