Cheap SSD Linux Testing Ubuntu 17.04 Intel Core i7-6850K testing with a ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB on Ubuntu 16.04 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 cortex-0-vs-cheap-ssd: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS IX CODE, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 3001GB My Book 1230 + 2 x 1000GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1113/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 cortex-0-unencrypted: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS IX CODE, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 3001GB My Book 1230 + 2 x 1000GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1185/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB: Processor: Intel Core i7-6850K @ 4.00GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1200GB INTEL SSDPEDMW012T4, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (38/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB: Processor: Intel Core i7-6850K @ 4.00GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1200GB INTEL SSDPEDMW012T4, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (157/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: xfs, 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 |============== cortex-0-vs-cheap-ssd ..... 54.41 |============================= cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 50.94 |=========================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 11.74 |====== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 12.18 |======= 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 |=== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 1855.57 |========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 1134.80 |========================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 1137.78 |========================== 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 |=== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 474981 |=========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 290472 |========================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 291288 |========================== 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 |== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 2068.40 |========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 909.40 |================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 944.80 |=================== 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 |== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 529497 |=========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 227346 |================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 236197 |=================== 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 |==== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 2182.13 |========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 1284.80 |========================= Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 1154.13 |====================== 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 |==== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 558604 |=========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 328960 |========================= Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 295458 |======================= 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 |=== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 2071.30 |========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 1092.50 |====================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 1084.40 |====================== 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 |=== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 530233 |=========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 279663 |======================= Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 277587 |======================= 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 |=========== cortex-0-vs-cheap-ssd ..... 80.03 |==== cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 79.93 |==== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 766.17 |=========================================== Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 719.88 |======================================== 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 |==================== cortex-0-vs-cheap-ssd ..... 6754 |========= cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 33956 |============================================ Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 9697 |============= Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 9544 |============ 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 |======================== cortex-0-vs-cheap-ssd ..... 242.99 |================ cortex-0-unencrypted ...... 670.26 |=========================================== Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB ....... 361.92 |======================= Intel 750 PCIE SSD 1.2TB .. 358.40 |=======================