Cheap SSD Linux Testing Ubuntu 17.04
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core testing with a MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0 and AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170303, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170303, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170303, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Patriot Torch 60GB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB Patriot Torch + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170303, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 22.48 |============
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 74.27 |========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 81.66 |============================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 25.93 |==============


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 280.44 |================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 371.47 |===========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 356.30 |=========================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 151.40 |==================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 70106 |=================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 92863 |============================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 89072 |==========================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 37845 |==================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 496.74 |===========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 363.74 |===============================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 353.18 |===============================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 100.55 |=========


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 124180 |===========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 90931  |===============================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 88291  |===============================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 25135  |=========


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 266.01 |==========================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 446.78 |===========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 445.03 |===========================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 226.17 |======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 66499  |==========================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 111692 |===========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 111253 |===========================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 56540  |======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 456.85 |===========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 431.42 |=========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 392.67 |=====================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 136.76 |=============


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 114208 |===========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 107851 |=========================================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 98163  |=====================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 34185  |=============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 231.47 |===========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 118.92 |======================
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB . 48.85  |=========
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 193.13 |====================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 6333  |==============
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 19897 |============================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 15820 |===================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p NVMe SSD 256GB . 400.48 |=========================================
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 256GB . 420.14 |===========================================
Patriot Torch 60GB ........ 378.01 |=======================================