Crucial MX300 Linux Disk Test
Crucial MX300 525GB SSD benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

OCZ Triton TR150 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Corsair Force LX 256GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

PNY CS1211 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Crucial CT525MX3 525GB: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160920, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

ssdtest: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3320M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 343522U, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.8.7-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random 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
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 50.27 |============================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 35.83 |===============================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 30.34 |===========================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 28.65 |=========================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 28.01 |=========================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 29.54 |==========================
ssdtest ................... 20.34 |==================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random 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
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 226.49 |===========================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 205.97 |=======================================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 132.36 |=========================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 146.87 |============================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 135.25 |==========================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 163.22 |===============================
ssdtest ................... 61.03  |============


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
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 241.37 |===========================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 218.38 |=======================================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 136.97 |========================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 151.39 |===========================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 58.28  |==========
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 152.59 |===========================
ssdtest ................... 61.08  |===========


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 1532.53 |==========================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 819.48  |======================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 776.39  |=====================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 976.21  |===========================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 996.47  |===========================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 1126.56 |===============================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 66.85 |============================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 27.08 |==================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 38.35 |=========================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 61.14 |========================================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 57.42 |======================================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 31.34 |=====================
ssdtest ................... 6.86  |=====


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.67 |=====================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 210.70 |=====================================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 64.32  |===========
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 88.93  |================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 92.67  |================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 170.20 |==============================
ssdtest ................... 244.07 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 310.07 |================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 95.52  |==========
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 51.47  |=====
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 186.00 |===================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 193.20 |====================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 210.45 |======================
ssdtest ................... 418.77 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 2790.05 |==========================================
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 2269.26 |==================================
OCZ Triton TR150 120GB .... 1261.40 |===================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 2696.65 |=========================================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 2643.12 |========================================
Crucial CT525MX3 525GB .... 1223.61 |==================