Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9 VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Toshiba 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 VisionTek 240GB: 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: VisionTek 240GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 960 EVO 250GB: 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 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SSD_Datastore: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware SSD_datastore: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware SSD_Datastore_1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Virtual disk: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware SSD_Datastore_VMFS02: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 18.04 |============ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 56.38 |====================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 28.73 |=================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 36.88 |========================= VisionTek 240GB ........... 31.05 |===================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 65.36 |============================================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 36.52 |========================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 287.41 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 271.02 |=============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 392.14 |===================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 213.08 |============ VisionTek 240GB ........... 295.53 |================ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 788.37 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 704.70 |====================================== SSD_Datastore ............. 606.46 |================================= SSD_datastore ............. 595.43 |================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 480.63 |=============== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 298.40 |========== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 353.78 |=========== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 287.90 |========= VisionTek 240GB ........... 338.53 |=========== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 322.91 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1319.10 |========================================== SSD_Datastore ............. 375.38 |============ SSD_datastore ............. 369.25 |============ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 265.72 |========== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 49.30 |== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 457.30 |================= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 187.94 |======= VisionTek 240GB ........... 270.35 |========== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 1115.40 |========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 976.13 |===================================== SSD_Datastore ............. 515.50 |=================== SSD_datastore ............. 512.73 |=================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 485.99 |=============== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 117.71 |==== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 423.54 |============= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |============= VisionTek 240GB ........... 406.43 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 920.27 |============================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1401.67 |========================================== SSD_Datastore ............. 470.17 |============== SSD_datastore ............. 469.24 |============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 210.80 |=========== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.50 |===== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 101.28 |===== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 58.90 |=== VisionTek 240GB ........... 61.95 |=== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.63 |====== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 173.63 |========= SSD_Datastore ............. 826.32 |=========================================== SSD_datastore ............. 785.05 |========================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 85.60 |== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 193.97 |===== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 111.07 |=== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 51.20 |= VisionTek 240GB ........... 50.53 |= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 302.37 |======== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 177.75 |===== SSD_Datastore ............. 1578.42 |========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 79.58 |==== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.00 |===== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 63.77 |=== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 42.00 |== VisionTek 240GB ........... 42.00 |== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.03 |====== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 84.57 |==== SSD_Datastore ............. 838.30 |=========================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 6861 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 8612 |==================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 6079 |============== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 5719 |============== VisionTek 240GB ........... 5135 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 18489 |============================================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 11157 |=========================== SSD_Datastore ............. 5656 |============= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 546.67 |========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 525.36 |======================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 494.32 |====================================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |================================= VisionTek 240GB ........... 444.68 |================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 516.96 |======================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 558.75 |=========================================== SSD_Datastore ............. 250.86 |=================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 2804.18 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1256.41 |=================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1933.19 |============================= SSD_Datastore ............. 0.04 | PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 251.36 |========================================= INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 261.43 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 189.16 |=============================== SSD_Datastore ............. 0.01 | PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 5227.67 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1212.92 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 3530.35 |============================