September 2016 HDD SSD Disk Test
SSD and HDD disk Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel on Ubuntu 64-bit with the Linux 4.8 Git kernel.


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 Trion 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

Samsung 850 EVO 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 Samsung SSD 850 + 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

Intel SSDSC2BW12 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 INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 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

Hitachi HUA72302 2TB: 

	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: 2000GB Hitachi HUA72302 + 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

Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB: 

	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: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 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

KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 8918B9G, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 480GB KINGSTON SUV400S, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (169/100MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MC Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.98, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


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 Trion TR150 120GB .............. 64.32  |==========
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 88.93  |==============
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 92.67  |===============
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 103.70 |=================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 38.57  |======
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 21.03  |===
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 18.70  |===
KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 62.45  |==========


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 Trion TR150 120GB .............. 51.47  |======
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 186.00 |====================
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 193.20 |=====================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 112.00 |============
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 124.13 |==============
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 46.27  |=====
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 47.33  |=====
KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 58.80  |======


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 Trion TR150 120GB ..... 30.34 |===========================
Corsair Force LX 256GB .... 28.65 |=========================
PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 28.01 |=========================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 35.76 |===============================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB .... 23.15 |====================


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 Trion TR150 120GB .............. 132.36 |====================
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 146.87 |======================
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 135.25 |====================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 163.10 |========================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 95.65  |==============
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 1.29   |
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 1.06   |


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 Trion TR150 120GB .............. 136.97 |===================
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 151.39 |=====================
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 58.28  |========
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 160.74 |=======================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 110.22 |================
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 34.79  |=====
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 33.67  |=====


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 Trion TR150 120GB .............. 1261.40 |===============
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 2696.65 |================================
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 2643.12 |===============================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 1880.30 |======================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 1026.59 |============
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 118.36  |=
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 76.11   |=
KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 599.47  |=======


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .......... 27.08  |==
OCZ Trion TR150 120GB .............. 38.35  |==
Corsair Force LX 256GB ............. 61.14  |====
PNY CS1211 120GB ................... 57.42  |===
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB .............. 29.55  |==
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ............. 328.41 |====================
Hitachi HUA72302 2TB ............... 487.97 |=============================
Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 500GB . 565.51 |==================================
KINGSTON SUV400S SSD 400GB ......... 56.88  |===