Some fresh SSD Linux benchmarks on Linux 4.9 atop Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1701064-TA-1701058TA70
Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9,
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",205.2,213.9,213.3
"PNY CS1211 120GB",93.2,93.4,93.9
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",143.3,144.4,113.8,68.9,68.5,68.8
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",114.8,55,45.1,48.2,45.1,45.2
"VisionTek 240GB",97.7,96.3,45.4,42.9,44.6,44.8
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",121.7,119.2,121
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",173.9,174.2,172.8
"Datstore_SSD",636.8,662.4,672.7
"Datstore_NVMe",740.4,754.8,754.9
"NVMe RDM Test 02",710.8,753.3,748.5
"Datstore SSD Test 02",723.6,848.6,864.8,859.2,861.7,849.6
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",101.6,80,81.6,83.6,83.6,83.2
"PNY CS1211 120GB",193.9,194,194
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",114.4,110.4,108.4
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",52,50.8,50.8
"VisionTek 240GB",51.6,50,50
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",303.9,300.8,302.4
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",265.3,161.6,161.2,160,157.2,161.2
"Datstore_SSD",1313.5,1444.4,1436,1445.4,1457,1533
"Datstore_NVMe",1418.3,1441.8,1433.6
"NVMe RDM Test 02",1413.1,1452.2,1453.3
"Datstore SSD Test 02",1579.5,1619.5,1611.7
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",91.1,68.6,77.4,78,78.6,83.8
"PNY CS1211 120GB",93,92.9,93.1
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",73.2,62,60.9,57,54.8,74.7
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",44.4,41.7,41.1,41.1,41.7
"VisionTek 240GB",43,41.5,41.5
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",120.9,119.3,119.9
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",107.9,78.1,77.7,86.4,79,78.3
"Datstore_SSD",780.4,791.4,794.1
"Datstore_NVMe",743.4,748.5,740.7
"NVMe RDM Test 02",744.7,753.8,747.4
"Datstore SSD Test 02",849.7,849.9,852.1
"BlogBench 1.0 - Test: Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",6692,6938,6952
"PNY CS1211 120GB",8488,8749,8598
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",6482,5552,6202
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",5698,5695,5763
"VisionTek 240GB",5074,5129,5202
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",14528,18526,19628,19063,19409,19782
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",8902,10877,11707,11993,12107,11356
"Datstore_SSD",6654,6649,6549
"Datstore_NVMe",5218,5105,5214
"NVMe RDM Test 02",5861,5740,5792
"Datstore SSD Test 02",6524,6056,6718,6034,6084,6192
"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",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",287.281,287.429,287.53
"PNY CS1211 120GB",270.82,271.249,270.999
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",392.571,391.83,392.005
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",207.036,216.084,216.131
"VisionTek 240GB",300.977,295.292,290.327
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",788.897,788.405,787.819
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",704.321,704.815,704.956
"Datstore_SSD",469.987,469.633,470.598
"Datstore_NVMe",496.874,500.116,499.956
"NVMe RDM Test 02",535.327,532.802,537.356
"Datstore SSD Test 02",598.11,599.05,596.214
"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",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",550.336,516.631,382.41,549.228,503.234,381.918
"PNY CS1211 120GB",298.616,298.25,298.333
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",353.698,353.785,353.847
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",287.132,288.11,288.456
"VisionTek 240GB",338.582,338.405,338.61
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",323.915,323.424,321.388
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",1320.2,1321.2,1315.9
"Datstore_SSD",311.643,310.983,310.455
"Datstore_NVMe",454.772,449.988,494.813,530.881,504.79,502.626
"NVMe RDM Test 02",499.947,498.286,502.765
"Datstore SSD Test 02",465.967,466.416,367.578,330.229,327.707,329.684
"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",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",265.653,265.763,265.751
"PNY CS1211 120GB",49.346,49.31,49.245
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",456.899,456.656,458.336
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",187.129,184.932,191.772
"VisionTek 240GB",274.95,273.632,262.465
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",1115.3,1115.6,1115.3
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",969.423,963.824,995.153
"Datstore_SSD",513.188,514.052,514.867
"Datstore_NVMe",533.298,532.233,532.397
"NVMe RDM Test 02",533.522,603.38,537.636,535.026,541.353,536.742
"Datstore SSD Test 02",511.096,510.785,510.354
"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",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",565.994,509.804,399.606,561.073,494.965,384.488
"PNY CS1211 120GB",117.328,117.915,117.884
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",423.768,423.554,423.287
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",430.205,429.91,430.306
"VisionTek 240GB",408.039,404.25,407.015
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",921.228,920.376,919.199
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",1405.4,1401.2,1398.4
"Datstore_SSD",452.972,452.758,452.873
"Datstore_NVMe",506.995,516.881,530.164
"NVMe RDM Test 02",516.877,658.433,640.306,508.934,509.811,507.706
"Datstore SSD Test 02",476.662,476.368,450.031
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",543.3,549.01,547.69
"PNY CS1211 120GB",514.98,531.98,529.11
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",423.44,482.02,528.54,509.41,485.46,537.07
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",380.29,436.78,464.01,366.22,440.57,492.98
"VisionTek 240GB",407.08,448.49,446.73,461.99,439.75,464.05
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",511.86,522.61,516.4
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",566.47,558.17,551.62
"Datstore_SSD",235.34,239,241.55
"Datstore_NVMe",274,279.85,286.24
"NVMe RDM Test 02",233.88,240.87,253.05,255.98,239.9,253.24
"Datstore SSD Test 02",249.71,252.55,247.66
"PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",1213.010507,1279.487229,1276.724146
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",2849.901632,2864.946852,2697.689912
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",1467.140486,2047.40229,1992.526958,2050.062357,2046.129039,1995.894002
"Datstore_SSD",2242.229906,2158.796539,2144.961889
"Datstore_NVMe",2844.442341,2866.529768,2873.61137
"NVMe RDM Test 02",3053.983809,3027.210382,2979.969227
"Datstore SSD Test 02",2275.315055,2240.302159,2257.646332
"PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",272.511636,259.200886,251.624451,262.386373
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",252.339271,251.30584,250.423216
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",190.795399,188.218514,188.473144
"Datstore_SSD",972.060628,977.5174,993.404841
"Datstore_NVMe",1266.517394,1279.000024,1281.836236
"NVMe RDM Test 02",1267.510267,1251.179721,1268.313423
"Datstore SSD Test 02",1042.001047,1031.906979,1032.171879
"PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",1209.44238,1214.176654,1215.151165
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",5268.963623,5148.316468,5265.736556
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",3509.658978,3496.64475,3584.747265
"Datstore_SSD",2532.78716,2569.830539,2510.420137
"Datstore_NVMe",3117.60399,3188.424846,3154.586318
"NVMe RDM Test 02",3202.437515,3222.034386,3245.761055
"Datstore SSD Test 02",2809.649745,2870.3243,2849.037432
"SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB",17.999998092651,17.969813108444,18.142232894897
"PNY CS1211 120GB",56.597896814346,56.346992969513,56.182569026947
"Samsung 850 EVO 120GB",28.451795816422,28.4682700634,29.275139093399
"Toshiba TR150 120GB",35.609029054642,38.519741773605,36.849836111069,36.533185958862
"VisionTek 240GB",46.366847991943,33.974690914154,30.969451904297,31.222127914429,21.897865056992,21.847705125809
"Samsung 950 PRO 256GB",65.511888980865,65.245289087296,65.310128211975
"Samsung 960 EVO 250GB",36.473243951797,36.576273918152,36.504096031189
"Datstore_SSD",3.0239200592041