Samsung 850 EVO Linux SSD Disk Testing Samsung 850 EVO Linux SSD disk testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OCZ Vertex 3 240GB: 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 VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Solid 2 64GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ ARC100 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Samsung 850 EVO 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OCZ Vertex 460: Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX460 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2002FYPS-0 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1071/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.6.3-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160602, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 23.87 |============================ Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 26.95 |================================ OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 30.63 |==================================== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 21.31 |========================= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 26.28 |=============================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 34.55 |========================================= OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 28.69 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 106.99 |========================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 105.71 |========================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 8.05 |== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.84 |======================= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.73 |=========================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 116.21 |============================= OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 163.05 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 31.99 |========== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 114.31 |=================================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 51.72 |================ Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 32.98 |========== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 27.19 |======== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 130.06 |======================================== OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 30.31 |========= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 108.06 |========================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 107.89 |========================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 67.91 |================= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.83 |======================= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.83 |=========================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 115.81 |============================ OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 163.12 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 207.43 |============================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 88.00 |============= OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 57.57 |======== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 38.37 |===== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 79.30 |=========== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 107.78 |=============== OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 281.13 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 345.60 |==================================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 178.93 |=================== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 98.13 |========== Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 122.80 |============= OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 143.40 |=============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 109.33 |=========== OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 381.82 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 206.80 |=========================== Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 87.93 |=========== OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 55.67 |======= Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 39.07 |===== OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 44.07 |====== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 70.08 |========= OCZ Vertex 460 ............... 307.70 |========================================