Solid State SSD Ubuntu Linux Tests SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. 240GB OCZ VERTEX3: 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 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 1.2TB Intel SSD 750: Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme9, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDXP4 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500ADFS-0 + 10 x 6001GB HGST HDN726060AL + 3001GB Hitachi HDS72303 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4001FAEX-0 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DX001-1CE1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Creative CA0132, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5120x1440 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 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 58.67 |========== 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 |========= 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 266.68 |============================================ 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 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 95.94 |====================== 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 |=================== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 194.27 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 212.40 |====== 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 |== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 1437.00 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 366.40 |===== 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 |== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 3307.60 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 210.80 |======= 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 |== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 1334.28 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 313.96 |============================================ 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 |========================================== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 208.04 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ........ 6081.54 |=========================================== 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 |==================== 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 ...... 4238.41 |==============================