Some fresh SSD Linux benchmarks on Linux 4.9 atop Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
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Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9
Some fresh SSD Linux benchmarks on Linux 4.9 atop Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
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
Datstore_SSD:
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: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware
Datstore_NVMe:
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: 123GB 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
NVMe RDM Test 02:
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: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware
Datstore SSD Test 02:
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: 123GB Virtual disk + 1024GB Samsung SSD 960, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware
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 |=========
Datstore_SSD .............. 657.30 |==================================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 750.03 |=======================================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 737.53 |======================================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 834.58 |===========================================
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 |=====
Datstore_SSD .............. 1438.22 |======================================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 1431.23 |=====================================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 1439.53 |======================================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 1603.57 |==========================================
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 |====
Datstore_SSD .............. 788.63 |========================================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 744.20 |======================================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 748.63 |======================================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 850.57 |===========================================
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 |===========================
Datstore_SSD .............. 6617 |================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 5179 |============
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 5798 |==============
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 6268 |===============
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 |======================================
Datstore_SSD .............. 470.07 |==========================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 498.98 |===========================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 535.16 |=============================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 597.79 |=================================
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 |==========================================
Datstore_SSD .............. 311.03 |==========
Datstore_NVMe ............. 489.65 |================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 500.33 |================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 381.26 |============
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 |=====================================
Datstore_SSD .............. 514.04 |===================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 532.64 |====================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 547.94 |=====================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 510.75 |===================
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 |==========================================
Datstore_SSD .............. 452.87 |==============
Datstore_NVMe ............. 518.01 |================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 557.01 |=================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 467.69 |==============
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 |===========================================
Datstore_SSD .............. 238.63 |==================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 280.03 |======================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 246.15 |===================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 249.97 |===================
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 |===========================
Datstore_SSD .............. 2182.00 |==============================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 2861.53 |========================================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 3020.39 |==========================================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 2257.75 |===============================
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 |======
Datstore_SSD .............. 980.99 |================================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 1275.78 |==========================================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 1262.33 |==========================================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 1035.36 |==================================
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 |============================
Datstore_SSD .............. 2537.68 |====================
Datstore_NVMe ............. 3153.54 |=========================
NVMe RDM Test 02 .......... 3223.41 |==========================
Datstore SSD Test 02 ...... 2843.00 |=======================
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 |=========================
Datstore_SSD .............. 3.02 |==