Cheap SSD Linux Testing Ubuntu 17.04
Intel Core i7-5500U testing with a Dell 0YDTG3 and Intel HD 5500 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB 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

dell-5548: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0YDTG3, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ1, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.17.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.3 + OpenCL 2.0 pocl 0.13 LLVM 3.8.1, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


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  |==
dell-5548 ................. 506.95 |===========================================


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 |==================
dell-5548 ................. 1.31   |


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 |==================
dell-5548 ................. 323   |


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 |=========
dell-5548 ................. 1.08   |


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  |=========
dell-5548 ................. 261    |


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 |======================
dell-5548 ................. 24.28  |==


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  |======================
dell-5548 ................. 6067   |==


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 |=============
dell-5548 ................. 101.23 |==========


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  |=============
dell-5548 ................. 25303  |==========


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 |====================================
dell-5548 ................. 21.48  |====


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 |===================================
dell-5548 ................. 1949  |====


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 |=======================================
dell-5548 ................. 343.99 |===================================